One theory is that a surprisingly large amount of crude is escaping the double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, helping the global energy system absorb the historic shock.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Still others were escaping the horrors of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.
Police are searching for a straphanger suspected of unbolting a door switch from a inside a downtown C train Monday evening, snipping the wires and then absconding with the train part, sources tell the Daily News.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
For the last couple of years at least, groups of international thieves have been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding back to their home countries.
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