Trump Removes Sanctions on Russian Oil, and Chatbots Want Your Health Records
- U.S. temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil imports to stabilize energy prices amid Middle East conflict.
- Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz, laying mines and cutting off a critical global oil and gas route.
- Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut and a university campus in Lebanon,
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