Colombo (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - Indian warships on Thursday aided Sri Lanka's navy to extinguish a fire on a massive oil tanker off the island's eastern coast, officials said.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - NATO said Thursday that Greece and Turkey had agreed to talks to ease their dispute over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights, but Athens swiftly denied any deal on negotiations.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - The interim UN envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday denounced what she called blatant ongoing violations of the arms embargo in effect on the war-wracked country.
London (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world's insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday, in a bet on society's failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments.
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 - Demand continues for plastics and solvents made from petrochemicals, which are mainly produced by refining oil despite diminishing global oil reserves, driving forward the search for new ways to pro
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Germany on Wednesday launched its first green bond offering to finance environmental initiatives as it pivots towards a sustainable economy, and could become a benchmark issuer in the booming field.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - French President Emmanuel Macron is set to make his first official visit to Iraq Wednesday, where he hopes to help Baghdad reassert its sovereignty despite simmering US-Iran tensions.
Nicosia (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Cyprus has welcomed the lifting of a US arms embargo as proof it is a reliable partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Washington's ambassador stressed the move was not aimed at Turkey.
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Sudan said Wednesday that government and rebel leaders had met to begin implementing a deal that aims to end a war in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 - Shaama Sharada calls carbon dioxide - the worst offender of global warming - a very stable, very happy molecule. She aims to change that. Recently published in the Journal of Physical
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 - The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on Earth. What's strong enough to protect the inside of a fusion reactor from plasma-produce
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 - Picture an airplane that can only climb to one or two altitudes after taking off. That limitation would be similar to the plight facing scientists who seek to avoid instabilities that restrict the p
Columbia SC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 - The US Office of Naval Research recently awarded the partnership of the University of South Carolina and Navatek LLC a $9.2 million contract for the research of power and energy systems and the deve
London (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - Renewable energy is driving a new generation of mining that could threaten global biodiversity if left unchecked, researchers warned on Tuesday, as the imperative to find alternatives to fossil fuels ignites demand for metals and minerals used in green technologies.
Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - White House advisor Jared Kushner visited a UAE air base Tuesday where the US operates F-35 fighter jets coveted by Abu Dhabi - the thorniest issue in the Emirates' newly established ties with Israel.
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 - Sudan's premier Abdalla Hamdok said Tuesday that a peace accord with rebel groups paved the way for national rebuilding by overcoming the grievances of deadly conflicts under ousted president Omar al-Bashir.
