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HONG KONG, China — Asian stocks fell and oil prices rose Thursday as the United States and Iran appeared no closer to holding fresh peace talks and Tehran continued to refuse to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Hopes that the two would meet for a second round of negotiations in Pakistan have dissipated, with the Islamic republic targeting three container ships in the waterway and citing Washington’s blockade as its reason for keeping it closed. READ: Iran fires on 3 ships in Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade Investors have spent most of the week upbeat that a breakthrough […]... Keep on reading: Asian stocks sink, oil rises as US-Iran no closer to peace talks
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