That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.
Prices for gasoline, which is refined from crude oil, and other fuels and energy products were also higher as a result.
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Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2026
Concurrently, Iran has reportedly refined its Shahed-107 loitering munitions, enhancing their lethality based on combat experience, and continues supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles.
Xi has purged or expelled most of the seven-member Central Military Commission, leaving just him and one other member.
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Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2026
Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him.
Legacy databases are notoriously fragmented, proprietary data is rarely cleaned or standardized, and cybersecurity protocols surrounding corporate intellectual property remain a massive liability.
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Ivan Illan,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2026
The coffin was covered with mud, and, before bringing it inside his house, Luwi cleaned it off with a bucket of water and a sponge.
However, the department has not clarified the scope, and has not confirmed whether legitimate PSLF credit has been rescinded for some borrowers and, if so, whether it will be restored.
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Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2026
Elci clarified that was a nod to his father’s work ethic, not a disregard for his passing.
What lies before us is not a world cleansed of fraud, but a world in which the speed of both deception and defense keeps rising, so that the responsibility shared between institutions and individuals grows more important.
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Dennis-Kenji Kipker,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2026
The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.
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Brett R. Chloupek,
The Conversation,
15 July 2026
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