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  1. Even after a cease-fire, Iran is keeping a chokehold on traffic, forcing countries to cut deals that could put them at odds with the U.S.
  2. The cost at the pump made its biggest monthly percentage increase in decades amid lingering tensions over the war in Iran.
  3. Many long-haul truckers in China have a tight budget and live frugally on the road, sleeping and cooking in their vehicles. Now, the pain at the pump is forcing some drivers to rethink their lives.
  4. Soaring energy costs led to the biggest monthly increase in the Consumer Price Index since the peak of the post-pandemic inflation crisis in June 2022.
  5. The war with Iran is preventing huge amounts of oil from flowing out of the Persian Gulf, but the prices that many people track don’t fully capture the scale of the disruption.