By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Chinese coast guard vessel was driven out of Indonesia’s waters for a second time this week after it initially disrupted a survey by state energy firm Pertamina in…
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Cuba’s national grid collapsed four times in as many days last week, after the island’s largest power plant, Antonio Guiteras, failed. Millions of Cubans are still without power, with food rotting in powerless fridges and…
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Investing.com — Oil prices settled sharply lower Wednesday as a much larger than expected build in inventories raised concerns about oil demand, while focus remained on diplomacy efforts by the U.S. to quell tensions in…
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At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund’s reserve asset. The special drawing right is an international…
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Whether we’re socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online. This digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a…
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By Alexander Villegas and Eliana Raszewski ANELO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina’s new market-friendly government and fears about oil supply from the Middle East and elsewhere are driving a drilling and production boom in Argentina’s Patagonian…
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Donald Trump loves tariffs. Making things more expensive if they come from foreign countries is at the heart of his bid for a second term in the White House. “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever…
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Meta’s announcement nearly eight months ago that it would no longer do commercial deals under the News Media Bargaining Code has led to much speculation as to how the government would respond. The code became…
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Just three or four city blocks in all of Central Havana remained without electricity on Monday evening – an island of darkness in the Cuban capital’s sea of flashing…
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Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw hurricanes and storms as part of the normal cycle of life. The Taino of the Greater Antilles and the Kalinago, or Caribs, of…
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