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		<title>Trump’s Iran Strategy Collides with Hormuz Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has changed his approach as he tries to end the war against Iran: reopen the Strait of Hormuz at all costs and leave thorny negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs until later.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alaska Mega-Tsunami Raises Alarm for Cruise Ships in Glacier Fjords</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 19:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A massive landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord triggered one of the tallest tsunamis ever recorded, sending water 481 meters—about 1,578 feet—up the opposite wall of the fjord in what...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s Feud With Germany’s Merz Puts EU Trade Deal on Edge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg) &#8212; Donald Trump’s rift with Friedrich Merz is complicating the European Union’s push to finish its US trade deal before fresh tariffs arrive. The US president was reluctant on...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Antarctica’s Cruise Boom Sparks Alarm After Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula is a niche but booming industry powered by deep-pocketed adventure-seekers traveling thousands of miles to marvel at penguin colonies and take "polar plunges" in sight of icebergs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Import Slowdown Deepens as Retailers Pull Back Amid Iran Crisis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 15:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. container imports are expected to remain weaker than last year through at least early fall despite a temporary rebound in May and June, according to new projections from the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Detains ‘Ocean Koi’ Tanker Apparently Hauling Iranian Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 15:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran said it seized a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which appeared to be a sanctioned vessel carrying the Islamic Republic’s own oil.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Navy Disables Two More Iranian Tankers as Hormuz Blockade Enforcement Intensifies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. forces disabled two additional Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday as Washington expanded enforcement of its maritime blockade targeting vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports....]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Historic Cold Pushed U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaking Fleet to the Limit in 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Ann LaRocco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The icebreaking season for the U.S. Coast Guard was longer this year after a series of storms ravaged the country.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China Confirms Attack on Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Earlier This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[China's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that an oil products tanker carrying Chinese crew was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and expressed deep concern about vessels affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU Russian Arctic LNG Imports Hit $4.4bn Record Despite Sanctions Measures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malte Humpert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[European Union imports of Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas from the Yamal LNG project hit a record high in the first four months of 2026, despite the bloc introducing measures intended to curb purchases of Russian fuel.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US, Iran Clash Near Hormuz as Response on Proposed Deal Awaited</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The US and Iran clashed near the Strait of Hormuz, an escalation that threatens to further fracture a fragile ceasefire as the two sides discuss a permanent end to the war. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Confirms Iranian Attack on U.S. Navy Destroyers in Strait of Hormuz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 23:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three U.S. Navy destroyers came under missile, drone and small-boat attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement released Thursday morning,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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