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  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 Oil prices turned lower before the start of U.S. trading amid fears of the consequences of a global trade war and in response to a build in U.S. oil levels. "It's finally here - the trade war the Trump administration has threatened to launch against China," commentary published Friday by China's official Xinhua News Agency read. "But the trade victory the administration has promised its people is now more elusive than ever." The Chinese government responded with reciprocal trade restric ... read more |
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SSudan rebel leader set to be reinstated as vice presidentKampala (AFP) July 7, 2018 South Sudan's warring leaders agreed to a power-sharing deal in Uganda Saturday that will see the rebel leader return to his position as vice president, Sudan's foreign minister said. ... more 
No time to relax on the economy, Russia saysWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 Two weeks after helping secure a new arrangement with OPEC, Russian President Putin said the economy was stable, but exposed to external risks. ... more 
Labor stikes planned for Total platforms in the North SeaWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 Labor action taken against Total operations in the British waters of the North Sea won't build confidence for the oil and gas sector, a trade group said Friday. ... more 
Libyan oil boss presses for investor confidenceWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 A Libyan oil executive called on international investors to remain committed to the country, adding economic problems could have a spillover effect. ... more |
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Debate stirs over authority over British shaleWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 Diminishing the national significance of British shale natural gas work creates unnecessary delays for developing the fledgling industry, a trade group said. ... more 
Maduro warns Venezuela army over Trump 'invasion' plansCaracas (AFP) July 5, 2018 President Nicolas Maduro urged his armed forces Wednesday to be on guard following news reports in the United States that a year ago President Donald Trump raised the possibility of invading Venezuela. ... more 
Gas production a vote of confidence for LibyaWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 The start of natural gas production off the coast of Libya is a breath of fresh air for a country facing significant security risks, a company chairman said. ... more 
Iran blames Trump for the spike in oil pricesWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 The Iranian governor to OPEC said Thursday the U.S. president should avoid stepping into the production group's work with calls to drive down the price of oil. ... more 
Greenpeace activists rappel from Canadian bridge to protest oil pipelineMontreal (AFP) July 5, 2018 Canadian police tried in vain Wednesday to remove Greenpeace activists who have rappelled from a bridge to protest an oil pipeline project, blocking marine traffic in the port of Vancouver. ... more |
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Oil prices chart new territory on supply-side concernsWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 Crude oil prices rose on Tuesday with the U.S. benchmark hitting a four-year high on expected drains in domestic inventories and outages in Libya. ... more  |
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Iran's oil can still flow, the country's first vice president saysWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 Iran's first vice president said the U.S. government's efforts to force Tehran's customers to stop importing any of its oil by November is not realistic. ... more
When oil and water mixBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Hydraulic fracturing of organic-rich shales has become a major industry. The commonly used term for this extraction of hydrocarbons - fracking - is especially intriguing. Not only does it convey the ... more 
U.A.E. joins OPEC members with commitment to more oil outputWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 The United Arab Emirates became the latest party to an OPEC-led effort to stabilize the oil market with pledges of an increase in production on Tuesday. ... more 
Shares in Norwegian driller Seadrill trading againWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 Offshore drilling company Seadrill said it appointed a new board of directors, put its shares back on the market and has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ... more 
New oil phase under way for offshore GuyanaWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 A contract for a floating production vessel offshore Guyana marks the start of the second phase of development of the giant Liza oil field, SBM Offshore said. ... more |
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 Fort Collins CO (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, biodegradable plastics.
Publishing in Nature Communications, the team led by Professor of Chemistry Eugene Chen describes chemical synthesis of a polymer called bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) - or P3HB. The compound shows early promise as a substitute for petroleum plast ... more |
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 Surrey UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
The University of Surrey has helped to create a technique that has produced the highest performing inverted perovskite solar cell ever recorded.
Perovskite based cells are widely viewed as the next generation of solar cells, offering similar power conversion efficiency (PCE) performance, but at a much lower cost than the market dominant crystalline silicon based solar cells.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 
German energy company E.ON said Thursday the start of turbine installation at the Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea sets the clock ticking for a 2019 launch.
The company said it started installing the first of the 60 turbines planned for the 385 megawatt facility in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Once completed, Arkona will have enough power to meet the annual power demand of aro ... more |
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 Lyon (AFP) July 3, 2018 
Greenpeace activists said Tuesday they had flown a drone fitted out as a flying Superman into a nuclear energy plant in southeast France, aiming to show how the country's reactors are vulnerable to terror attacks.
A video released by the environmental group shows the drone zipping through restricted airspace above the Bugey plant about 25 kilometres (16 miles) outside Lyon before crashing in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 
The European commissioner for climate action said Friday it's time to start looking beyond the horizon outlined in the Paris climate agreement.
"The clean energy transition will be key, and achieving our climate objectives will require contributions from every part of the economy and society," European Climate Commissioner Arias Cañete said in a statement.
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 Beijing (AFP) July 4, 2018 
China's internet giant Baidu announced Wednesday it had begun mass producing the country's first autonomous mini-bus, as the firm prepares to roll them out in tourist spots and airports.
CEO Robin Li watched the 100th vehicle roll off a production line of a factory in the southeastern city of Xiamen.
"2018 marks the first year of commercialisation for autonomous driving. From the mass pr ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 3, 2018 
Iraq called Tuesday for the home countries of foreign jihadists held in its jails to repatriate hundreds of children of the captured militants.
At least 833 children of 14 nationalities are currently in prison in Iraq, according to the Joint Operations Command, which coordinates the fight against the Islamic State group.
"We ask all diplomatic missions in Iraq, resident and non-resident, ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) July 6, 2018  Iran's top diplomat on Friday praised the country's remaining partners in a landmark 2015 nuclear deal for their "will to resist" US pressure after Washington withdrew from the deal in May.
"What I noticed during this meeting is that all the members, even the three allies, have committed and have the political will to take action and resist the United States," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2018 
Beijing wants to have Mao Zedong's Mausoleum and Tiananmen Square, powerful and controversial symbols of Chinese communist might, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, official media reported on Thursday.
The Chinese capital wants to apply for 14 sites in total to receive UNESCO World Heritage status by 2035, the state-run Global Times quoted city official Shu Xiaofeng as saying.
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 Monguno, Nigeria (AFP) July 6, 2018 
Nigeria's remote northeast is in a "post-conflict stabilisation phase", President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday, despite persistent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
The Islamist insurgency has devastated the region since 2009, leaving at least 20,000 dead, displacing more than 2.6 million others and triggering a wider humanitarian crisis.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 
General Electric has been awarded a contract for support of the F414 engine, found in the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, comes under a $37 million modification to an existing contract for the repair, replacement and general support of 773 F414 engines for the F/A-18E and F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fighter aircraft. ... more |
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 Washington/Beijing (AFP) July 6, 2018  China on Friday struck back against US President Donald Trump's trade offensive, intensifying the expanding and unpredictable dispute between the world's two largest economies.
Late Friday, China announced it was expanding its existing complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization, hours after the countries slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars of cross-bor ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) July 3, 2018 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Latvia for a two-day visit starting July 9, ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels, his office said Tuesday.
In addition to holding talks in Riga with Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis and President Raimonds Vejonis, Trudeau is also set to visit the Canadian-led multinational NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup based in the country ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) July 6, 2018 
India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh, home to 220 million people, announced Friday a ban on plastic cups and polythene use from July 15, in its third such attempt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make India free of single-use plastic by 2022, and the majority of India's 29 states have a full or partial ban.
However the law is rarely enforced, and Uttar Pradesh's previou ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 29, 2018 
Facial recognition technology, which has drawn criticism from civil liberties activists in recent years, was used to identify the suspect in Thursday's newsroom shooting which left five dead in Annapolis, Maryland.
Police said suspect Jarrod Ramos, who had a prior arrest record, had refused to cooperate with authorities after he was taken into custody and that his fingerprints could not imme ... more |
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