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5 min readLive from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. As the Iran war approaches a two week mark, huge crowds took to the streets of Tehran for funerals for top commanders killed in joint US and Israeli airstrikes. And there are questions about the whereabouts of the new supreme leader. The Ayatollah Mushtava Hamanei is injured but safe and sound, his son Yusuf wrote in a post on his telegram channel. The reports have been that he was injured but not seriously enough to not be in charge. We don't know where he is. He's obviously in a secure location. And although he's supreme leader and he commands pretty much everything, there is still that layer of command and control of the military. Reporting from Urbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Oil prices are rising again, topping one hundred dollars a barrel before settling back a bit, despite an agreement among major countries to release a record amount of oil from emergency reserves. International academics say the war with Iran is disrupting global higher education from Member Station GBH in Boston. Kirk Carapaz reports that while few Americans study in Iran, the conflict is creating the US. Qatar hosts American branch campuses for Georgetown and Northwestern. In the United Arab Emirates, there's NYU Abu Dhabi, as well as Boston's Halt International Business School, which has a campus in Dubai. Both Qatar and the UAE have been hit by strikes fr
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- 1 (00:26) **Iran War Nears Two-Week Mark; Tehran Funerals and Supreme Leader's Whereabouts** - Huge crowds attend funerals for top commanders killed in US-Israeli airstrikes; questions surround the new supreme leader, who is reported injured but safe.
- 2 (01:21) **Oil Prices Rise Despite Record Reserve Release** - Oil tops $100/barrel before settling, even as major countries agree to release a record amount of oil from emergency reserves.
- 3 (01:33) **War Disrupts Global Higher Education in the Middle East** - The conflict impacts American branch campuses in Qatar and the UAE, which have been hit by Iranian strikes.
- 4 (02:39) **Trump Campaigns Against Incumbent Republican Thomas Massey** - President Trump calls Massey a "loser" and "disloyal," confident a Republican will still win the safely red district in November.
- 5 (03:22) **India Eases Investment Restrictions for Chinese Companies** - India makes it easier for Chinese firms to invest in solar cells and silicon chips, marking a significant lowering of bilateral tensions.
- 6 (04:19) **Lyft Settles Service Animal Discrimination Case** - The Minnesota Department of Human Rights announces a nationwide settlement with Lyft over drivers refusing to transport a college student's service dog.
- 7 (04:28) **WNBA and Players Union Resume CBA Talks** - The two sides restart negotiations in New York after a 12-hour session ended early Wednesday; revenue sharing remains the key sticking point.
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