Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - The leaders of Japan and Ethiopia on Monday urged South Sudan's warring parties to sign a ceasefire to end weeks of fighting that has left thousands dead.
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion) and will sell a large chunk to a Chinese state-owned power company.
Golden CO (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that an enzyme from a microorganism first found in the Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula
London (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - Global oil prices fell on Monday following news that a landmark deal to curb parts of Iran's disputed nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief will take effect from January 20.
New York (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - Oil prices fell Monday amid oversupply worries after the West clinched a deal with Iran that will see Tehran scale back its disputed nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sou
Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec will pay compensation over a November pipeline explosion at its facility in the city of Qingdao that killed dozens of people and caused losses of more than $100 million, it said.
London (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday promised tax breaks worth millions of pounds to local councils who encourage shale gas development, declaring the country was going all out for shale.
Russells Point OH (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - Consistent with Honda's long history of innovation and the company's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions, Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc., has finalized installation and will begin operation
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 12, 2014 - Baghdad summoned Turkey's charge d'affaires Sunday over moves by Iraq's Kurdish region to sell oil independently via one of Ankara's ports, saying the move was a violation of its constitution.
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2014 - A US federal appeals court upheld Friday a multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and the coastal residents and businesses hit by the company's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - An official inquiry blames China's state-owned oil giant Sinopec and local authorities in the city of Qingdao for a November pipeline explosion that killed 62 people, state media reported Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - The US energy secretary has postponed a trip to India, officials said Thursday, as a row over a diplomat's arrest casts a cloud over once-growing cooperation between the countries.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer humanitarian aid to Africa when he visits this week, the government said Wednesday, as his Ethiopian opposite number expressed a wish for more trade with Tokyo.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - According to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, but th
Ottawa (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper predicted Monday that the United States will approve construction of the last leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.
