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US President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 22, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Sunday said talks to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz are proceeding, but urged his negotiating team not to rush into a deal. Read more CNBC politics coverageTrump’s comments on Truth Social are largely a continuation of the status quo from Saturday, when Trump said that a deal with Iran was “largely negotiated.” Trump said that “time is…

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In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha stretches her neck, pirouettes, nods, and shakes her head in front of a two-way mirror. Her daughter Maris does much the same. According to a new study published in PLOS One, both animals show the behavioral hallmarks of mirror self-recognition—a cognitive ability long considered a marker of self-awareness, and one that had never before been documented in beluga whales. If the result holds up, belugas join a remarkably short list. The mirror self-recognition test (MSR) has been passed, with varying degrees of confidence, by…

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The stock market has been volatile due to rising Treasury yields and high oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East. Amid this uncertainty, dividend stocks can help investors secure consistent portfolio income.Top Wall Street analysts can inform investors on their search for attractive dividend stocks that have the ability to generate solid cash flows and pay dividends consistently. Here are three dividend-paying stocks that are highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros, as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.Energy TransferEnergy Transfer owns and operates a diversified portfolio of energy assets in the U.S., with about 140,000…

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Surfside drinks on display at the trade show during CinemaCon 2026 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 15, 2026.Travis P Ball | APAbout a decade ago, sales of LaCroix began to skyrocket. Soon, flavored seltzers were everywhere, from grocery store refrigerators to liquor store shelves.But the era of bubbles looks like it is winding down, thanks to seltzer fatigue. Now, non-carbonated drinks, from Liquid Death to Surfside Iced Teas, are taking the spotlight.”If you think about where there’s more growth, where there’s more consumer interest relative to a few years ago, it’s a shift more to still, across…

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This photo taken on April 3, 2026 shows an exterior view of the U.S. Oracle tech corporation in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps IRGC said Thursday that it had hit a data center of the U.S. Oracle tech corporation based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Wen Xinnian/Xinhua via Getty Images)Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesThe Gulf’s ambition to become a global hub for artificial intelligence is being tested, as the potential for a prolonged conflict in the Middle East raises questions over energy security, infrastructure resilience and investor…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Eurozone economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Investors will be watching the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge for clues about whether price rises are accelerating in the world’s biggest economy.Next week’s PCE, or personal consumption expenditures price index, is expected to echo recent measures that have signalled higher inflation in April, as the war in Iran drove up energy prices. Core prices, which exclude the volatile food and energy sectors and are the Fed’s preferred measure of underlying price pressures, will be most crucial to the central bank’s thinking.…

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General view of lava surfacing on the Halema’uma’u crater of Kilauea volcano in Kilauea, Hawaii, U.S. September 29, 2021, in this still image provided by the USGS surveillance camera.USGS | via ReutersAn earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of Hawaii late on Friday and the state’s volcano observatory was assessing the Kilauea volcano, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is located on Hawaii’s Big Island.The volcano has been erupting episodically since Dec. 23, 2024.In an update earlier on Friday, the USGS’ Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the next…

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Miodrag Ignjatovic | E+ | David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. consumers will shell out more for everything from fuel to hot dogs and hamburgers heading into Memorial Day weekend as the Iran War reignites inflation.Total inflation for shoppers rose 3.8% in April from the same month a year ago, the highest annual rate since 2023, according to federal government data released this month. Prices for travel, recreation and food saw especially sharp increases, draining Americans’ wallets as they ring in the unofficial start of summer.”They’re not going to be happy about what they see,” said Stephen Juneau,…

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