Fuel prices above $4 per gallon impact consumer behaviour, driving spending trade-offs and slowing Walmart's growth.
Washington's new measures against the ICC have been widely condemned but welcomed by Israel.
England were 366-8 at stumps on a rain-marred second day, 195 runs ahead of Pakistan's meagre first innings of 171.
Syria's civil society grapples with redefining its role as the state reasserts itself after Assad's fall.