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Oil traders sold futures equivalent to at least 6 million barrels of crude in just two minutes on March 23, shortly before President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants. Now, the federal regulator overseeing those trades says it has been looking into the activity. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig said Friday that the agency's enforcement division has been examining oil trading during the Iran war, including the unusual surge preceding Trump's announcement. "Our enforcement division has been looking at all these trades," Selig told Bloomberg Television. "We take this stuff very seriously. "The March 23 selling involved Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures. Trading volume during the two-minute window was more than 8.5 times the volume recorded during the same period over the preceding week, according to Bloomberg. The timing has raised questions about whether some traders had advance knowledge of Trump's plans. Oil markets have been particularly sensitive to presidential announcements since the Iran war began in February, with threats of military strikes and subsequent reversals capable of triggering sharp price swings.

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NewsMapQuest users in Canada and the U. S. can now see where some surveillance cameras have been set up in their communities. Users wanted to know where police had set up licence plate readers, company saysAnya Zoledziowski · CBC News · Posted: Oct 23, 2026 12:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A screenshot of the MapQuest app shows several eyes marking surveillance cameras in Toronto on Thursday. (CBC)MapQuest users in Canada and the U. S. can now see where some surveillance cameras have been set up in their communities. The company introduced a "surveillance layer" earlier this week that uses animated eyes to mark where automated licence plate readers, or ALPRs, have been set up by police or others. "We knew that there were a ton of cameras in use and documented in the U. S. and Canada," MapQuest general manager Doug Berger told CBC News. "You would never know unless they were pointed out to you. "The U.