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Gas Prices Won’t Quickly Return to Prewar Levels, Even if the Strait of Hormuz Reopens

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.

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Amazon and U.S. Postal Service Reach New Deal on Deliveries After Year of Talks

NYT Europe Apr 8, 2026

Amazon will cut the volume of packages it ships through the Postal Service by 20 percent under a tentative new deal that will preserve a crucial source of income for the agency.

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Hegseth Demands Iran Turn Over Uranium Stockpiles

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The American defense secretary warned President Trump could still order a commando raid to seize 970 pounds of enriched uranium buried in Isfahan if Iran does not agree.

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World leaders welcome the Iran cease-fire but want the Strait of Hormuz opened soon.

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

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Freed French Citizens Return From Iran: ‘We Were State Hostages’

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris spent years in a Tehran prison. An Iranian court convicted them of espionage, charges that France said were baseless.

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Cease-Fire Leaves Questions Over Fate of Iran’s Uranium

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

President Trump has vowed to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. On Wednesday, he posted that the United States would work with Iran to dig up the “Nuclear ‘Dust.’”

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How Pakistan Became Key Mediator Between U.S. and Iran

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Pakistani officials have aggressively courted the Trump administration and made use of their longstanding ties to Iran.

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What to Know About the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The agreement to pause the fighting for two weeks came hours after President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization.” Much remains uncertain.

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Iran Cease-Fire Does Little to Convince Netanyahu’s Critics in Israel

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already declared victory over Iran once, in June last year. Few Israelis believe that the goals he set this time will be met, either.

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War Decimated Iran’s Leadership and Pushed Up a New Generation

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Since the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, authority has shifted to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Younger military leaders have come to the fore.

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U.S., Iran and Israel Agree to Cease-Fire

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The deal came shortly before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastation. Israel said the cease-fire did not include Lebanon.

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An 11th-Hour Deal

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The U.S. and Iran reached a two-week cease-fire agreement, hours after President Trump threatened to wipe out a “whole civilization.”

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How China Built Its Vast Natural Gas Stockpile

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Natural gas is hard to store, but China has found a way to do it, while also developing alternate suppliers and expanding production at home.

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He Got Rich Buying and Selling Luxury Watches. Was It a Ponzi Scheme?

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

Dominic Khoo made waves in Singapore as an investor in expensive timepieces. Now many of his clients accuse him of fraud.

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New York Times Apr 8, 2026

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Shelly Kittleson, American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Is Freed

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week. Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members.

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Hours Before News of Cease-Fire, Pope Leo XIV Issues Strong Rebuke of Trump

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

The first U.S.-born pontiff has consistently called for dialogue to resolve the war in the Middle East. He referred to Trump’s Iran threats as ‘truly unacceptable.’

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Trump Says He Has Agreed to a 2-Week Cease-Fire With Iran

New York Times Apr 8, 2026

President Trump announced the deal hours after threatening that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not allow commercial vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

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Pentagon Stays Mum on School Strike, Even as Trump Boasts of Iran Rescue

New York Times Apr 7, 2026

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s eagerness to recount details of the rescue of a downed airman followed weeks of silence on the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian school.

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Trump’s Iran Threats Look Like Self-Incrimination for Potential War Crimes

New York Times Apr 7, 2026

President Trump, in vowing to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure and annihilate Iran’s entire civilization, appears to be creating evidence about his intentions.

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Democrats Condemn Trump’s Iran Threats as Some Call for His Removal Via 25th Amendment

New York Times Apr 7, 2026

More than 70 Democratic lawmakers, questioning his mental fitness, called for the president’s removal from office through impeachment or the 25th Amendment.

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