conflict
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Ten weeks after the beginning of the war, oil prices surged higher than in the first 10 weeks of any other conflict in the past 46 years.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Halliburton’s stock gains after profit more than doubled and beat expectations, even as the Middle East conflict took a bite out of the oil-services giant’s results.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Two years of conflict in Gaza have severely weakened Gaza's health system.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
"The school was also damaged in the previous war and we were unable to repair it," she said, referring to the 2024 conflict.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
“There is no escaping the fact that nuclear conflict would leave a tragic world,” declared the opening pages of Fallout Protection, a U.S. government booklet published by the millions in late 1961.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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