Oil at $150 will trigger global recession, says boss of financial giant BlackRock
Larry Fink says if oil prices stay high for a sustained period it will have “profound implications” for the world economy. Source link
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What Iranians make of the possibility of talks to end the war
Kiana, a woman in her 20s, lives in the capital, Tehran. From day one, she has repeatedly said she wants the war to end, but now that the possibility of a ceasefire which would keep the leaders of the Islamic Republic in power is being mooted, she said she felt confused. Source link
Pilots killed in LaGuardia plane crash named
Investigators released details from the final three minutes of cockpit and tower communications, which showed controllers cleared both the plane and a fire truck to cross the runway. Source link
What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia
Two pilots were killed and several passengers and crew were injured when an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport. BBC Verify has been using air-traffic-control audio and flight-tracking data to piece together what happened on the runway on 22 March – as Jake Horton explains. Produced by Aisha…
Elon Musk's Starlink blocked from operating in Namibia
Namibia’s regulator noted that Starlink’s subsidiary is not locally owned. Source link
‘Maybe they’ll see worse’: 2008 crisis expert names four risks that could bring down global financial system | World News
Richard Bookstaber, author of A Demon of Our Own Design, warns today’s financial system faces dangers even greater than 2008./ Image: Institute for New Economic Thinking Richard Bookstaber, the financial analyst and author who spent decades working inside hedge funds and the US Treasury before writing the book that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis, says…
Search for four missing soldiers after Colombia plane crash kills 66
The Hercules military transport plane crashed minutes after take-off near Colombia’s southern border with Peru. Source link
Iran war shows norms of international conflicts have been upended
Iran has attacked energy infrastructure in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and Israel. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said since the start of the war at least 40 energy assets across nine countries have been “severely or very severely” damaged. Source link
Ukraine Unesco site damaged as Russia launches 400 drones in deadly daytime attack
Cities across the west of Ukraine were hit, with residential buildings damaged and many injured. Source link
Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection
The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years. Source link