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PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) – The International Energy Agency (IEA), which this month agreed a record release of oil from strategic stockpiles to deal with the effects of the U.S-Israeli war with Iran, outlined on Friday proposals to ease oil price pressures on consumers, such as working-from-home and avoiding air travel. The U.S-Israel war with …
BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) – Hu Henghua, mayor of Chongqing, a municipality in southwest, China, was put under investigation over suspected “serious” violation of law and discipline, China’s top anti-graft watchdog said in a statement on Friday. China has been stepping up its long-term and “high-pressure” campaign to root out corruption and enforce discipline in …
KYIV, March 20 (Reuters) – A Russian drone attack damaged two foreign-flagged commercial vessels in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, the regional governor, said on Friday. Two civilian commercial ships under the flags of Palau and Barbados were moored and loaded with grains, Kiper said. Two people were wounded, and also a grain silo …
March 20 (Reuters) – The Israeli military struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, the Israeli military said on Friday. The Israeli military said it targeted a command center and weapons in military compounds in southern Syria and said it will not tolerate harm …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk’s xAI this week, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images. The high school students, who are seeking to proceed under pseudonyms, filed the lawsuit in California, where xAI — Musk’s artificial intelligence company — …
MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) – Office workers toiling with blocked internet. Teenagers continually forced to switch VPNs. Taxi drivers struggling to find their way around Moscow without online navigation. The Kremlin is flexing its muscles over the internet. The government is periodically jamming the web in regions across Russia, while restricting messaging services Telegram and …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kuwaiti oil refinery came under attack early Friday from Iranian drones and sirens sounded in Israel warning of incoming fire, while explosions boomed over Tehran as Israel hit Iran as the country marked the Persian New Year. As the war that has rocked the global economy neared the …
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday following Wall Street losses, and oil prices pared earlier gains on the intensifying Iran war, falling back to around $107 a barrel. U.S. futures were higher. Oil prices had a roller-coaster day on Thursday with the Brent crude, the international standard, briefly surging to around …
GUAJES DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — Jesús Domínguez pushes through thick brush lining a rugged mountainside with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a grenade fastened to his leather belt. He marches alongside a pack of camouflage-clad men patrolling the rural stretches of Mexico against one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels. Armed …
MANILA, March 20 (Reuters) – The Philippine military accused a Chinese navy ship of directing its fire-control radar against one of its vessels as it patrolled the South China Sea on March 7, calling the move “alarming” and “provocative”. BRP Miguel Malvar, a guided missile frigate, was conducting a maritime patrol in the vicinity of …