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Fire at a gas lighter factory near Bangladesh's capital kills 5 people

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead, authorities said. The blaze...

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Housing market trends favor home shoppers, but Iran war clouds the outlook for mortgage rates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring. ...

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European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Iran war drives price surge

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by...

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European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Iran war drives price surge

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by...

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Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as the fallout from Iran war deepens

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Senegalese government has banned all but essential foreign trips for government ministers as part of cost-saving measures triggered by the energy crisis linked to the Iran war....

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Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot' as US continues frantic search

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic shot down a U.S. warplane and promised...

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Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal or U.S. will unleash ‘hell’

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic shot down a U.S. warplane and promised...

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Iran says a strike has hit close to its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a guard and damaging a building

CAIRO (AP) — Iran says a strike has hit close to its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a guard and damaging a building. The Associated Press

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United Airlines raises bag fees amid rising fuel costs and introduces tiered premium fares

Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to...

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Photos of New York City tenants who hope the mayor makes headway in his crackdown on 'bad landlords'

NEW YORK (AP) — Gulhayo Yuldosheva says she often worries that the mold in her Bronx apartment might be sickening her kids. Her downstairs neighbor, Marina Quiroz, deals with regular rat infestations...

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