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Oil headed for a weekly surge after Houthi attacks on tankers in the Red Sea opened a new front in the Middle East conflict, while President Donald Trump threatened to extend US strikes on Iran.

President Donald Trump said damage to ships and cargo would be paid for by Iranian funds frozen by the US after new strikes by Houthi rebels in Yemen further strained global energy flows.

More than one-third of Americans see China, and not the United States, as the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Pew Research Centre survey released on Thursday, as US President Donald Trump confirmed the technology would be on the agenda when his Chine