Day: May 28, 2026

Neither side seems interested in a return to all-out conflict, despite the latest exchange of strikes. ...

BP’s ousted chair said he intends to challenge accusations against him. Albert Manifold was abruptly removed from his position at the top of the oil major’s board this week over what the company said were “serious concerns” related to “governance standards, oversight, and conduct.” Subsequent reporting in the Financial Times ...

Global shipments of clean-energy products reached a record $479 billion in 2025, overcoming major headwinds to cross-border trade. After falling 7% between 2023 and 2024, trading volumes rose 1% this year, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the energy transition sector — however frequently imposed and revised — ...

Oil prices were back on the rise Thursday after the US and Iran traded a fresh round of airstrikes. Despite signals earlier in the week that negotiators were making progress toward a ceasefire, tensions are now escalating again, with Washington and Tehran deeply divided over potential future rules of transit ...

The growing global use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is forcing entire sectors beyond the pharmaceutical industry, from fashion to food, to adapt. Major clothing brands are increasingly designing their goods for “body fluctuation and ‘size volatility’,” The Business of Fashion reported, forcing a rethink of supply chains and inventory management. ...

The pope’s tour through Africa last month cemented the continent as key to Catholicism’s future — but it is not even the fastest-growing form of Christianity there, and soon may not be the biggest. The number of Catholics in Africa grew about fivefold from 1975 to 271 million last year, ...

US president said ally would be at risk if it did not ‘behave just like everybody else’ Hezbollah has claimed dozens of drone and rocket attacks that it said targeted Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel. The group said it launched several attacks on Israeli soldiers and tanks ...

Human rights groups and lawyers say policy amounts to ethnic cleansing Israel’s defence minister has said he is committed to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza through large-scale migration of Palestinians as part of Israel’s long-term plans for the territory. Israel Katz said the government would implement a plan for large ...

US president said ally would be at risk if it did not ‘behave just like everybody else’ We have a statement from the Iranian foreign ministry in which the spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, described Donald Trump’s threats against Oman as “dangerous” and “bullying”. He was quoted as saying: Threats to “destroy” ...

No one’s name appears in the Epstein files more than that of Lesley Groff, his assistant. Reading through the thousands of emails, a troubling question arises: what did she know? Jonathan Whitcomb, attorney for Lesley Groff, 5 June 2020 “She did not know.” FBI interview with Lesley Groff, 24 September ...