The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced it is quitting Opec, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, after nearly 60 years of membership. Opec is an organisation of mainly Gulf oil exporters, which oversees oil production and has a major influence on the global prices. The UAE’s abrupt departure is seen as a blow to…
The price of crude oil has swung sharply as uncertainty over the war in the Middle East continues. Source link
The Irish government has announced further fuel supports for a number of sectors after nationwide protests in recent weeks. Source link
China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The move comes after dozens of robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu ground to a halt in traffic last month in Wuhan, creating chaos. The restrictions will prevent companies from adding new driverless cars to their fleets,…
Two Ukrainians and a Romanian were charged last year with setting fire to two buildings and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain. Source link
The Environment Agency said its officers, along with Natural England staff, visited the site last week and found approximately 30,000 tonnes of shredded waste in layers with soil used to cover it in an attempt to hide it, across an area the size of a football pitch. Source link
Concern is mounting once again in the bond market that Argentines are tiring of President Javier Milei and his radical economic reform agenda. Source link
Jack Grealish says his recovery from the operation he had on his season-ending foot injury is going extremely well and that his surgeon is delighted with the progress. The 30-year-old England midfielder, who is on loan at Everton, had the operation on a stress fracture 10 weeks ago. He suffered the injury during a 1-0…
“Fool Me Once” star Michelle Keegan is reuniting with Netflix and Harlan Coben for another of the writer’s adaptations, “The Woods.” She will star in the eight-episode series alongside Tom Bateman, Mandeep Dhillon and Pearce Quigley, among others. “The Woods” tells the story of barrister and single father Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland, whose sister Camille vanished…
The UK has issued similar advice, telling citizens who stay, that they do so at their own risk. Source link