Trump lashes out at allies, says securing the Strait of Hormuz is ‘not for us’ – AP News

  1. Trump lashes out at allies, says securing the Strait of Hormuz is ‘not for us’  AP News
  2. Exclusive | Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz  WSJ
  3. Live updates: Trump estimates US will be done in Iran in 2 to 3 weeks  AP News
  4. Markets cheer as Trump threatens to abandon the Strait of Hormuz, leaving the oil market in crisis  Fortune
  5. Trump tells allies ‘get your own oil’, says Iran war could end in 2-3 weeks  Al Jazeera
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Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88

Lewis’s son Avi Lewis was elected leader of progressive New Democratic party a day before his father’s death

Stephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advocate, who spent decades tirelessly working to focus global attention on the HIV/Aids epidemic, has died of cancer.

Lewis, who served as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the head of Ontario’s New Democratic party (NDP), was 88.

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After the Iran war, how fast could global trade recover? – DW.com

  1. After the Iran war, how fast could global trade recover?  DW.com
  2. Arab World Faces ‘Profound’ Economic Crisis From Iran War, U.N. Agency Warns  The New York Times
  3. UN: 4 million people in the Gulf could be pushed into poverty by war in Iran  The Independent
  4. Iran war's economic fallout could worsen and women's Final Four bracket is set: Morning Rundown  NBC News
  5. Iran war 'shock' is dimming outlook for many economies, IMF says  jpost.com
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U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon Were Killed by Roadside Bomb – The New York Times

  1. U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon Were Killed by Roadside Bomb  The New York Times
  2. Peacekeepers killed by roadside explosion in Lebanon, initial report finds  BBC
  3. Iran war: Indonesia calls on UN after peacekeeper deaths  dw.com
  4. MIDDLE EAST LIVE 30 March: UN peacekeepers killed amid Israel-Hezbollah clashes  UN News
  5. 3 Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed within 24 hours in south Lebanon  CBC
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Hegseth says suspensions lifted for helicopter crews who hovered over Kid Rock home

Pentagon chief’s remarks come after US army said crews suspended amid investigation into incident in Tennessee

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said the crews of two US army AH-64 Apache helicopters that hovered next to the singer Kid Rock’s swimming pool while he clapped and saluted on Saturday are no longer suspended.

“No punishment. No investigation,” Hegseth wrote on social media. “Carry on, patriots.”

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