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US Strikes Two Iranian Tankers as Trump Threatens Escalation
U.S. Navy warplanes struck and disabled two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, as the Trump administration awaited Tehran's reply to an American proposal for ending the 10-week-old war. President Donald Trump threatened to escalate beyond the existing naval patrols if no deal materialised.
EconomyUS consumer sentiment hits record low as gas prices eclipse jobs data
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell to 48.2 in May, the lowest reading since the survey began in 1952, even as employers added nearly twice the number of jobs economists had expected in April.
Foreign AffairsTrump says Russia and Ukraine agree to three-day ceasefire and prisoner swap
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of 1,000 prisoners each, calling it the possible beginning of the end of a war now in its fourth year.
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