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Iranian strikes hit a large Kuwaiti oil tanker anchored in a Dubai port, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported on Tuesday. Markets are already responding; the price of oil futures are already rising.Plus, the FBI revealed new details about the attack on a Michigan synagogue ea ...  Show more

Several US service members were injured by an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a US official tells CNN. Earlier today, President Trump said the war with Iran is “not finished yet” and the US has “another 3,554” targets left to hit. Plus, golf legend Tiger ...  Show more

The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. If you enjoy it, subscribe to the FT News Briefing wherever you get your podcasts, or listen at FT.com/newsbriefing.Tuesday, March 17Gov ...  Show more

Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the rapid spread of coronavirus in the southern hemisphere suggests it is likely to flare up in the US later this year. Then, the biggest shopping mall in America has fallen behind on mo ...

The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is central to global efforts to restart economies. The FT’s US coronavirus correspondent, David Crow, explains how nationalism could slow the fight against the pandemic. Plus, some companies are presenting a new customised metric they are cal ...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips, and has been for months now -coronavirus. We haven’t seen an international response to a crisis on this scale before. One in which every single one of the world’s 195 countries are at risk. Nations are closing their borders, halting flights, limi ...  Show more