Iran war pushes oil prices to 4-year high as Hegseth set to face fresh round of questioning

Iran war pushes oil prices to 4-year high as Hegseth set to face fresh round of questioning

U.S.-Israeli attacks launched previously during negotiations with Iran have led to a complete loss of trust in the United States, Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday, according to Mizan News, the news agency of Iran’s powerful judiciary branch. In a phone call with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Pezeshkian…

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Hong Kong stocks rise over 2%, nearing 4-year peak, led by tech rally

Hong Kong stocks rise over 2%, nearing 4-year peak, led by tech rally

View of pedestrian and vehicle traffic in Sham Shui Po shopping district in Hong Kong, May 1986. (Photo by Forrest Anderson/Getty Images) Forrest Anderson | The Chronicle Collection | Getty Images Asia markets climbed Monday, led by Hong Kong, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank could begin easing monetary policy next month in his…

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