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China says Premier Li Qiang to visit Saudi, UAE this week
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
"From September 10 to 13, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will travel to Saudi Arabia to chair the Fourth Meeting of the High-Level Chinese-Saudi Joint Co...
US senator urges COP29 host Azerbaijan to free activists
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
"Hosting a major international conference like COP29 should come with responsibilities and expectations that host countries allow frank discussion of informatio...
Ukrainian drone strike ignites Russian fuel tanks
Sep 08, 2024 (UPI)
Photos and videos shared by local Telegram channels at around 6 p.m. local time show a large fire and smoke, reportedly in Belgorod Oblast, the governor, Vyache...
US climate envoy says discussed plans for summit on methane at Beijing talks
Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)
China is the world's leading emitter of climate change-inducing greenhouse gases, including methane, followed by the United States. Podesta's visit to Beijing c...
U.S. sanctions companies, vessels linked to Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project
Sep 06, 2024 (UPI)
The punitive measures targeted two shipping companies and two vessels connected to the export of LNG from the Arctic LNG 2 project, located in Russia's Murmansk...
'Business is business' at bustling China-Africa summit
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
"Business is business, we'll buy from anywhere. In China, the price is right," Abakar Tahir Moussa, a Chadian construction firm owner, told AFP, showing off the...
Malaysia to continue South China Sea exploration: PM
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
Malaysia's state-run oil firm Petronas operates oil and gas fields in the sea within its exclusive economic zone. But China claims almost all of the economicall...
US Navy sailor detained by law enforcement in Venezuela
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
The sailor is the latest in a series of US military personnel to be held recently in countries with which the United States has strained ties, after others were...
Oil drilling sparks Indigenous outcry as spills tarnish Ecuador Amazon
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
Black sludge also coats the vegetation alongside a road leading to the village of Guiyero in Yasuni National Park, one of the most diverse biospheres in the wor...
Building a Global Framework for Hydrogen-Powered Aviation
Sep 03, 2024 (SPX)
Hydrogen is seen as a highly promising energy source for reducing carbon emissions in industrial processes. When utilized, it generates minimal carbon dioxide e...
NGO reports 'human rights disaster' at Uganda oil project
Sep 02, 2024 (AFP)
The $10 billion investment includes drilling for oil in the Lake Albert area in northwestern Uganda and building a 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) heated pipeline to...
UK govt says will not fight Rosebank oil field legal challenge
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
The decision means the future of the oil fields are now in the hands of the courts. The Rosebank oil field 145 kilometres (90 miles) off the Shetland Islands wa...
Yemen's Huthis blew up stranded oil tanker: video
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
The group's leader said the operation took place earlier this week. Since then, the rebels have agreed to allow rescue teams to access the ship. A video shared ...
Pentagon: Houthi-attacked tanker is leaking oil
Aug 28, 2024 (UPI)
The MV Delta Sounion, a Greek-flagged and -owned ship, came under attack by the Iran proxy militia early Aug. 21 as it was transporting some 1 million barrels o...
Iraq fire tears through fuel tankers, kills one driver
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
The exact cause of the fire, which broke out in a parking area for the Parviz Khan border crossing that connects the autonomous Kurdistan region with Iran, was ...
Uganda detains 21 people protesting oil project
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), headed by French oil giant TotalEnergies, involves drilling for oil in Uganda and sending the crude to Tanz...
Equinor to extract Norway oil near 'current levels' till 2035
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
Oil, gas and coal companies like Equinor are under pressure to move away from the polluting energy sources, which are the biggest contributor to climate change....
ExxonMobil expects global oil demand near current levels in 2050
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
In a new report, ExxonMobil said it "sees a plateau in oil demand beyond 2030, remaining above 100 million barrels per day through 2050." This would be roughly ...
Intruders try to board Trinidad and Tobago mystery tanker
Aug 24, 2024 (AFP)
The ship, named the Gulfstream and sailing under an unidentified flag, had spilled 50,000 barrels of oil near Tobago's southern coast when it capsized in Februa...
Thunberg joins protest at Norway gas plant
Aug 24, 2024 (AFP)
In a post to social media, Extinction Rebellion Norway said eight kayaks and three motorboats had entered a security zone outside the Karsto processing plant to...
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