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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2026. – | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Surging oil prices following the Iran war are expected to impact China less than in past years as the country has built large crude stockpiles and diversified its energy sources, including renewables.As oil prices climbed past $100 a barrel for the first time in four years, OCBC analysts said China may be “less sensitive to a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz than many of its Asian peers.””China has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The California State University (CSU) system’s board of trustees meeting Tuesday was shaken by a stampede of emotional residents and alumni reacting to a decision to sue the federal government. CSU and San Jose State University announced Friday they are filing the lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Education’s recent findings that SJSU violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player from 2022-24.Tuesday’s meeting turned into a war of words. Many speakers ignored instructions to address the board and instead addressed other speakers in the crowd. One woman, a CSU…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A series of social media posts from a cryptid-focused podcast has ignited speculation about widespread Bigfoot sightings in northeast Ohio, with enthusiasts pointing to what they describe as a concentrated burst of activity.The Bigfoot Society, a podcast and online community dedicated to collecting eyewitness accounts of Sasquatch encounters, says it had received six separate reports between March 6 and March 10 in wooded areas near Mantua and Garrettsville, southeast of Cleveland.The group has described the cluster as a possible “flap,” a term used in cryptozoology for multiple sightings within a short time…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kristin Cavallari is making waves.The 39-year-old television personality appeared in a series of sun-drenched ocean photos shared by her lifestyle brand, Uncommon James. In one striking shot, Cavallari stood waist-deep in sparkling blue water, wearing a cream knit bikini top as she lifted both hands to her wet hair. Sunlight reflected off the surface around her, while layered gold necklaces rested against her collarbone, paired with stacked bracelets and statement earrings that glinted in the light.In another close-up shot, Cavallari leaned back into the water, eyes closed and smiling toward the sky. The shoreline…

Just over five months after police shot dead a 15-year-old boy on Montreal’s South Shore under circumstances that are still unclear, Quebec’s independent police watchdog submitted its report on the shooting to the province’s prosecution service. Nooran Rezayi was killed by Longueuil police after they responded to a 911 call about a group of allegedly armed youth in a residential neighbourhood. The oversight agency — Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, or BEI — has said the only gun seized at the scene belonged to the officer who shot the teen. Police did seize a baseball bat, a backpack and ski masks, but no…

Last year, Fremantle went down to Geelong in round one and were throttled by 78 points. But I can assure Fremantle supporters last year’s result is in the rear-view mirror, writes Xavier Ellis.

“Some of the women may feel coerced into performing sexual services that they did not promise to do because they’ve already paid such a large amount of agency fees and they’re afraid that if they refuse, they will be terminated and sent back home,” said HOME executive director Stephanie Chok.“We’re also seeing situations of wrongful dismissals, where they get terminated after a very short while for very dubious reasons. So probably, this churn is just for the agencies to earn recruitment fees from a worker, fire the worker, and then bring another worker and earn (more) agency fees.”PROMISES VS REALITYMany…

Pentagon memo orders removal of Anthropic AI technology from key national systems – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News exclusively obtained a Pentagon memo from earlier this month that went out to several senior defense leaders and commanders. It ordered the removal of Anthropic’s AI technology from key national systems. Jo Ling Kent reports.

This report is from this week’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here.The big storyIndia rarely ties its foreign policy to a single partner or bloc. But war has a way of forcing choices.The escalating U.S.–Israel war with Iran is now compelling New Delhi to reassess the two major trade corridors it had been quietly developing to cut transit costs and time to Europe — one of its largest trading partners, with whom it recently finalized the “mother of all trade deals.”One route runs north. The International North–South Transport Corridor…

new video loaded: Israeli Attacks Rock Beirut, Displacing Hundreds of ThousandsExplosions shook Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, from Wednesday night into Thursday morning as Israel unleashed a wave of attacks that it said targeted Hezbollah.By Shawn PaikMarch 12, 2026