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US tries to end disruption to global trade in Red Sea
A growing number of businesses, including oil giant BP and maritime transport company Evergreen, paused shipments through these waters after recent attacks by Houthi rebels.
The US says it will lead a coalition of ten countries to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by Houthi rebels... these attacks have disrupted global trade.
At least 250,000 people have fled fighting on a new front in Sudan, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighting the army seize the country's second-largest city.
Striking a deal while the iron is hot - Japanese steel giant Nippon buys US Steel, creating one of the world's biggest steel companies.
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