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How does the damage to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea pipeline affect global oil prices?
Live from NPR News in Washington, on Korva Coleman, the price of fuel continues to soar. Now Saudi Arabia's oil exports have been slashed after attackers damaged its major oil pipeline going to the Red Sea. Ellen R. Wald is an oil markets expert and author. She says the pipeline had given the Saudi government another way to export its oil.
It allows them to get that oil all the way to the Red Sea. They have a number of refineries there, they're able to export, they have a port there. So the fact that this pipeline is out of commission really puts a crimp in Saudi Arabia's ability to get its oil uh and its products to customers worldwide. She
spoke to NPR's morning edition. The US is blocking Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York. He was supposed to address the UN General Assembly next week.
Why is the U.S. blocking Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN?
The US State Department is accusing the Palestinian Authority of glorifying terrorism. Palestinian Authority called it an unjustified move that weakens a Palestinian partner committed to peace. and Pierce Daniel Estran reports from Tel Aviv.
It's the second year in a row that the Trump administration is denying a visa to the Palestinian leader to attend the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority president opposes Hamas and has called for a peace agreement with Israel. But the U.S. State Department said it's blocking Palestinian officials from visiting the U.S. because of their quote failure to reform and activities that undermine the prospects for peace. including financial support for Palestinians convicted for attacks on Israelis. The UN will hold a vote on whether to allow the Palestinian Authority leader to give his address by video like last year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is traveling to New York to address the UN.
What impact are Canada’s retaliatory tariffs having on American farmers in the northern border states?
Daniel Estran, NPR News Tel Aviv.
American farmers in rural northern border states are trying to adapt to new retaliatory tariffs on farm equipment from Canada. And Piers Kirk Siegler reports it's just the latest headwind for farmers who are also coping with record diesel and fertilizer.
Fertilizer prices. Lee Dalman farms in Montana's Golden Triangle, one of the country's top wheat growing areas. He's been trying to save money on fertilizer by rotating in crops like lentils that naturally inject nitrates into his soil and using new smart tech that selectively drops fertilizer or pesticides from his sprayer.
So does terrace affect me? No. Does it bother me? No. Some things may be made in Canada.
How are recent femicides in Johannesburg’s suburbs influencing South Africa’s gender‑based violence crisis?
Yeah, but am I as long as you're smart and wise about it.
Still farmers like Dahlman here say Canada is an important trading partner. And until the retaliatory tariffs hit the other day, communities here had benefited from buying everything from parts, supplies, and groceries over the northern border. Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Dutton, Montana. You're
listening to NPR News from Washington. The body of a ninth woman has been found in a Johannesburg suburb today. South Africa is roiling from a spate of femicides in the same neighborhood, the majority of them committed over the past week. Some of the women were sexually assaulted. NPR's Kate Bartlett reports, police have not ruled out a serial killer.
South African women are living in fear and are furious. Gender-based violence, but specifically femicide, is such a huge issue in South Africa.
What does Canada’s proposed associate‑member status in the EU mean for North‑American trade?
As a woman, you can't do anything alone. You jog, you can get killed. You go to the post office, you can get killed. In your homes, you can get killed.
That's twenty six year old Shari Malule, who took part in one of the many community runs around the country on Wednesday in honor of the victims, one of whom had been killed while out on her daily run. And it just makes me angry that I can't move freely, like my whole country feels like a prison. South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, with an estimated fifteen women killed daily, according to rights group Women. for change. Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in France today.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How does the damage to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea pipeline affect global oil prices?
0:00–0:52
2
Why is the U.S. blocking Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN?
0:52–1:49
3
What impact are Canada’s retaliatory tariffs having on American farmers in the northern border states?
1:49–2:33
4
How are recent femicides in Johannesburg’s suburbs influencing South Africa’s gender‑based violence crisis?
2:33–3:30
5
What does Canada’s proposed associate‑member status in the EU mean for North‑American trade?
3:30–4:14
6
How can U.S. citizens abroad request absentee ballots for the 2026 election?
4:14–4:52