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US sanctions Iran's largest automakers, major rail companies

US sanctions Iran's largest automakers, major rail companies

The United States on Thursday announced fresh sanctions targeting Iran's largest automakers, as well as major rail, manufacturing and metals companies, as Washington seeks to exert maximum pressure in...

  • 02 Oct 2026
Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

Physicist Francis Halzen has an impressively long list of academic accolades -- but every October, as the Nobel Prize rolled around, his failure to bag the biggest award of them all left him "miserabl...

  • 07 Oct 2026