Oil prices climb on prospects for deeper OPEC+ output cuts
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, as investors hoped the world’s biggest producers would cut output more, while they largely shrugged off forecasts of slumping...
Artists use vape litter for crafts to urge recycling
Costume designer Sheilagh McCafferty’s eyes lit up as she pulled apart one of a pile of vape cartridges, a treasure trove of wiring, lithium batteries...
Plenty to squawk about: Spanish capital plans for huge cull of parrots
Madrid has begun planning for a cull of almost all the city’s population of thousands of Kramer and Monk parrots, invasive species that the city...
Macron says Mont Blanc glacier melting proves global warming
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday the melting of Mont Blanc’s main glacier is irrefutable proof of global warming, as he sought to burnish...
Brazil lawmakers urge Congress to shelve indigenous mining bill
Opposition lawmakers called on Brazil’s Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining, saying...
Banksy plays with violence and innocence in Valentine’s Day graffiti
British street artist Banksy is thought to have given a Valentine’s Day gift to his home town of Bristol in western England with the appearance...
‘Highly transmissible’ coronavirus, dubious China data raise questions – USA TODAY
‘Highly transmissible’ coronavirus, dubious China data raise questions USA TODAY China confirms 15,152 new coronavirus cases, 254 additional deaths CNBC China coronavirus deaths and cases spike –...
China reports record increase in coronavirus deaths
The Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader definition on...
Coronavirus not spreading ‘dramatically’ outside China except on cruise ship: WHO
Cases of coronavirus are not rising dramatically outside China apart from passengers on a cruise liner now quarantined off a Japanese port, a senior World...
Jump in coronavirus cases halts stock rally; dollar gains
The dollar rose and global equity markets slumped on Thursday after a new methodology that sharply increased the death toll in China from the coronavirus...
