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Vincent Clerc said that any deal allowing Iran to charge fees for the Strait of Hormuz will set a "dangerous precedence" for global trade.

U.S. president Donald Trump has defended the deal he made with Iran. He slammed critics who said that the agreement achieved 'even less than what former President Barack Obama negotiated.' And he threatened to bomb Iran again if the country failed to meet its commitments.

The Trump administration announced that it would pay $765,000,000 to the developer of a power project, 'Invenergy' to abandon four wind leases off the coasts New York, California and Maine.

(source: Reuters)