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Togo says navy foiled oil tanker attack by pirates
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
"Pirates aboard a dugout canoe boarded the GDona1 tanker flying a Togolese flag and tried to divert it from its destination," Security Minister Yark Damehame sa...
UN chief worried by arms flows to Libya
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
Guterres reported to the council on the European Union's Operation Sophia to inspect vessels off Libya's coast to shore up the arms embargo. That military opera...
Venezuela's Guaido urges backers to reject 'fear' as Maduro clamps down
May 11, 2019 (AFP)
Some 1,500 to 2,000 people filled a square in an opposition-friendly part of eastern Caracas to hear Guaido, but that was far fewer than the several thousands w...
Stricken ship refloated after Solomons oil spill
May 11, 2019 (AFP)
The MV Solomon Trader ran aground on February 5 while loading bauxite at Rennell Island, about 240 kilometres (149 miles) south of the capital Honiara. The 225-...
Making wind powered water injection a commercial reality
May 09, 2019 (SPX)
Water injection is an effective tool in exploiting oil reserves, but the process is often inhibited by the high costs associated with large gas or diesel genera...
Venezuelan opposition deputy takes refuge with Argentine ambassador
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
Richard Blanco, one of 10 National Assembly lawmakers charged with treason for supporting opposition chief Juan Guaido's call for a popular uprising on April 30...
Ukraine says Russia starting 'gas war' with controversial pipeline
May 08, 2019 (UPI)
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline would travel under the Baltic Sea and allow Russia to bypass Ukraine to deliver cheaper gas directly to Europe. For years, Ukraine ha...
Brazilian FM forecasts peaceful change in Venezuela
May 08, 2019 (AFP)
A supporter of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, Araujo said he hoped efforts to get Venezuelan military units to back Guaido would bear fruit. "There i...
Study suggests earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid injection zones
May 07, 2019 (SPX)
Deep fluid injections - greater than one kilometer deep - are known to be associated with enhanced seismic activity - often thought to be limited to the areas o...
Markets missing fossil fuel exposure to climate risk: analysis
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
As the use of fossil fuels -- the main source of planet warming greenhouse gases -- comes under growing scrutiny, a number of funds are choosing to divest thems...
Interior Department to roll back offshore drilling safety rules
May 06, 2019 (UPI)
Under former President Barack Obama, restrictions were put in place after that oil spill killed 11 workers in 2010 and more than 200 million gallons of crude oi...
Iran: OPEC may 'collapse' if Saudis boost production to cover US sanctions
May 06, 2019 (UPI)
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh met with OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo in Tehran Thursday to discuss the matter while White House officials say S...
Five dead, 233 arrested in Venezuela protests: Attorney General
May 06, 2019 (AFP)
"All those cases are being investigated," Saab said in a television interview. A small number of military personnel on April 30 joined opposition leader Juan Gu...
Maduro rallies military as Venezuela opposition appeals to troops
May 05, 2019 (AFP)
The small turnout for the Saturday marches -- with participants in the hundreds, not the thousands -- is another setback for opposition leader Juan Guaido, foll...
EU concerned about added US sanctions on Iran
May 04, 2019 (AFP)
In a statement, the EU and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain -- the three EU powers that led the initial nuclear negotiations with Iran -- sa...
Carbon tax best way to cut greenhouse gas emissions: IMF
May 03, 2019 (AFP)
But for the moment, carbon taxes remain unpopular, particularly in France, where plans to increase it to 55 euros (or $61.60) from 44.60 euros recently ignited ...
Maduro exhorts Venezuela military to fight 'any coup plotter'
May 03, 2019 (AFP)
On Tuesday, Guaido -- who has been recognized by more than 50 countries as the crisis-wracked country's interim president -- urged the armed forces to rise up a...
One dead, 46 hurt in Venezuela May Day clashes
May 02, 2019 (AFP)
Jurubith Rausseo, 27, died at a clinic after being hit by a "bullet in the head during (a) demonstration," the non-governmental Venezuelan Observatory of Social...
Energy giants accused of not disclosing investor risk
May 02, 2019 (AFP)
The energy sector is thought to be exposed to between $1-4 trillion in transition risks alone as the world switches to renewables and pressure grows on policyma...
US presses industry-friendly climate stance in Arctic
May 02, 2019 (AFP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to travel Monday to the northern Finnish city of Rovaniemi for talks of the eight-nation Arctic Council, hoping to demonst...
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