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Stock futures edged lower Thursday morning after the Dow dropped to a 2026 low, fueled by inflation fears following hot wholesale data and the Fed's decision to hold rates steady. Here are some of Thursday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Five Below ( FIVE ) +8% – Shares surged after the retailer posted a strong Q4 beat, with revenue rising 24.5% Y/Y to $1.73B and comparable sales jumping 15.3%, well above expectations. Operating income climbed to $310.9M, reflecting strong execution and store productivity, as the company ended the quarter with 1,921 locations. Looking ahead, Five Below guided Q1 sales to $1.18B–$1.20B with robust comparable sales growth of 14%–16% and EPS of $1.57–$1.69, all ahead of consensus. For FY2026, the company expects revenue of $5.20B–$5.30B and EPS of $7.74–$8.25, broadly in line to slightly above estimates, supported by plans to open ~150 new stores, reinforcing confidence in its growth momentum. dLocal ( DLO ) +6% – Shares gained after the payments company delivered a strong Q4, beating estimates across revenue, gross profit, operating income, and adjusted EBITDA. Investor sentiment was further supported by a newly authorized $300M share repurchase program. Looking ahead, dLocal guided for robust 2026 growth, expecting total payment volume (TPV) to rise 50%–60%, well above consensus, alongside solid gains in gross profit and operating income. The upbeat outlook reinforced confidence in the company’s expansion across emerging markets and its ability to sustain strong transaction growth. Biggest stock losers Micron ( MU ) -4% – Shares declined despite the memory chipmaker delivering a strong FQ2 beat and issuing guidance well above Wall Street expectations, alongside a 30% dividend hike to $0.15. The company projected next-quarter adjusted EPS of $18.75–$19.55 on revenue of $32.75B–$34.25B, significantly ahead of consensus estimates. More on related stocks: Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Micron ...

In this article XAG= @SI.1 XAU= @GC.1 Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday, with the metals shedding 2% and 5.5% as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets. At 4:56 a.m. ET, spot gold was down 2.3% at $4,707.20 an ounce. Front-month gold futures were down 4% at $4,702.40. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Gold prices Spot silver was 5.4% lower at $71.2729 an ounce, while silver futures lost 8.7% to settle at $70.86. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Silver prices This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.

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Cursive is back. But should students be learning the skill? toggle caption Anna Rose Layden for NPR Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. In Sherisse Kenerson's after-school classroom, Sandi takes out a piece of paper and fills up a whole line to spell the word that describes a type of lung disease. The word allows her to practice cursive — her new favorite method of writing. When she becomes a doctor, Sandi, who signs her cursive autograph with a heart above the i, is determined to have a perfect signature. Sponsor Message Twelve-year-old Halle O'Brien, Sandi's cursive partner-in-crime, agrees. "I prefer writing in cursive," Halle said. The pair are proud members of the Holmes Middle School cursive club in Virginia. Cursive has been on the upswing for years now. More than two dozen states now require cursive instructio n in schools after the 2010 Common Core standards omitted the skill . Kenerson, a multilingual teacher at Holmes, started the middle school club when students couldn't read her writing on the board. They just stared at her blankly, she said. toggle caption Anna Rose Layden for NPR "I realized they didn't know how to write or read in cursive," Kenerson said. For an educator who firmly believes that quotes deserve to be written in cursive, and has a new one on her board each month, Kenerson wanted to give students a chance to understand the magic of the loopy writing. The club exploded in popularity this past winter, with local news stations and the Washington Post crediting it for "keeping cursive alive." Since then, Kenerson has been racking her brain trying to figure out why it has drawn so much attention. She has received fan mail from retirees and teachers (written in cursive, of course). She has heard from people in Idaho, Pennsylvania and Florida. She has even had Zoom calls wit...

美国将签证保证金国家名单扩大至50国 2026-03-19 17:00:31 来源： 同花顺7x24快讯 分享 文章提及标的 元保 -- 美国国务院18日在其官网上发表新闻公报说，美国将要求赴美签证申请人须缴纳最高1.5万美元保（YB）证金的国家名单扩大至50个国家。(新华社)

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GLP, a global operator and investor in logistics, digital infrastructure, renewable energy and finance, is deepening its commitment to China’s growth, projecting as much as a 50 per cent rise in logistics rental rates, supported by stronger domestic consumption and wider adoption of alternative energies Angela Zhao, CEO of GLP China, said the country’s 15th five-year development plan for 2026 to 2030 would further cement the company’s role as a global thematic investor in “new economy” industries. “In logistics, as market supply stabilises, we expect rents to trend towards pre-Covid-19 levels, which reflect a 30 to 50 per cent upside from where we are today,” Zhao told the South China Morning Post. “In data centres and new energy, we believe we are in the early stages of a generational growth cycle and just scratching the surface in terms of demand.” Advertisement GLP, the developer and operator of more than 420 logistics and business parks across 70 Chinese cities, has 40 million square metres of properties under management in the world’s second-largest economy. Its China operations own 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy generating capacity, with 1.5GW already connected to power grids. One GW can supply about 750,000 households for a year. GLP can unlock synergies between property management and renewable energy to improve operating efficiency and profitability, says Angela Zhao. Photo: Handout The Singapore-headquartered company is reportedly planning an initial public offering in Hong Kong with a targeted valuation of about US$20 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. Advertisement Zhao declined to comment on the fundraising issue.

Meta is facing a reckoning over its child safety practices as a trial surfaces fresh allegations that the company prioritized profit incentives and engagement over protecting children. The landmark trial in New Mexico has now completed its fifth week, with the state attorney general resting the case on 5 March. Proceedings are expected to continue for another week as Meta presents its defense before the jury begins deliberations. Central to the case are internal company documents obtained by the attorney general’s office during discovery, including emails between Meta executives flagging urgent issues of exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. “Data shows that Instagram had become the leading two-sided marketplace for human trafficking,” stated one email to Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, sent from a member of Meta’s product team in 2019, which was read in court. Prosecutors have presented evidence they say demonstrates delays and deficiencies in Meta’s ability to detect and report harms to children on its platforms, including the distribution of child sexual abuse material – photos and videos of the sexual exploitation of children – and child trafficking. In both the New Mexico trial and concurrent court proceedings in Los Angeles, Facebook and Instagram features have also come under scrutiny for their alleged impact on children’s mental health. The plaintiffs claim the social networks are intentionally addictive and amplify content promoting self-harm, suicidal ideation and body dysmorphia. The defense has vigorously rejected the attorney general’s allegations as “sensationalist, irrelevant and distracting arguments” and that it goes to great efforts to make its platforms safe and continues to invest in new protective features for teens. The jury has also heard from company executives, including Mosseri and Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, who have defended the company’s safety track record. They also argued that with billions of users across Facebook and Instagr...

Polly Findlay’s barnstorming drama about interpersonal and religious tumult in late middle age is a triumph, swerving any sense of sentimentalism Movies about ageing empty-nesters going on a bittersweet holiday and unexpectedly having to confront something about their relationship are common enough. Roger Michell’s Le Week-End starred Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan as an oldster couple having a Eurostar break in Paris; and in Paolo Virz ì ’s sucrose The Leisure Seeker , Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren impulsively head off in a Winnebago. There is often something soft and fuzzy and depressing in the wrong way about these films’ lenient sunset-sentimentalism – but not so with Polly Findlay’s fiercely sad, spiky and wonderfully acted film, based on a novel by Bernard MacLaverty (the author of Cal). Gerry and Stella, played by Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville, are a late-middle-aged couple from Northern Ireland who left for Scotland in the 1970s, traumatised by the Troubles, and are taking a restorative midwinter break in Amsterdam. They appear perfectly happy and affectionate, but Gerry has a drinking problem and Stella feels lonely because Gerry does not share her Catholic faith. In Amsterdam, Stella is struck with epiphanic rapture at the peaceful beauty of the Begijnhof , the city’s enclosed 14th-century courtyard that historically housed unmarried Catholic women who wanted to devote themselves to God. Continue reading...

It’s recently been accused of turning ‘woke’ – but the institution has been gay since the beginning, argues this deeply researched book When it emerged that the National Trust had put vegan scones on the menu, it was seized on by some newspapers as a marmalade dropper – or strawberry jam dropper, perhaps – proof that the institution was woke. Wait until they hear about all the queer men and women who helped to make the Trust what it is today. The charity’s 5.4 million members and others visit its grand piles for a nice day out and a tea towel, unaware that they are surrounded by the ghosts of these figures. They are brought to life by Michael Hall, a former architecture editorof Country Life and author of books on Waddesdon Manor and the gothic revival in Britain. Some of them, such as the buttoned-up Henry James, who lived at Lamb House, Rye, merely lent their lustre to properties that were later taken over by the trust. Others introduced features to the estates that continue to delight trippers to this day. They include Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, partners in a lavender marriage, who created the gardens at Sissinghurst, appropriately enough. Continue reading...

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A bipartisan duo is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s attempts to end a program that lets hundreds of thousands of foreign students work in the US for a year after graduation. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced a bill that would codify Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows international students to work in their field of study for 12 months, with extensions of up to 24 months for STEM students. OPT was introduced in 1992 and functions as a sort of bridge between student visas, or F-1s, and H-1Bs, the visa category issued to foreign nationals who work for US companies. But OPT is now under threat from the Trump administration, which has floated the possibility of doing away with it altogether as part of its broader crackdown on legal immigration. Liccardo and Obernolte are hoping to shore up bipartisan support for the program, which until recently went under the radar and faced little opposition from either party. Between 2006 and 2022, 56 percent of the international students who entered the country on F-1 visas enrolled in OPT, according to data from the Institute for Progress. Students with postgraduate degrees are more likely to enroll in OPT than those with bachelor’s degrees, and those in STEM fields are more likely to use the program to find work in the US than those in other fields. The Department of Homeland Security’s statistics show that 165,524 foreign students participated in STEM OPT in 2024 alone. STEM PhDs have the highest rate of participation in OPT, with 76 percent of graduates enrolling in the program. “The OPT program enables hundreds of thousands of the best and the brightest from around the world to be educated in the United States, and to have a pathway to contribute to our economy,” Liccardo, the bill’s cosponsor, told The Verge. “The alternative to OPT is to educate these brilliant people and to then send them back to their countries of origin, where they’ll start companies to compete against us.” ...

This tax season, there's a new deduction for interest on car loans toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images There's a brand-new tax deduction in place this filing season: Taxpayers who bought a new car in 2025 can, in some cases, deduct interest on their auto loan. The deduction was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which also removed taxes on tips and overtime for qualifying workers, and — relevant to new car shoppers — eliminated a tax credit for buying electric vehicles. Here's what taxpayers should know about the new tax deduction. The deduction applies to new cars purchased after Dec. 31, 2024 If your car loan was taken out before that date, you won't be able to benefit. If you purchased a used car, you're also out of luck. (That means the people who are typically hit the hardest by interest on auto loans — used vehicle buyers with poor credit — will not feel any benefit from this provision.) But if you bought a new car in 2025, read on. Sponsor Message The highest-income households will not qualify The deduction phases out for single tax filers with a modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI, of $100,000 or more. The phaseout begins at $200,000 for a married couple filing jointly. If you make six figures, you may still be able to benefit. MAGI is calculated after certain deductions from your gross income, like tax-deductible retirement contributions. And because the deduction is phased out gradually, if you are close to the cutoff you might still be able to deduct a portion of the interest you paid. The vehicle must have been assembled in the United States To get the deduction, a vehicle must have gone through its final assembly process in the United States, which you can determine using your vehicle identification number. Mark Gallegos, a tax partner at Porte Brown Wealth Management in Chicago, says he's had to remind clients that buying a vehicle "made in the U.S." is not the same as simply buying an "American" brand. A Ford, Chevy or Jeep might be a...

Trump started a war with no clear end in sight. They rarely end well for presidents toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The war in Iran continues with no clear end in sight. President Trump has declared, "We won," but has also indicated the U.S. could be in the fight for a while. How long exactly this conflict will last is anybody's guess, but there has been no "rally-'round-the-flag" effect for the president with this war, and the longer it goes on, the worse it could be for the president politically. Not only are most Americans skeptical of prolonged U.S. military intervention overseas after two decades in Iraq and Afghanistan, but so is Trump's base. Sponsor Message When looking at voters' top concerns, foreign policy often ranks near the bottom. But military action that goes badly has — in addition to the human cost — often imperiled presidents and had irreversibly negative effects on them politically. That was the case for presidents from Harry Truman to Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush and others. Loading... Harry Truman toggle caption Henry Burroughs/AP People often cite the famous sign on Harry Truman's desk in the White House as a model of responsibility. "The buck stops here," it read. So did the political capital. Truman, according to Gallup's survey research archive, was the worst polling president of the last century. His approval rating sat at just 22% in February 1952. The country was facing economic headwinds while also mired in the Korean war. The U.S. fought with South Korea against the North Korean invasion for three years, and more than 36,000 servicemembers died. Lyndon B. Johnson toggle caption Charles Tasnadi/AP Few presidents' swagger matched that of the tall Texan. But the Vietnam war chopped that down. Biographer Robert Caro described the Vietnam war as a "trap" that led to not just LBJ's political decline, but also his health. When he assumed office after John F. Kennedy's as...

As overseas terrorists regroup, is the Iran war increasing danger in the U.S.? toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images During the Senate Select Committee's annual worldwide threat assessment hearing on Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard described how tactics of foreign Islamist terrorist groups have shifted since the peak of ISIS and al-Qaida activity a decade ago. "Increasingly we are seeing less indicators of large-scale organized, complex threats or attacks," Gabbard said, "and instead [have seen] efforts focused on individuals either who have been radicalized by Islamist propaganda and may not have ever had contact with ISIS or al-Qaida, for example; and others who have had contact, of which we are able to have more indications of." Sponsor Message But Gabbard's remarks largely skirted a question that has arisen in the wake of several violent incidents on American soil this month: Has U.S. involvement in fighting in Iran increased potential threat from those very entities? Two of the incidents, an attempted attack on anti-Muslim protesters outside the New York City mayor's mansion, and an attack that killed one student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., are being investigated by the FBI as acts of terrorism. A third, at a synagogue in a Detroit suburb, has been labeled an act of targeted violence. "We have seen the calls for violence coming from Iran, coming from its proxies. We have seen the calls for violence coming from other designated terrorist organizations, from the so-called Islamic State to al-Qaida and others," said Michael Masters, national director and CEO of the Secure Community Network, which monitors threats and provides security training to the Jewish community across North America. "We know that people are working to answer that call and that they are answering it at a quicker pace." While the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran may not directly tie to motives behind each of the recent instances, Masters said i...

Why Trump's attacks and threats to Iran's Kharg Island are a big deal toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. has targeted Kharg Island, Iran's oil export hub on the Persian Gulf, during the ongoing war with Iran. While President Trump said the oil assets on the island remain untouched, he has also threatened that that could change. Damage to the oil infrastructure on the island, located at the north end of the Persian Gulf about 15 miles from Iran's coastline, would cause major disruption to Iran's economy and serve as another blow to the world's oil supply at a time when gas prices are already volatile. Here's what you need to know about the island as the war continues. Sponsor Message What the U.S. has done so far In a March 13 post on Truth Social , Trump announced the U.S. Central Command completed "one of the most powerful bombing raids in History of the Middle East" when it "totally obliterated" military targets on Iran's Kharg Island. Even though he says the U.S. military left the oil assets alone, he threatened to strike those, too, if Iran continued to block the safe passage of ships and large oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Loading... The strait is a critical oil transport zone. In 2024, an average of 20 million barrels a day traveled through the strait, equaling about 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption. Iran has threatened to strike any ship that travels through the strait that isn't carrying Iranian oil, with some limited exceptions. The Trump administration has offered to escort ships through the strait and has encouraged other NATO allies to join the effort. So far, other countries have declined and the U.S. hasn't escorted any ships through the strait since the war began. Trump said in recent days that he is considering strikes on oil pipelines located on Kharg Island. "We can do that on five minutes' notice. It'll be over. But for purposes of someday rebuilding that country, I guess we did the right thing, but it ...

It's called 'private credit' — and it could lead to big trouble on Wall Street toggle caption ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP The risky lending business known as "private credit" is causing some very public problems for banks and investors — with implications that go far beyond Wall Street. "Private credit" refers to an opaque but fast-growing corner of the financial world: When private-equity firms and other companies that aren't banks lend money to businesses, such as software companies and auto lenders. Banks often are more reluctant to lend directly to these businesses, which they see as riskier bets — but they're still exposed to them, because banks do lend to private credit firms. The private credit sector has been growing for years, and is now estimated to be a $3 trillion industry, according to Morgan Stanley. But its mounting problems are also becoming increasingly visible, especially after two companies backed by private credit companies declared bankruptcy in September. Those bankruptcies raised concerns about how carefully private credit firms were vetting the companies they lend to — and how they, and the banks and investors that finance them in turn, would get their money back. Sponsor Message "When you see one cockroach, there's probably more," JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, whose bank had also financed one of the failed companies, warned during an October conference call. More "cockroaches" have been skittering out of the private-credit woodwork in recent weeks. Blue Owl, one of the largest and most prominent private-credit lenders, in February said it would sell off $1.4 billion in assets in order to give money back to some of its investors. The announcement was intended to reassure Blue Owl's investors — but instead, it sparked widespread panic about a collapse in private-credit assets. (A spokesman declined to comment.) Now more investors in several private credit firms are trying to pull their money out of the industry — and the panic is s...

Kick your tiredness with these 7 natural energy boosters Enlarge this image toggle caption Photo illustration by Beck Harlan/NPR Photo illustration by Beck Harlan/NPR About a decade ago, Dr. Amy Shah was in a near-constant state of exhaustion. Life Kit Tired of being tired? Natural ways to get the energy you crave Energymaxxing 101: Natural ways to get the energy you crave Listen · 25:04 25:04 As a working mom of two young children, it was true she was busy. But she wasn't willing to accept the feeling of running on empty all the time, which her colleagues said was "totally normal" for her age and lifestyle. "It felt disappointing that this was just going to be life," she says. Shah's quest to regain her vitality led her in 2021 to write I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life . Sponsor Message Through her research, she found that a full calendar doesn't have to mean feeling sapped at the end of every day. There are simple, natural ways to jumpstart your personal battery — that don't require a double-shot of espresso every morning. Shah, along with a clinical psychologist and a leadership coach, explain how to banish daily bouts of tiredness and boost energy levels in both body and mind. Go for a gut-happy diet toggle caption Beck Harlan/NPR The food you eat and the gut bacteria that process that food influence your energy levels, says Shah, a medical doctor and a specialist in immunology and nutrition. They can either support the production of energy-giving hormones like serotonin — or create inflammation, which drains energy by redirecting your fuel to problem areas instead of fully powering physical and mental activity. So if you want more natural gusto, be good to your gut, she says. Here's how. Eat more nutrient-dense, high-fiber foods They can support gut health by improving digestion, boosting your metabolism rate and promoting serotonin production. The top of that grocery list are high fiber foods like blu...

AI is everywhere. So Silicon Valley set out to buy more chips and build more server farms. But now, it has started redrawing whole sections of the economy around AI’s appetite. The tech has reached an aisle with gas turbines, sovereign wealth funds, jet engines, and billion-dollar arguments over whether the reigning model-building gospel has been headed down the wrong runway all along. AI capital is still buying the familiar hardware. But it’s also wandering into stranger territory with the swagger of a rich industry that’s getting even richer and has stopped asking whether something belongs in the AI story and started asking whether it can be bent to the AI story fast enough to secure more power or more time. Silicon Valley isn’t choosing between “scale harder” and “the LLM paradigm is intellectually busted.” The same ecosystem is writing checks to the lab buying gigawatt-scale compute and to the lab arguing next-token prediction will not get you to broadly capable agents. The anti-casino is still being financed with casino money. The checks are getting larger, sure. But the money is getting restless. It’s now landing on rival theories, exotic structures, adjacent industries, and any corporate costume that gets more electricity, more land, more leverage, or more optionality into the system. The AI spending spree isn’t tidy anymore. It has lost the neat corporate silhouette it had a year ago and is now behaving like an industry with too much money, too many bottlenecks — and an increasingly improvised sense of what exactly now counts as AI infrastructure. Mature spending sprees do this. They spread. They improvise. They scavenge. They colonize the nearby economy. AI has now gotten to that part of its story. Weirder ways to spend Silicon Valley used to spend on AI the old-fashioned way: buy the chips, build the cluster, pour the concrete, tell Wall Street that the future needed a bigger server hall. Today’s spending spree looks like it has slipped its leash. Everyone...

UK Lawmakers Seek Moratorium On Crypto Donations To Political Parties Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, A cross-party parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom has urged the government to impose an immediate moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties until stronger safeguards are in place. In a report published on Wednesday, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy said the government should amend the Representation of the People Bill to impose an “immediate moratorium on crypto donations” until the Electoral Commission produces statutory guidance ahead of the next general election, due by August 2029. The committee also called for the creation of a Political Finance Enforcement Unit to oversee these activities and reduce the minimum threshold for declaring political donations from 11,180 British pounds ($14,900) to 500 pounds ($668), and proposed increasing the maximum custodial sentences to three years for wrongdoing involving foreign financing. The committee cited growing foreign-state threats and efforts to influence the UK’s positions on critical issues, including its relations with the US, the European Union and Ukraine. The recommendation comes amid rising scrutiny of crypto-linked money in British politics. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK became the first party to start accepting crypto donations in 2025. Reform UK recently disclosed a $4 million donation from crypto investor Christopher Harborne in the fourth quarter of 2025, after a record $12 million gift in the previous quarter . "Political finance and foreign influence" report. Source: The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy Crypto donations pose “unnecessary” risk for UK politics Crypto donations pose an “unnecessary and unacceptably high risk” to the integrity of the political finance system and public trust, without robust regulator guardrails, the report states. “We see no democratic imperative to permit the use of crypto in pol...

格隆汇3月19日｜瑞典央行在连续第四次会议上将关键利率维持在1.75%的三年低位，并再次表明今年不会调整利率的计划，同时表示正等待有关中东战争影响的更多明确信息。官员们上调了今年的通胀预期，并下调了经济增长预期。瑞典央行表示：“委员会认为，当前的政策利率水平以及与去年12月相比未发生变化的预测，构成了一种均衡稳健的货币政策。这有助于促进经济复苏，并使年初前后更多的潜在通胀率保持在2%的水平附近。”

国防部长董军18日至19日与越南国防部长潘文江共同主持中越第十次边境国防友好交流活动，并举行会谈。董军说，中越“3+3”战略对话机制首次部长级会议后，接续举行边境国防友好交流活动，是落实两党两国最高领导人重要共识的具体举措，体现了两军交往的高水平、独特性。两军要传承“同志加兄弟”深厚友谊，保持密切战略沟通，发挥边境活动品牌效应，深入推进海上安全、人员交流等领域务实合作，为构建具有战略意义的中越命运共同体贡献力量。（国防部发布）

财联社3月19日讯（编辑 马兰） 美伊冲突爆发导致霍尔木兹海峡中断之后，沙特阿拉伯正通过东西向输油管道向外出口石油，阿联酋则启动哈布山-富查伊拉输油管道绕过霍尔木兹海峡。 这些管道虽然无法完全填补霍尔木兹海峡中断造成的石油供应缺口，但一定程度上保证了中东地区仍能向全球供应石油的能力。如今，海湾国家试图将这种策略扩展到数据传输领域，以防止红海海底电缆出现突发事故。 截至目前，海湾地区与欧洲之间尚未建成陆上光纤线路，因此该地区对穿越红海的海底电缆十分依赖。而全球仅有约60艘专门用于修复海底电缆的船只，在地区冲突持续期间，没有一艘能够安全抵达任何一个关键节点。 Kentik互联网分析总监Doug Madory称，几十年来，穿越伊拉克或伊朗的线路建设一直被认为过于危险，而铺设海底电缆因为成本更低，吸引了众多用户，从而形成了中东地区几乎所有流量都通过红海海底传输，再经由埃及陆路传输的模式。 然而，不断爆发的冲突和航道切断风险要求海湾国家准备一个备用方案，但从历史经验来看 ，这一努力可能将遭遇重重困难。 都有风险 据报道，多个由海湾国家支持的项目正在竞相修建途经叙利亚、伊拉克等地通往欧洲的陆上数据通道，不过这些项目面临各不相同的风险。 其中，进展最快的SilkLink项目由沙特阿拉伯电信集团在2月启动，第一阶段预计将在18个月和24个月内开始。其计划在叙利亚境内铺设4500公里的光纤，将地中海塔尔图斯的海底光缆登陆站与约旦、黎巴嫩和土耳其相连。 这个项目也是2022年途径以色列光缆项目的平替项目。由于加沙冲突，原先的数据通道已被搁置，沙特转而选择经大马士革的叙利亚路线。 不过，Madory指出，此前也有一个路经叙利亚的项目JADI，但启用数月后就遭遇了叙利亚内战，且再未重建。2013年，人们又尝试一条从德国法兰克福经伊朗延伸至阿曼的路线EPEG，但最后又因为俄乌冲突中断。 与此同时，卡塔尔电信Ooredoo选择在伊拉克建设数据走廊，预计将连接所有海湾合作委员会成员国以及伊拉克，并于2027年底投入使用。此外，卡塔尔还将投资建设从伊拉克经土耳其连接欧洲的线路。 Ooredoo还和沙特过渡委员会合作了一个名为SONIC的项目，将连接沙特阿拉伯和阿曼的陆地光纤。 今年2月，伊拉克和阿联酋的几家公司宣布在伊拉克境内建设第三条海底光缆，连接阿联酋和伊拉克，再从伊拉克和库尔德斯坦地区陆路连...

Asian oil refiners have asked Saudi Arabia to change the way it prices the crude they take after the Middle East war disrupted the traditional system, according to traders. The biggest buyers of Saudi oil want the crude to be priced against Brent futures on the Intercontinental Exchange instead of a combination of the Dubai and Oman benchmarks, said the traders, who are directly involved in the discussions. They asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. Talks with Saudi Aramco are ongoing and may fail, the traders said. Aramco didn’t respond to a request for comment. The Saudi crude is priced against a benchmark that’s a combination of Oman futures on the Dubai-based Gulf Mercantile Exchange, as well as the Dubai oil price as assessed by a unit of S&P Global Energy, known as Platts. Aramco’s official selling prices are set as a differential to that baseline each month. It’s the baseline that traders are asking Aramco to swap out with the ICE Brent futures benchmark, they said. Read More: Platts Changes to Middle East Oil Pricing Causing Trader Angst Both the Oman and Dubai prices have skyrocketed since the start of the war, outpacing gains in global benchmarks like Brent and West Texas Intermediate, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut access to most Persian Gulf oil. A decision by Platts to exclude grades that load inside the Gulf from its market on close platform, has further distorted prices, the traders said. Platts didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. Physical crude transactions are priced on a variety of benchmarks, with each region tending to prefer the use of different markers. Asian refiners typically use the Dubai or Dated Brent benchmark — both products of Platts. Some Chinese refiners prefer to price their crude off of ICE Brent.

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