Diesel in California rises to $7 a gallon as wars in Europe and Middle East strain supply

Diesel prices are rising again just as farmers prepare for the harvest and freight transportation picks up ahead of the holiday shopping season.

The U.S. military is downsizing exercises in South Korea and pulling its last aircraft carrier out of the Pacific.

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Weeks of record temperatures across the continent are endangering a fragile agricultural environment.

Stop viewing Iran as a hostile player and start seeing the pattern that nurtures the destructive path its people keep finding themselves on, and change that

HOMEOWNERS face mortgage costs rising AGAIN after renewed uncertainty in the Middle East has spooked lenders. Mortgage rates have been slowly climbing over the past few weeks, with average rates for five-year fixed-rate deals climbing to 5.66% in July, according to data from Moneyfactscompare.co.uk. Meanwhile, the aver