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Vegetable cooking oil sits in a pan on a stove in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Saturday, April 16, 2011. — Vegetable cooking oil sits in a pan on a stove in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM UTC

Good morning. Cooking oil becomes the latest pawn in the US and China’s trade battle. Donald Trump threatens to take the World Cup away from Boston. And the cost of natural disasters mounts. Listen to the day’s top stories.