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US oil benchmark jumps 8%, surpasses US$100 after failed US-Iran talks

  By Agencies and published by CNA TOKYO – The US oil benchmark rebounded above US$100 a barrel on Monday (April 13) after peace talks between the United States and Iran failed to make a breakthrough, and with US President Donald Trump ordering a blockade of Iranian ports. Shortly after trading began, a barrel of

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Supplies airdropped to Filipino Marines in tension-filled South China Sea

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHILIPPINE MARINES stationed on a coral reef in the South China Sea were literally given an airdrop of supplies over the weekend as logistic missions by sea had been considered highly precarious due to a maritime blockade laid around by Chinese naval ships, according to an informed source. A Philippine

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