Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2021 - The Russian economy is performing better than expected in the face of persistent external challenges, supported largely by export revenue from fossil fuels, OPEC economists said Thursday.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2021 - China insisted Tuesday it was implementing its climate commitments, while signalling no new policies following a UN report warning much more urgent action was needed to fight global warming.
Paris (AFP) Aug 9, 2021 - A landmark UN report warning of the growing peril to the planet posed by climate change shows that the world has just a decade to move away from a civilisation based on fossil fuels, France said Monday.
Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2021 - Humanity can no longer delay ambitious climate action, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday after the release of a landmark UN report warning of growing climate change peril.
Riyadh (AFP) Aug 8, 2021 - Energy giant Saudi Aramco's second quarter profits for 2021 have bounced back to pre-pandemic levels due to higher oil prices, nearly quadrupling compared to the same period last year.
Samarra, Iraq (AFP) Aug 5, 2021 - Iraq's northern Salaheddin province was left partially without power after terrorists blew several pylons, the government said Thursday, as increasing attacks add to the strain on Iraq's electricity network.
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 4, 2021 - The US has granted Iraq a four-month extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import Iranian gas, an Iraqi official told AFP on Wednesday.
Biesenthal, Germany (AFP) Aug 3, 2021 - Germany's Green party said Tuesday that it would seek to introduce a new climate protection ministry with the power to veto government policies if it becomes part of the next coalition following September's general elections.
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 - A common farm weed could make a greener jet fuel with fewer production-related environmental impacts than other biofuels, a new study indicates. Growing the weed, pennycress - often called s
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 - Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (Somerville and Seattle, USA) and Earth Track, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, USA) examined 16 subsidies and environmental regulatory exemptions, providing o
Brussels (AFP) Aug 3, 2021 - The NATO alliance Tuesday condemned a deadly attack on an Israeli-operated tanker last week, and urged Iran to respect international shipping rules.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science announced a plan to provide $100 million over the next four years for university-based research on a range of high energy physics top
London (AFP) Aug 2, 2021 - Stock markets rebounded on Monday but investor optimism over the global recovery was kept in check by worries over the spread of coronavirus variants and China's regulatory crackdown.
Zurich (AFP) Aug 2, 2021 - Climate activists briefly blocked the entrances to the UBS and Credit Suisse headquarters in Zurich on Monday in protest against fossil fuel funding by Switzerland's two biggest banks.
Jerusalem (AFP) July 31, 2021 - Two crew members of an oil tanker managed by a prominent Israeli businessman's company were killed off Oman in what appears to be a drone attack, the vessel's London-based operator and the US military said Friday, with Israel blaming Iran.
Jerusalem (AFP) July 31, 2021 - Israel is pressing for international action against Iran over a deadly attack on a ship managed by an Israeli billionaire, branding Tehran an exporter of terrorism after the likely drone strike.
