Addis Ababa (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a much-anticipated peace deal on Wednesday, the latest attempt to end five years of a vicious civil war that's torn the world's youngest nation apart.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 8, 2015 - Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing announced Tuesday he will pay US$11.6 billion to merge his utilities firms in a bid to improve his vast business empire's position for future expansion.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 12, 2008 - Hong Kong's largest energy company China Light and Power (CLP) is looking to invest in a liquefied natural gas processing plant on the mainland, reports said on Friday.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.
Dubai (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 - Yemen's Huthi rebels have attacked scores of merchant ships off the country's coast over the past 10 months as part of a sometimes-deadly campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2010 - A tense maritime incident Tuesday in which two Japanese patrol vessels and a Chinese fishing boat collided near a disputed island chain triggered a diplomatic spat between the Asian giants.
Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2024 - On a hot summer day, contractors snake wiring through the basement of a townhouse in southeast Washington to install a heat pump, a key component of the United States' multi-billion dollar push towards greater home electrification.
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 - Around 200 health organisations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose a grave and escalating threat to human health.
New York (AFP) Sept 2, 2011 - US oil-services giant Halliburton on Friday filed a new lawsuit against BP, the latest step in the battle over who takes blame and financial responsibility for last year's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
New York (AFP) Sept 02, 2014 - Oil services company Halliburton said Tuesday it would pay a $1.1 billion settlement over its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig blowout that led to the United States' most disastrous oil spill.
Brignoles, France (AFP) Sept 23, 2020 - In the town of Brignoles in southeast France, 40 tonnes of human hair are stacked in a warehouse - discarded locks sent in from salons far and wide under an innovative recycling scheme.
New York (AFP) Sept 1, 2011 - Oil companies began evacuating workers from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday ahead of what US forecasters said could be a powerful and dangerous storm.
New York (AFP) Sept 11, 2008 - The Gulf of Mexico, where Hurricane Ike churned Thursday, is a hub of the US petroleum industry where a quarter of US crude oil is produced and 40 percent of refinery capacity is concentrated.
Kuwait City (AFP) Sept 9, 2018 - Gulf Arab army chiefs, including Qatar's military commander, will meet with US Central Command officials for talks on defence cooperation this week, a Kuwaiti official said Sunday.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 7, 2020 - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido called Monday on the armed forces to back a boycott of December's contested legislative polls and help escalate international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - All new electricity supply growth worldwide can now come from zero-carbon sources, according to a plan released by businesses and environmental advocates Wednesday that charts the path to a net-zero world by 2050.
