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Gulf states ask US to stop Israel – Reuters

By Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer Several Arab states in the Persian Gulf have lobbied the US to restrain Israel from striking Iranian oil facilities, fearing that Tehran could take revenge by hitting their production and disrupting global markets, according to Reuters. Iran struck Israel with a barrage of missiles on October 1, calling it a […]

US weaponizing dollar – Jeffrey Sachs

The US government has weaponized the dollar rather than having it serve as a medium of exchange or a store of value, award-winning American economist and public-policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs has said. Sachs made the remark on Thursday in his address via video link to a meeting of BRICS ministers of finance and central bank governors. The […]