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Oil prices soar to $114 a barrel, up more than 20% from Friday, as war with Iran intensifies

10:23 PM on Sunday, March 8

Oil prices soar to $114 a barrel, up more than 20% from Friday, as war with Iran intensifies

Chinese President Xi Jinping reacts during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

What China's latest economic plans say about its tech ambitions and rivalry with the US

9:04 PM on Sunday, March 8

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China’s legislature outline top priorities

US will order nonessential diplomats and families to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran escalates retaliation, officials say

7:33 PM on Sunday, March 8

US will order nonessential diplomats and families to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran escalates retaliation, officials say

President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Fox News apologizes for showing old video of a hatless Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony

7:12 PM on Sunday, March 8

Fox News has apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony as part of its coverage

A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping

6:19 PM on Sunday, March 8

Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East

Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping

6:15 PM on Sunday, March 8

Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping

FILE - National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman speaks with reporters at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

NTSB member says he was fired without explanation by the Trump administration

4:18 PM on Sunday, March 8

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired without explanation by the Trump administration

US military says a US service member died of injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia

3:37 PM on Sunday, March 8

US military says a US service member died of injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia

FILE - Cellou Dalein Diallo sits at the People's Hall in Conakry, Guinea, Sept 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

Guinea's main opposition leader warns of a 'party-state' after 40 political parties dissolved

3:28 PM on Sunday, March 8

Guinea’s main opposition leader says the government is crushing political competition after it dissolved dozens of parties including the biggest ones

A woman with tape reading in Portuguese "Living is my right" over her mouth takes part in a march marking International Women's Day on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Women’s Day marches in Brazil decry gender-based violence, fueled by alleged gang rape in Copacabana

3:15 PM on Sunday, March 8

Marches across Brazil for International Women’s Day are serving as a rallying cry against rising violence against women after the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old in Rio de Janeiro

FILE - Members of Parliament rise for a moment of silence in the House of Commons, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 24, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, file)

Carney calls special elections for three Canadian districts, which could lead to majority government

1:45 PM on Sunday, March 8

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called special elections for three districts that, if his party wins, would give the Liberals a majority government

Lebanon says over a half-million people have been displaced in the week of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

1:36 PM on Sunday, March 8

Lebanon says over a half-million people have been displaced in the week of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

A woman holds up a placard during a protest marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know

10:24 AM on Sunday, March 8

Women across the world called for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations Sunday marking International Women’s Day

A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump’s ‘roaring’ economy meets a rough start to 2026: What the latest numbers show

7:30 AM on Sunday, March 8

President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth

Plumes of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil facility late Saturday linger and merge with the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's supreme leader, named his successor, Iran state TV says

1:12 AM on Sunday, March 8

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, receives his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa, about 267 miles (430 kilometers) southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Umesh Karki)

A new Nepali party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election

12:37 AM on Sunday, March 8

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year

People march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 61st Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

On 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, worries about the future of voting rights and calls to action

12:19 AM on Sunday, March 8

Alabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

South Florida university probes racist group chat tied to a local GOP official

11:05 AM on Friday, March 6

Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language

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