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Energy prices surge, stocks sink amid rising energy shock fears
Crude prices surge, stocks sink amid rising energy shock fears
Crude prices surge, stocks sink amid rising energy shock fears

Oil surged more than five percent Thursday and stocks sank as Iran attacked several Gulf energy facilities and warned of more in retaliation for a strike on one of its key gas fields.

March 19, 2026

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Kings of K-pop: What to know about BTS's comeback
Kings of K-pop: What to know about BTS's comeback

BTS, the world's biggest boy band, reunites on stage on Saturday in a K-pop extravaganza watched by hundreds of thousands of fans in downtown Seoul and by millions around the planet online.

March 19, 2026

Patching the wounds of Kinshasa's street children
Patching the wounds of Kinshasa's street children

In the back of a 4X4, a nurse cleaned a gash in a boy's arm, picked up from living rough on the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of one of the world's poorest countries.

March 19, 2026

Trump threatens to destroy Iran's largest gas field
Trump threatens to destroy Iran's largest gas field

US President Donald Trump threatened to "massively blow up" a vast Iranian gas field unless Tehran stops striking Qatari energy facilities, which sustained extensive damage Thursday.

March 19, 2026

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Key Middle East energy sites under fire
Key Middle East energy sites under fire

Qatar's main gas facility has suffered extensive damage after several rounds of Iranian strikes, causing new energy supply fears as the Middle East war grinds on.

March 19, 2026

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US Fed Chair says 'no intention' of leaving board while probe ongoing
US Fed Chair says 'no intention' of leaving board while probe ongoing

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he did not plan to leave the central bank's board until a Justice Department probe linked to renovation costs was completed.

March 18, 2026