Roughly seven weeks into the war with Iran, investors have shrugged off the sky-high price of oil, sending the S&P 500 this week to a fresh record high. That exuberance on Wall Street has offered a sharp contrast with the hardships facing many Americans, who are feeling the financial blowback of a conflict that President…
From the start of the 2020s, American businesses have been formidable in maintaining and growing their profits. Despite a gantlet of challenges — a pandemic, tariffs, high inflation and wars in key commodity hubs — profits have leaped ahead. Corporate profits have reached a record share of the U.S. economy, data show. And a measure…
The price of regular gasoline in the United States jumped 25 percent from February to March, the highest monthly percentage increase on record, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. The surge highlighted how quickly the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in its sixth week, has echoed through daily life across the world. The…
Le esplosioni che hanno scosso diverse grandi città iraniane, tra cui Teheran, segnano una nuova fase nell’escalation militare che vede ormai l’Iran contrapposto apertamente agli Stati Uniti e ai loro alleati. L’impiego confermato di bombardieri strategici B-52 nell’ambito dell’operazione americana denominata Epic Fury indica che il conflitto ha superato una soglia strategica particolarmente pericolosa. L’uso…
Russia has recently sharpened its tone over the escalating tensions surrounding Iran, through a clear warning delivered by its foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov. Speaking in early February 2026, Lavrov stated that Moscow would not remain idle in the face of a rapidly deteriorating situation around Iran, warning that continued escalation could trigger a much broader…
Reda Abu Zarada, 50, displaced from Jabaliya in nothern Gaza, sits by a fireplace along with her grandchildren at a camp by the ocean in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP/AP cover caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes throughout the Gaza Strip in…
Credit score: The White Home, Public area, through Wikimedia Commons After hundreds of thousands of unlawful overseas nationals have been launched into the nation by way of new parole packages created by the Biden administration, not less than a million have been granted non permanent protecting standing (TPS) from deportation outdoors of those parole packages….
