Economy & Business
Oil prices climb as Middle East conflict counters ample supply outlook
By Ahmad Ghaddar Reuters Oil prices rose further on Friday and were on track for strong weekly gains as investors weighed the ...South Sudan says it is ready to restart pumping oil through Sudan
South Sudan and Sudan have made progress towards restarting the pumping of South Sudan’s crude oil through a pipeline running to a ...Trump, Harris spar over economy, abortion rights
By Nandita Bose, Gram Slattery and Joseph Ax Reuters Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential ...Oil power UAE completes Arab world’s first nuclear plant
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Thursday announced the completion of the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, calling it a “significant ...Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it ...Arsonists attack French railways hours before Olympic ceremony
By Dominique Vidalon and Elizabeth Pineau Reuters Vandals targeted France’s high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major ...Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement
Ecuador and a subsidiary of Chile’s state-owned oil company ENAP renegotiated an existing agreement for the exploitation of an oil block in ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...Trump-victory trades to swell after shooting, investors say
By Tom Westbrook and Vidya Ranganathan Reuters Saturday’s shooting at U.S. former President Donald Trump’s election rally raises his odds of winning ...Lower growth forecast for Zimbabwe as drought ravages crop yields – finmin
By Nyasha Chingono Reuters Zimbabwe has revised its economic growth forecast downwards as southern Africa’s worst drought in decades ravages crop yields, ...