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Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto told reporters the fuel surcharge would rise from 10 to 38 percent, and the base ticket price between nine and 13 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Around 90 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up around 0.2 percent with similar gains for the broad-based S&P 500 and the tech-rich Nasdaq.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

We are roughly 45 percent joking in this entry.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

SDSSJ0715-7334 has just 0.005 percent of the metals found in the Sun, making it the most metal-poor star ever observed, more than twice as metal-poor as the previous record holder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

In some counties 80 percent of the population didn’t have a job.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson