LONDON (Reuters) – Brent crude oil rose on Wednesday after slumping below $16 a barrel to its lowest since 1999, supported by voluntary as well as the prospect of forced production cuts to tackle a glut caused by the coronavirus crisis. FILE PHOTO: A muddy run-off splashes beside an oil rig belonging to Zion Oil
FILE PHOTO: Tourist boats are seen in a canal of the old town of Bruges during the lockdown imposed by the Belgian government to slow down the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, Belgium April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUGES, Belgium (Reuters) – Belgium’s historic city centres of Bruges and Brussels, usually so busy with visitors that
Cyclists are seen wearing protective face masks in Battersea Park during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus outbreak has caused as many as 41,000 deaths in the United Kingdom, according to a Financial Times analysis of the latest data from
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian share markets were set to tumble on Wednesday as the floor fell out from under U.S. crude prices, exposing the deep damage the coronavirus pandemic has had on global economic demand. FILE PHOTO: People are seen on a pedestrian overpass with an electronic board showing the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock
LONDON (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the “even deeper emergency” of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends an interview with Reuters, at the U.N. Climate Change Conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have observed what appears to be the aftermath of a violent collision between two planetary building blocks orbiting a large and luminous star, a glimpse of the type of carnage that may have been commonplace early in our solar system’s history. The apparent crash between two icy bodies each about 125
FILE PHOTO: A sign at the new Lockheed Martin Manufacturing Centre of Excellence is seen at the company’s headquarters in Ampthill near Bedford, Britain June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by higher sales in its aeronautics business that makes the F-35 fighter jets, but
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Senators from both major U.S. parties are pressing the Federal Reserve to say more about the role that climate considerations could play in its asset purchase programs, showing the new focus of investors on environmental considerations. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s record-breaking Queen Elizabeth turns 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown means there will be little fanfare to mark the occasion. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II talks with MI5 officers during a visit to the headquarters of MI5, which is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, at Thames
FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil jumped more than $20 per barrel on Tuesday but still traded below $0 after plunging into negative territory for the first time in
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s record-breaking Queen Elizabeth turns 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown means there will be little fanfare to mark the occasion. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II visits the headquarters of MI5, which is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, at Thames House in London, Britain February 25, 2020.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wondrous lineage of crocodile relatives that developed into fast-swimming seagoing predators at a time when dinosaurs dominated the land adapted to life in the open ocean with a pivotal evolutionary modification also present in whales. A life reconstruction of the Jurassic Period marine crocodile relative Cricosaurus is seen in this image
(Reuters) – From tinkling harmonies as the virus disarms cells to clashing and stormy as it replicates, U.S. scientists have translated the novel coronavirus’ spiked protein structure to music in an effort to better understand the pathogen. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered that a comet called 2I/Borisov – only the second interstellar object ever detected passing through the solar system – is surprisingly different in its composition from comets hailing from our celestial neighborhood. The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov travels through our solar system in an artist’s impression obtained by Reuters April
FILE PHOTO: The company logo of Halliburton oilfield services corporate offices is seen in Houston, Texas April 6, 2012. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo (Reuters) – Halliburton Co (HAL.N) on Monday joined its bigger rival Schlumberger in taking impairment hits in the first quarter and issued a bleak outlook for North America as oilfield providers grapple with
FILE PHOTO: General view of the logo on a member of staff’s scrubs at St George’s Hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has secured 25 million protective gowns from China and is working across the globe to secure more supplies
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