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US President Donald Trump prepares to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of bilateral talks at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump said his visit to China scheduled for later this month could be delayed as the US seeks to pressure China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting a new flare-up in already fragile bilateral relations.In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, President Trump said he hoped China would help lift the strait blockade before traveling to Beijing for a summit with Chinese…

ATLANTA — Long security lines snaked through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, frustrating some weary travelers as they waited to arrive at the checkpoint.The crowd formed days after TSA employees did not receive their first full paycheck as the Department of Homeland Security continues to be short on funds.At Atlanta’s airport, travelers formed parallel lines as they passed through security at the domestic terminal. Digital signs showed wait times for TSA PreCheck passengers ranging from four minutes to more than an hour at the main checkpoint.Despite the long lines and the exhausted faces of those…

HONG KONG — The fallout from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz is being felt keenly in Asia, with authorities from New Delhi to Manila taking emergency measures to protect consumers from growing oil shortages and soaring oil prices.On Friday, people in Nepal lined up at gas stations with empty red cooking gas cylinders as the country’s main oil company announced it would only fill them halfway with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to make stocks last longer.Neighboring India, the world’s second-largest LPG importer after China, is grappling with panic buying among…

Formula 1 announced on Saturday that it is officially canceling two races scheduled for Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the Iran war and the growing conflict in the Middle East.The Bahrain Grand Prix was scheduled for April 12th and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on April 19th.”Several alternatives were considered, but ultimately it was decided that no replacement would take place in April,” a joint press release from F1’s commercial and governing body the FIA ​​said.NBC News reported Friday, based on sources familiar with the matter, that the race is expected to be canceled and that an announcement could…

A rustle was heard before the explosion. From a cloudless sky, the plane swooped toward its target at Camp Buehring, a U.S. military base in Kuwait. It crashed near the running course with heavy black smoke. “Oh, no,” said the man who was recording from the base. “Oh my god. Oh, it was here. They’re… starting to dial into our building.”The video ends with smoke filling the desert outpost. Footage of the attack, posted online on March 1 but may have been taken before then, is one of more than 30 open source videos and satellite images reviewed by NBC…

The ongoing war in Iran isn’t just driving up oil prices. Essential crop fertilizers are also in the crossfire, and U.S. food prices could be next.About a third of the world’s fertilizer ingredients, a critical input that farmers rely on to grow crops for daily food, pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping chokepoint on Iran’s southern coast.Approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil supply also moves through this narrow waterway. The strait has been effectively closed since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran began on February 28th.At least three cargo ships have come under direct attack by…

The Commerce Department reported Friday that while core inflation will rise in early 2026, economic growth in the final three months of 2025 was much slower than expected.Gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of all goods and services produced across the vast U.S. economy, rose at an annual rate of just 0.7% in the fourth quarter, adjusted for seasonality and inflation, the department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said.The first revised GDP figure was significantly revised downward from the previous estimate of 1.4%, and was well below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 1.5%. In addition, due to the record-breaking prolonged…

Important pointsRising oil prices have destabilized markets over the past week on concerns about rising prices and slowing economic growth. While investors are concerned about fears of stagflation and what it means for their portfolios, 2026 looks different than the 1970s for several reasons. At the time, high oil prices led to impressive gains for gold, spurred by a weaker dollar, but this has yet to happen.The war between the United States and Israel against Iran has shaken up markets and caused oil prices to soar, raising concerns about stagflation similar to that seen in the 1970s. The toxic combination…

Asylum seekers with no criminal records are being detained across the country as the Trump administration seeks to remove immigrants seeking legal avenues to remain in the United States. The move is a sharp departure from previous practice, in which asylum seekers were allowed to work and build lives in American communities as their cases unfolded.Lawyers and advocates told NBC News there is a pattern to the arrests. One day, the asylum seekers are with their families. Often after living in the United States for many years. Then, after a ride to errands or work, they end up in ICE’s…

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