Iran Says It Can Double Oil Exports If Market Needs More Barrels
Iran has the capacity to double oil exports if there’s sufficient demand, a top official said, even as a deal on the country’s nuclear program that could pave the way Continue Reading
Nigeria: Scandalous Oil Theft – Nigeria Loses N3.038 Trillion in One Year
THERE are indications that despite the rise in crude oil prices in the international market, Nigeria’s economy may not reap the benefits due to the continued increase in theft and Continue Reading
What It’s Like to Live Through India’s Nonstop Heat Wave
A diary from New Delhi on a recent day when the city of 19 million struggled to cope with killer temperatures Large parts of northern and central India are bracing Continue Reading
Airfares soar as Americans shrug off Covid and inflation to get away
US airlines are poised to raise ticket prices further as Americans shrug off the fastest rise in domestic airfares for decades in their determination to travel. Airfares rose by 18.6 Continue Reading
Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on
Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China’s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks in strict COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing battles Continue Reading
North Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against COVID outbreak
North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country’s first Continue Reading
Dollar’s Strength Pushes World Economy Deeper Into Slowdown
The soaring dollar is propelling the global economy deeper into a synchronized slowdown by driving up borrowing costs and stoking financial-market volatility — and there’s little respite on the horizon. Continue Reading
Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire
Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national Continue Reading
Hurricane-Force Gusts Strike Central US in Wild Weather Event
Some of the wildest weather of this year ripped across the US Midwest and Great Plains on Thursday, unleashing tree-toppling, hurricane-force wind gusts and crashing hail. The highest wind report Continue Reading
Ford Unloads Further 7 Million Shares of Electric-Vehicle Startup Rivian
The sale leaves Ford with about 86.9 million shares of Rivian, or a 9.7% stake, according to FactSet data. Rivian’s stock price sank earlier in the week following news of Continue Reading