Officials Warn 10% Economic Drop, $20 Billion Damage
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“OFFICIALS WARN 10% ECONOMIC DROP, $20 BILLION DAMAGE”
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This storyWhat share of world seaborne oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz?
- About 10%
- About 20%
- About 35%
- About 50%
Guess, then reveal the answer
About 20%
Tyre, Lebanon is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth.
Zeina Khodr reports from Tyre (Sur), a Phoenician city over 4,000 years old and a UNESCO World Heritage Site — now at the center of southern Lebanon's conflict zone. Explore Tyre at Wikipedia
This storyWhat's the biggest risk of a 10% economic drop?
Iran attacked 190+ ships in the Strait during the 1980s 'Tanker War'!
During the Iran-Iraq War (1984–88), both sides attacked oil tankers in the Gulf. The U.S. launched Operation Earnest Will — the largest naval convoy operation since WWII — to keep the Strait open.
Topic poll · all networksIran enriches uranium to 60%. Weapons-grade requires what % purity?
- 60%
- 75%
- 90%
- 99%
Guess, then reveal the answer
90%
Houston has a long history of protests over immigration enforcement.
Houston is home to one of the largest immigrant populations in the U.S. — over 600,000 foreign-born residents. Tensions between ICE and Houston communities date to the agency's founding in 2003 after the Homeland Security Act reorganized federal immigration enforcement.
