The U.S. military said that an attack on a shared military base by Somalia’s al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab on Sunday killed three Americans, highlighting the threat the Islamist group still poses Continue Reading
South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday. Eskom said late on Saturday Continue Reading
Venezuela’s socialist government installed a new head of Congress on Sunday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament, in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an Continue Reading
China’s steel purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, fell by 2.3 basis points from November to 43.1 in December due to weaker steel market conditions, according to data from index compiler Continue Reading
Singapore-based Middle East crude oil traders said they were not ruling out the possibility of Iraqi Basrah crude supply being impacted as a result of political or logistical hurdles, following Continue Reading
Home sales are slowing in wildfire-prone areas of California as insurers retreat from high-risk regions, say real-estate agents and homeowners. Insurance companies have continued to reduce their wildfire exposure in the Continue Reading
Trying to wrest energy from the sea is not a new trend. The science of tidal energy has been around since the 1900s, a new algal biofuel “breakthrough” is announced Continue Reading
Democratic presidential hopeful and former US vice president Joe Biden told unemployed miners, particularly those in the coal sector, to learn to code so that they can access the jobs Continue Reading
As a progressive-minded city nestled where the Cascade mountains reach the sea, Bellingham, Wash., has long been looking to scale back its contribution to climate change. In recent years, city Continue Reading
U.S. drilling activity continued to contract in the fourth quarter, and the sense of gloom among shale drillers in Texas remains palpable. The latest data from the Dallas Federal Reserve Continue Reading
