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Further interest rate hikes, more oil market disruptions or an AI-stock selloff also could cause a copper price pullback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Shell’s performance update comes as the conflict in the Middle East continues to cause chaos in energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
She says that it is a difficult balance to redesign the kibbutz so that it feels like home but does not cause new trauma to those who return.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Eberechi Eze: Improved after an underwhelming first-half but did not do enough to cause Thomas Tuchel a selection headache after being handed a rare start.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
She’d tell stories of the tricky little monkeys from Ghanaian myths who liked to cause trouble, play pranks, and … whistle.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
She died on Tuesday of natural causes, surrounded by family and loved ones at her home in Los Angeles, family representative Jeff Sanderson confirmed.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to Mayo Clinic, the condition causes temporary weakness or paralysis of facial muscles, and Brolin felt there was “nothing else to blame” for the symptoms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Saint died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pneumonic plague, which causes lung failure, can be fatal if not treated early, according to the World Health Organization.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
A movement of an object causes a disturbance of the normal motion of the air molecules near the object.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The Yemen conflict has also caused a dire humanitarian crisis that left most of the nation's population dependent on aid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rush also confessed to providing secrets to a foreign government, which could have caused "grave damage" to national security.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The disease is caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Doing the opposite, increasing 15-PGDH in young animals, caused their muscles to shrink and weaken.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Major Puff followed his direction and saw something that caused him much confusion, followed quickly by fear.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The law firm claimed he “struck a defect in the roadway causing him to fall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Schmidt has acknowledged that his words and gesture "were inappropriate and capable of causing offence and hurt", adding that the clip was recorded at a private gathering and "not intended for the public".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In June, a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta without causing casualties.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The extreme heat is driven by a persistent high pressure ridge that has parked over the region causing sinking warming air with very little overnight relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
I feel goose bumps down my arms and back, causing me to actually shiver.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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