2026-06-12 archive

ARCHIVED · 5 LEFT · 5 CENTER · 2 RIGHT · Jun 12, 8:37 AM

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Iran war shows how fragile our food system really is - Philip Lymbery

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing ceremony in Europe as soon as this weekend. “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran and we’re going t...

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ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report

Trump says ‘great settlement’ of Iran war in the works, signing ceremony soon

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing cerem...

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Left ·News report

UK economy shrank by 0.1% in April as Iran war held back growth

GDP hit by higher energy prices caused by Middle East conflict, after 3% rise in March The UK economy contracted by 0.1% in April as the Iran war began to take its toll on growth, official...

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Center ·News report

Iran war shows how fragile our food system really is - Philip Lymbery

What this conflict reveals about our dangerous dependence on fertiliser

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Center ·News report

Asian shares surge and oil prices slip after Trump claims a breakthrough in Iran war talks

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares climbed sharply on Friday, tracking big Wall Street gains, and oil prices slipped after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed there was a breakthrough in talks t...

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Center-left ·News report

Asian shares surge and oil prices slip after Trump claims a breakthrough in Iran war talks

Asian shares have climbed sharply, tracking big Wall Street gains, and oil prices slipped more than 1% after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed there was a breakthrough in talks on ending...

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Center ·News report

Trump says "settlement" reached on Iran, signing could happen this weekend

President Trump said earlier Thursday he called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.

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Right ·News report

BREAKING AUDIO – Trump says he ended the war with Iran today

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President Trump told a tele-rally for Burt Jones that he and his administration ended the war with Iran today. Listen below: Seeing is believing. Trust but verify. But honestly, I don’t...

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Left ·News report

Trump's Iran War Slowing Global Economic Growth to Lowest Level Since Pandemic: World Bank

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The World Bank on Thursday lowered its global growth forecast for the remainder of 2026 as the illegal US-Israeli war of choice on Iran drives up energy prices, inflation, and the cost of d...

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Center ·News report
The Hill5h ago

The Memo: Trump announces ‘great settlement’ on Iran, but the world awaits details

This time it’s different — maybe. President Trump announced a “great settlement of the war with Iran” when he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon. It was an abrupt turn...

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Center-right ·Think tank/policy paper

The Iran war is a game of liar’s poker

The central question has not simply been who possesses power, but who is willing to absorb pain, tolerate risk, and continue escalating when conventional logic suggests restraint.

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Center ·News report

Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, cites breakthrough in talks to end the war

Trump has said multiple times in recent weeks that the warring parties have been on the cusp of a deal without anything coming to fruition.

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Center-left ·News report

Trump says ‘great settlement’ of Iran war in the works, signing ceremony soon

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing cerem...

Open source