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Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 13:46 UTC
US/Iran war lifting oil prices, but benefiting countries such as Australia, Norway and Brazil

The US-Iran conflict has propelled currencies from energy-exporting countries into the limelight, with windfall profits from exports of oil, gas and metals helping them to outperform the US dollar.
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Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 02:09 UTC
King Charles avoids direct Iran reference and hails 'most consequential alliance' between UK and US

King Charles III delivered a 28-minute address on Tuesday to a joint session of the United States Congress in which he hailed the “special relationship” between London and Washington as “one of the most consequential alliances in human history,” in a speech that avoided any direct reference to the war against Iran or the Epstein case, two issues that have strained transatlantic ties in recent weeks. The address marked the centerpiece of the monarch's state visit to Washington, held in the framework of the 250th anniversary of American independence.
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Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 19:20 UTC
United Arab Emirates leaves OPEC amid energy crisis fueled by Iran war

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday its withdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the broader OPEC+ alliance, in a decision taking effect on May 1 that constitutes one of the most significant blows to the oil cartel in its more than six decades of existence. The announcement comes amid the largest energy crisis in years, triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the war between the United States and Iran launched on February 28, and on the eve of the OPEC meeting scheduled for Wednesday in Vienna.
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Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 17:42 UTC
King Charles prepares speech on 'reconciliation and renewal' to US Congress after White House welcome

King Charles III is preparing to deliver an address to a joint session of the US Congress at 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, in which he will frame “reconciliation and renewal” as the defining themes of the bilateral relationship between London and Washington 250 years after American independence. The speech, expected to be one of the centerpieces of his state visit, comes after a heavily symbolic military welcome at the White House, where President Donald Trump extended to the monarch the highest protocol honor accorded by the United States to a visiting head of state.
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Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 04:10 UTC
Argentine VP tells islanders to 'go back to England' as US presses UK over F-16 jets

The Falklands sovereignty dispute returned to the centre of the diplomatic agenda this week with two developments of immediate impact: comments by Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel demanding that islanders “go back to England” if they “feel English” — despite the fact that in the 2013 referendum islanders voted by a 99.8% majority to remain British — and a disclosure published by The Telegraph that the United States had pressured the British government to tolerate the delivery to Argentina of F-16 fighter jets sourced from allied territory.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 15:00 UTC
Brazilian platform to track commodity chains ahead of EU deforestation rules

A new Brazilian digital platform began operating on Monday to cross-check social and environmental data and support the tracing of commodity chains linked to deforestation, land conflicts and other rural violations.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 12:59 UTC
Palantir manifesto draws global criticism over 'technofascist' and militarist vision of the West

A 22-point manifesto published by Palantir Technologies on social media platform X has triggered a wave of international criticism over its ultranationalist and militarist tone, at a moment when the US data analytics firm for military and intelligence use has consolidated its position as one of the Pentagon's leading contractors. The document, posted on April 19, has accumulated more than 32 million views and condenses the thesis of the book The Technological Republic, written by the company's chief executive Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 06:03 UTC
King Charles arrives in the US for a state visit marked by bilateral tensions over the Iran war

King Charles III and Queen Camilla landed on Monday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, beginning a four-day state visit to the United States — the most prominent of the current reign and the first by a British monarch in two decades. The tour coincides with the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence and unfolds at a particularly delicate moment for the “special relationship” between London and Washington, sharpened by tensions stemming from the war against Iran and a series of diplomatic disagreements that have accumulated in recent months.
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Monday, April 27th 2026 - 03:04 UTC
Hungary's incoming PM says Orbán-linked oligarchs are moving funds to Uruguay and other destinations

Hungary's incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, alleged on Saturday that oligarchs linked to outgoing leader Viktor Orbán are transferring “tens of billions” of forints to Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and “other distant countries,” in what he described as a coordinated operation to move capital out of the country ahead of the government transition scheduled for May 9.
Monday, April 27th 2026 - 01:09 UTC
What Is Chinlon, and Why Is It Important to Myanmar’s Culture

Chinlon does not stop flowing; nor do its participants. While the world watches Myanmar’s Chinlon for its rhythmic style rather than results or scores, it has merged sport, performance, and culture into a single flowing motion of balance and control. Each touch and each movement is connected. Follow this story, and you will see why Chinlon has been forming identities across multiple generations.