Judah’s view For more than five decades, Abu Dhabi sat at the table that shaped global energy markets. It helped build OPEC into the most consequential commodity cartel in history, endured its internal tensions, and absorbed its quota constraints. On May 1, that chapter ends. The Iran war was a ...
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BP signs new natural gas exploration deal with VenezuelaBP signs new natural gas exploration deal with Venezuela
BP signed a natural gas exploration agreement with Venezuela, the latest sign of surging investor appetite in the Latin American nation. The deal follows similar ones with Italy’s ENI and Spain’s Repsol as Caracas seeks to revive fossil fuel production in the country, home to the world’s largest stated crude ...
Kenya eyes $600M in World Bank emergency fundsKenya eyes $600M in World Bank emergency funds
Kenya is eyeing around $600 million in emergency funds from the World Bank in a bid to soften the impact of the Iran war, which is upending economies across the continent. The East African nation is particularly vulnerable given it imports the vast majority of its fuels from the Gulf. ...
Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final actTwo justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act
Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito’s campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and other minority Americans The ruling from the US supreme court destroying one of the last pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) marks the end of ...
Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Oil markets spooked as US president appears willing to maintain US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut The global oil price has soared above $126 a barrel, its highest level since 2022, after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of Iranian ports could last for ...
As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shockingAs a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking
My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I’ve been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing A version of this piece appeared in the Dial under the headline No Common Ground In 2008, when I was a reporter for a leading ...
In plane sight: how the gilded elite live – in picturesIn plane sight: how the gilded elite live – in pictures
From golf tournaments to shooting parties, these images of photographer Will Vogt’s social circle offer us an intimate glimpse of a world that feels out of reach Continue reading… ...
Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’
PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business It only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company’s entire production database and its backups, according to its founder. PocketOS, which sells software that car rental businesses ...
The Rendlesham Forest mystery: ‘It’s the perfect storm of a UFO case’The Rendlesham Forest mystery: ‘It’s the perfect storm of a UFO case’
In 1980, two US airmen reported an extraordinary encounter near a military base in the east of England. What really happened? In 1996, Nick Pope wrote his first book. Open Skies, Closed Minds was a semi-autobiographical examination of well-known UFO cases mixed with his own research. Pope worked at the ...
Simply divine: the extraordinary supernatural visions of Francisco de ZurbaránSimply divine: the extraordinary supernatural visions of Francisco de Zurbarán
He painted sea battles, the labours of Hercules and breathtaking still lifes. But, as a major new exhibition makes clear, it was in his thrilling depictions of the spiritual that the Spanish master showed his true genius Against an impenetrable black ground, the crucified figure looms pale and shining. There’s ...