- Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Are Driving a Russian Oil Export Surge Bloomberg.com
- Tanker freight rates for Russian crude to India climb on higher seaborne exports, sources say Reuters
- Ukraine's attacks on oil refineries forced Russia to maximize oil exports - Bloomberg Ukrinform
- Urals crude to India sees bigger discounts on rising freight charges Baird Maritime
- Data of the week: Rail freight figures reveal impact of Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries RailFreight.com
Gold prices scale record highs as investors seek safe haven
US government shutdown and uncertainty about the economy has caused a surge in value of precious metal
Gold futures prices topped $4,000 per ounce for the first time on Tuesday as investors continue to seek safe havens for their money, with the US government essentially shut down and widespread uncertainty around the economy.
As of 9.10am ET, gold futures traded at $4,003 in New York. The going price for New York spot gold rose to $3,960.60 per troy ounce – the standard for measuring precious metals.
Continue reading...Syria acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in number of seats won by women at election
Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.
Syria acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in number of seats won by women at election
Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.
NSW official admits hiding in cupboard during multimillion-dollar kickback investigation
Former transport bureaucrat Ibrahim Helmy appeared at an ICAC hearing after allegedly forming corrupt relationships with contractors and colleagues
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Ibrahim Helmy was hiding in a cupboard for the moment he had been warned about.
Police had arrived at the share house where the former transport bureaucrat was laying low, living discreetly with strangers after failing to appear before a major corruption probe.
Continue reading...Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
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Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come “out of the climate obstruction playbook” that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests.
Prof Christian Downie, an Australian researcher, says he has studied techniques used by business groups and lobbyists all over the world which are now being seen in Australia.
Continue reading...Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, new study says
Researchers in Australia find 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women but only eight in men
Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found.
Claiming to be the largest genetic study to date on sex differences in major depression, the research published Wednesday in Nature Communications has found 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women and eight in men.
Continue reading...Ineos to cut a fifth of Hull jobs, blaming ‘dirt-cheap’ imports from China
Company says more roles will be at risk unless UK government supports tariffs to protect industry
Ineos, the chemicals company owned by the billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, is to cut a fifth of jobs at its East Yorkshire plant, blaming “sky high” energy costs and “dirt-cheap” imports from China.
The company founded in 1998 by Ratcliffe, who co-owns Manchester United FC, said it would cut 60 jobs at the Acetyls site in Hull, which makes petrochemical products such as acetic acid. It said more roles would be at risk across the industry unless the government stepped in.
Continue reading...Diplomacy’s lowest point: how the Israel-Gaza conflict was mishandled
In two years there have been many versions of a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza and many obstacles to overcome
George Mitchell, the great US advocate for the Northern Ireland peace agreement, described diplomacy as 700 days of failure and one of success. In Gaza, tragically, there have been 730 days of failure and none of success. Indeed, the destruction, the death toll and the spillover of the conflict into other countries is a monument to shame diplomacy and what remains of international law. Arguably, it is the profession’s lowest point since 1939.
Some will claim failure is inevitable since this conflict is now so embedded and impervious to compromise that it can only be settled at the barrel of the gun, in essence through the repression or erasure of one side.
Continue reading...Fifth French PM quits in three years: Can Macron survive, and what’s next?
An embattled President Macron is facing increasing calls to announce snap elections or even to step down.
Labour accuses Robert Jenrick of ‘personal attack’ on attorney general
Party source says shadow justice secretary’s comments are attempt to disguise his own poor grip of the law
Robert Jenrick has been accused by Labour of resorting to an unwarranted personal attack after comparing the attorney general, Lord Hermer, to a mafia lawyer and calling him a “useful idiot” for Britain’s “enemies”.
In a combative speech to Conservative conference in Manchester, the shadow justice secretary also promised to remove judges with links to migrant charities, saying they “dishonour generations of independent jurists”.
Continue reading...Pope Leo plans symbolic debut foreign trips to Turkiye and Lebanon
Pontiff expected to appeal for peace in Middle East and address the region's Muslims and Christians.
UPDATE: Pope Leo XIV to make first international trip, to Turkey and Lebanon – Catholic News Agency
- UPDATE: Pope Leo XIV to make first international trip, to Turkey and Lebanon Catholic News Agency
- Pope Leo will travel to Turkey and Lebanon in first international trip CNN
- Pope Leo to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first overseas trip The Guardian
- Pope Leo plans symbolic debut foreign trips to Turkiye and Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Pope Leo to visit Turkey, Lebanon in November in first trip abroad Reuters
Malaysia football federation to fight FIFA sanctions for cheating claims
FIFA cited falsified or doctored documentation in sanctioning Malaysia football for breaches in an AFC qualifier.
Canada’s Marineland theme park says it will have to euthanize 30 beluga whales without emergency funding – CBS News
- Canada's Marineland theme park says it will have to euthanize 30 beluga whales without emergency funding CBS News
- Marine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion The New York Times
- Canada’s Marineland threatens to euthanize 30 whales if funding needs not met WIVB News 4
- Canadian marine park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales BBC
- Marineland says its remaining belugas shouldn’t be sent to N.S. sanctuary Global News
Canadian amusement park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales – BBC
- Canadian amusement park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales BBC
- Canada's Marineland theme park says it will have to euthanize 30 beluga whales without emergency funding CBS News
- Animal rights advocates urge Ontario to seize belugas, fearing Marineland may euthanize them CBC
- Marine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion The New York Times
- Canada's Marineland 'threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales' in row with government Sky News
Canadian marine park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales
The Canadian government blocked Marineland's attempt to export the animals to a park in China.
131 Gaza flotilla activists deported to Jordan, kingdom’s state news says – The Times of Israel
- 131 Gaza flotilla activists deported to Jordan, kingdom’s state news says The Times of Israel
- Returning Gaza flotilla activists claim mistreatment in Israeli detention, fear for remaining prisoners CNN
- Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention The Guardian
- Thunberg greeted by cheering crowd in Athens after Israel expels flotilla activists Reuters
- Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza Freedom Flotilla activists MSNBC News
Third person dies from methanol poisoning in Brazil
Authorities are investigating the source of the tainted drinks, which have affected more than 200 people.
Third person dies from methanol poisoning in Brazil
Authorities are investigating the source of the tainted drinks, which have affected more than 200 people.