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Oil Prices Hit $85.92 as US-Iran War Drains Strategic Reserve Buffer

Over two days, July 14 -- LONDON - The cushion that kept oil markets from a violent shock during three weeks of US-Iran fighting has nearly run out. Brent crude settled at $85.92 a barrel on Tuesday, ... Read More


Typhoon Bavi Drives 365,000 From Homes in Northeast China as Floods Widen

New Delhi, July 14 -- SHENYANG - Zhao Jidong spent Sunday night knocking on doors in Hailong Township, routing families in Jilin province out of low-lying homes before floodwaters from Typhoon Bavi re... Read More


China's First-Half Trade Hits Record $3.75 Trillion as High-Tech Exports Surge 39%

New Delhi, July 14 -- BEIJING - China's total merchandise trade reached a first-half record of 25.47 trillion yuan, equivalent to $3.75 trillion, Xinhua reported Tuesday, citing the General Administra... Read More


Spain's Migrant Regularization Draws 1.17 Million Applicants, Double Official Forecast

New Delhi, July 14 -- MADRID - She did not apply to become a political argument. But when Pilar Cancela, Spain's Secretary of State for Migration, stepped to a lectern at the end of June to announce t... Read More


Hungary's Parliament Votes to Oust President Sulyok in Post-Orban Purge

New Delhi, July 14 -- BUDAPEST - The vote was not close. Hungary's parliament approved a constitutional amendment Monday with 139 votes in favour and six against, a margin so lopsided it rendered the ... Read More


X Rewires Reply Algorithm to Put Mutual Followers First as Threads Hits 500 Million Users

New Delhi, July 14 -- NEW YORK - The reply section on X has been one of the internet's more reliably hostile places for most of the platform's two-decade history. Nikita Bier, X's head of product, ack... Read More


NYT Spelling Bee Answers - Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (VITRIOLIC)

New Delhi, July 14 -- VITRIOLIC (9 letters, 16 points), which uses all seven letters exactly once. Hint 1: The pangram is an adjective describing language or criticism that is bitterly harsh and corr... Read More


Counter-Terrorism Police Take Over Ann Widdecombe Murder Inquiry After Suspect Rearrested

New Delhi, July 14 -- LONDON - Counter-terrorism police assumed control of the investigation into the murder of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe on Monday, re-arresting a 28-year-old white Britis... Read More


Britain Designates Iran's IRGC a Terrorist Organization Under New State Threats Powers

New Delhi, July 14 -- LONDON - Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer charity burned in a north London street in March before anyone invoked the words "state threats powers." On Monday, the B... Read More


Houthis Strike Saudi Arabia's Abha Airport with Ballistic Missiles and Drones

New Delhi, July 14 -- Saudi-aligned forces had bombed the runway at Sanaa International Airport hours earlier to prevent a Houthi delegation from landing. The Abha strikes marked the first direct cro... Read More