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By continuously improving the iPhone, expanding its range and selling it in more places, Mr Cook built an empire.

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But it highlights longstanding tensions that the Gulf war has exacerbated

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Many shipping routes are vulnerable, from the Strait of Malacca to the Panama Canal

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The activist and civil-rights leader died on February 17th, aged 84

The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty

A remarkable election victory that will reshape Japanese politics for years to come