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Briefing: Oil Prices Continue to Climb After Trump Delays Bombing Threat

Strategic angle: The New York Times reports on the rising oil prices amid geopolitical tensions.

Briefing: CarMax Sold Cars Buyers Couldn’t Legally Own For Months At A Time

Strategic angle: Prosecutors say the used-car retail giant repeatedly delayed ownership paperwork, leaving thousands of buyers without legal title.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Science

Briefing: Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later

Strategic angle: The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling, providing insights into giant caldera volcanoes.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Travel

Briefing: 'Aluminess Make This Right': Woman Tries To Use Her Car's Lifetime Warranty. Then A Worker Tells Her Something Unexpected

Strategic angle: "What does a lifetime warranty actually mean?"

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Germany news: Bundestag votes for pension scheme reboot

Strategic angle: German lawmakers have voted for a scheme aimed at making state-backed private pensions more attractive.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Tech

Briefing: Rank the 50 best Apple products

Strategic angle: In honor of Apple’s 50th anniversary, we picked 50 of our favorite Apple products, from the OG iPhone to GarageBand. Now we’re ranking them as a community, and you can contribute here.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Are Europe’s roads getting safer, or simply less dangerous?

Strategic angle: Across the European Union, progress towards safer mobility continues, but at a slow and arguably insufficient pace.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Misleading headlines claim UK legalised abortion until birth

Strategic angle: A network of online European outlets and social media posts are claiming that the United Kingdom will now allow abortion up until the moment of birth, based on a confusion of the terms 'decriminalisation' and 'legalisation'.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Energy

Briefing: Vital Oil Price Benchmarks Bent Out of Shape by Iran War

Strategic angle: Oil prices are experiencing significant volatility due to the ongoing conflict in Iran.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Iran and the US Hardening Positions Over Ceasefire Talks

Strategic angle: Tensions escalate as both nations take firm stances in the ongoing conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 27