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Only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, far below Iran’s pledge as negotiations begin | Fortune
Only five ships moved through the Strait of Hormuz on April 9 during the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the U.S. and Israel, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. That number of ships, three tankers and two other...
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A global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk | Fortune
Modern agriculture depends on precise timing of delivering nutrients to plants. When fertilizer arrives late or becomes too expensive to buy in sufficient quantities, farmers are left to either reduce the amount they use, plant fewer crops or switch...
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Britain is in the grip of the fed-up-niks
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.It was a vote that shook America. In 1968, the little-regarded liberal senator Eugene McCarthy crested a wave of anti-Vietnam war...
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The digital sovereignty dilemma is a false choice — here’s how enterprises can have both | Fortune
In a world of geopolitical tension, infrastructure vulnerabilities, rising cyber risk and increasingly concentrated global technology supply chains, that question has become even more critical. It goes to the heart of digital sovereignty, which is not only defined by...
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Iran war has exposed the weakness of the dollar
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is a managing director at Frontline Analysts and author of ‘The Unaccountability MachineThere is an old central banker maxim...
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Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s $887 million ‘extraordinary’ golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS | Fortune
An advisory firm that counsels the largest institutional investors on how to vote at shareholder meetings is recommending investors support Warner Bros. Discovery’s $77.7 billion acquisition by Paramount Skydance but is against a golden-parachute proposal that would see executives...
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Donald Trump’s ceasefire fails to heal Maga split over Iran war
Allies of Donald Trump hoped an Iran ceasefire deal would quiet growing criticism of the war within his Maga movement and among right-leaning online influencers. Instead, the compromise with Tehran has opened fresh fissures in the US president’s factious...
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The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again | Fortune
A fragile ceasefire agreement in the war began with bombs continuing to explode in Lebanon and contradictory statements about whether Iran will continue to control the critical Strait of Hormuz energy chokepoint.But the most likely scenarios moving forward involve...
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The U.S. just had its hottest March in 132 years. Scientists say to buckle up for the rest of the year | Fortune
March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth...
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