Trump orders U.S. military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian boats mining Strait of Hormuz

Key points

• A warning of higher condom prices by the world’s top maker has gone viral in China with the hashtag “condom prices rising” garnering more than 60 million views by this morning on Chinese social media and stoking talk of stockpiling.
• The Iran crisis has impacted facets of everyday life for people around the world and many Chinese took to social media platform Weibo — China’s equivalent of The wave of online comments was sparked by the boss of condom maker Karex, Goh Miah Kiat, who said the Malaysian company planned to raise prices by 20%-30% and possibly more if supply chain disruptions due to the Iran war drag on.
• Many online comments said higher prices would not deter them from buying condoms to protect against pregnancy.
• Others urged buyers to stockpile.
• “A few dozen yuan for a condom is a hundred times more cost-effective than raising a child at a...