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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. In an interview, the head of the International Energy Agency tells AP that Europe is rapidly running out of jet fuel as the Iran war blocks supplies; Sudan enters a fourth year of war that’s being called an “abandoned crisis”; and how 20-somethings around the world are taking to social media enthusing about how they are embracing the Chinese ways of life.

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International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at the IEA headquarters in Paris, Thursday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ IEA chief says

The head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press that Europe could face flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war. Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he said was “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Read more.  

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Internally displaced Sudanese children collect water at the Al Heshan camp in Port Sudan, Sudan, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

War in Sudan enters fourth year as officials lament an ‘abandoned crisis’

The Iran war is overshadowing the fighting in Sudan that has forced 13 million people to flee their homes. Sudan is described as the world’s largest humanitarian challenge, notably in terms of displacement and hunger. There is no end in sight to the conflict between the military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, which witnesses and aid groups say has laid waste to parts of the vast Darfur region. Read more.

The ‘becoming Chinese’ meme shows that China’s soft power moment is here

In recent months, 20-somethings around the world have taken over social media with posts enthusing about how they’re embracing the Chinese ways of life. Videos proclaiming users are “Chinamaxxing,” or “in a very Chinese time of their lives” – namely by drinking hot water with boiled goji berries, eating dumplings or wearing slippers in the house, or flying to China and gushing about its modern infrastructure – are racking up millions of views. Read more.

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A plaque erected by the City of London to commemorate where William Shakespeare lived on a wall is pictured in London, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Precise location of Shakespeare’s London house revealed

Fans of William Shakespeare know that the great playwright came from Stratford-upon-Avon, the riverside English town where tourists still throng to see his childhood home. But he made his name in London, though few traces of him remain in the British capital. A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds new light on the Bard’s London life, pinpointing for the first time the exact location of the only home Shakespeare bought in the city, and where he may have worked on his final plays.