NPR Economy
Inflation rose 3.4% in August, diesel hit a record $6 a gallon, and investors are now 85% sure the Fed will raise rates next week - because nothing says 'getting prices under control' like making everything cost more.
BBC World
Houthis seize 130km of Yemen's coast, giving Iran control of two major choke points and 'as much leverage as a nuclear bomb' - because the Middle East clearly needed more of those.
BBC World
Trump says the Iran war will end right after the November midterms, which is either a diplomatic strategy or an admission that the war is now a campaign prop.
MIT Technology Review
Fossil fuels are making fertilizer prices skyrocket, and farmers - and your grocery bill - are paying the price. But microbes might just save us.
The Guardian Europe
China's emissions dipped 1% during the Iran war as EVs and public transport saved the day, proving that even geopolitical chaos can have a silver lining for the climate.
BBC Business
SSE Airtricity hikes gas prices by 19% in Northern Ireland, citing Middle East chaos and wholesale costs, leaving households and small businesses to foot the bill.
The Guardian Europe
Six months of strikes, threats, and failed diplomacy - because who needs oil when you have principles?
The Guardian
Trump claims the Strait of Hormuz as 'American territory' while blockading it, and Iran's response is basically 'delusions of grandeur.'
BBC World
The Panama Canal is cutting daily ship transits from 36 to 32 because El Niño and climate change are hogging all the water. Global trade and water conservation don't mix.
BBC Business
Trump threatens 'most crushing' economic operation against Iran and any country that helps it, while failing to specify what that means - classic.
The Guardian
Trump eyes a new beachfront property: the Strait of Hormuz, international waters be damned.
NPR Economy
Inflation's cooling, wages aren't, and the deficit is ballooning - another week in the wild world of economics.
Grist
Oil giants are swimming in record profits but still won't drill, baby, drill - they'd rather pocket the cash and make shareholders happy, thanks to the war's supply constraints.
The Guardian Europe
20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Gulf as Iran's blockade drags on - because nothing says 'peace deal' like abandoning ship crews to missile fire.
The Guardian Europe
Houthi attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia kill dozens and injure civilians, while Saudi Arabia braces for more coordinated strikes and everyone pretends peace is just around the corner.
The Guardian
Iran and Oman are 'close' to a Hormuz deal, but Iran also says Trump's claims are premature, while everyone else in the region keeps blowing things up. Diplomacy at its finest.
BBC World
Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims a deal is imminent, while everyone else prepares for the worst - because 'rapidly' in diplomacy means 'maybe never.'
NPR Economy
Oil giants make billions off wartime crude prices, call windfall taxes 'misguided,' and vow to keep the money flowing (to themselves, naturally).
The Guardian Europe
Saudi Arabia prepares another round of 'let's see if this works' in Yemen, complete with naval coalitions and land offensives, while the Houthis play blockade games.
The Atlantic
Trump resumes bombing Iran despite previously admitting it wouldn't work, while economic reserves dwindle and Gulf states get sweetheart nuclear deals.
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