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Laboh carries the hopes of breeder Crane in the UAE Derby

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s lioness (deceiver) will face some major obstacles as she enters the gate of the United Arab Emirates Derby G2, which costs a million dollars on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse. She will not only try to become the second of her kind to beat boys in the Road to Kentucky Derby points race (Khawla, 2011), but she will have to…

Hormuz crisis spurs action by oil importers

A narrow corridor linking the Gulf to global markets, Hormuz has been all but blocked since US and Israeli strikes began late last month. In normal times, the strait carries about a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade. In recent weeks, however, only a trickle of vessels – Chinese, Iran-linked or Iran-protected – have passed through.