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Trump’s Iran speech ignores the risks of a return to the 1970s: Analysis
Demonstrators hold posters of Ayatollah Khomeini outside the American Embassy which is occupied by ‘students following the Imam Khomeini’s line on November 16, 1979 in Tehran, Iran. Kaveh Kazemi | Hulton Archive | Getty Images “The hard part is done,” President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night about the Iran […]
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Iran’s war propaganda homes in on Trump with Lego memes
Young Iranian women walk past a state building covered with a giant anti-U.S. billboard depicting a symbolic image of the destroyed USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 26, 2026, the final day of Iran-U.S. talks that take place in Geneva. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Wartime propaganda has […]
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Trump’s Iran timeline may not be short enough to avoid oil demand destruction
Vehicles have their gasoline tanks filled at a Costco Wholesale store on March 21, 2026, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll end the war within weeks, but fears for oil supply and demand destruction are set to linger. In an address on Wednesday […]
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European stocks plunge after Trump vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’
City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe-listed shares opened sharply lower on Thursday, as concerns about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war gripped global markets once again. Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 was 1.2% […]
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Singapore charges one more individual with AI chip fraud
Singapore prosecutors charged one more person with fraud on Thursday for making false representations to U.S. server supplier Dell Technologies, linking her to two other individuals charged with similar offences in February last year. Jenny Lim was charged with conspiring with Alan Wei Zhaolun and Aaron Woon Guo Jie in 2024 to commit fraud by misleading Dell that Aperia International would be the end-user of the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump threatens to put Iran in ‘stone ages,’ dampening ceasefire hopes
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges those in attendance after speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Brandon | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump gave his highly […]
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Trump’s threat to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ jolts Asian stocks, U.S. futures and oil
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges those in attendance after speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Brandon | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two or three weeks in a national address on Wednesday. “We’re going […]
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EV demand is getting a boost from the Iran war — just as auto giants pivot back to combustion engines
An electric vehicle (EV) is left to charge at a charging station in Tehran on February 23, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images The sprawling Middle East crisis is expected to spur drivers to abandon traditional internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of EVs, analysts told CNBC, although early evidence suggests this will […]
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CNBC Daily Open: All eyes on Trump address as markets rise on ceasefire hopes
U.S. President Donald Trump attends to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. markets opened the second quarter in the green […]
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Oil prices fall in choppy trade as Trump addresses the U.S. on Iran war
The Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax successfully docked at Mumbai Port after navigating the high-risk Strait of Hormuz amid the intensifying West Asia conflict on March 11, 2026 in Mumbai, India. Hindustan Times | Getty Images Oil fell in a volatile session as traders awaited U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on […]
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