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THE NEW YORK TIMES: A shortage of naphtha, stemming from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is disrupting manufacturing and retail goods in Japan and South Korea.

More than 100 police and other government personnel are scrambling to rescue those believed trapped in the rubble.

The race to return a human to the moon is heating up as China sends an astronaut into space for a year, amid pressure to meet its 2030 lunar mission deadline.

A possible peace deal between Iran and the United States is sending shockwaves, with Donald Trump pledging the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.

An emotionally disturbed man who had been issued with a ‘stay-away ​order’ has been identified as the suspect who opened fire at the White House.

New allegations have reportedly been levelled against the former prince as a police investigation in the UK widens.

A coalmine gas explosion in China has killed at least 90 people, state media says, in the country's worst mining accident in more than a decade.

Donald Trump says a potential breakthrough in the Middle East peace talks could be imminent, with the President revealing an agreement involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is being ‘negotiated’.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There is no shortage of targets, should Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran that paused on April 8.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran is trying to formalise — and monetize — its control over the Strait of Hormuz, previously a transit point for one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas, by charging a fee for passage.

It is the latest step by the Trump administration to make legal immigration more difficult for foreigners already in the US and for those hoping to stay in the country.

A huge blast rung out after a fire erupted at a shipyard in New York City.

Fresh controversy has engulfed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, with their daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice facing new scrutiny over their ties to the disgraced couple.

The US government has released a new batch of previously ‌classified files related to alleged sightings of unidentified ‌flying ⁠objects.

SpaceX ‌has completed a test flight of its next-generation Starship, with the spacecraft plummeting into the Indian Ocean as intended before igniting.