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World
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International
12/18/2022 9:56:49 AM
North Korea fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Sunday, Seoul's military said, days after Pyongyang announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system.
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World
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Region
12/17/2022 12:58:12 PM
Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a senior police officer was gunned down, the country's security agency said Saturday.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 7:09:35 PM
Jordan on Friday announced it was imposing a ``temporary ban'' on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 5:59:50 PM
Gunfire killed a senior Jordanian officer and wounded two other police in the country's south, where protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices, authorities said Friday.
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World
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International
12/13/2022 6:29:55 PM
US researchers announced a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough on Tuesday, hailing a "landmark achievement" in the quest for a source of unlimited, clean power and an end to reliance on fossil fuels.
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World
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Region
12/6/2022 6:54:32 PM
Syria's government will close state agencies for two days in December due to severe fuel shortages caused by a disruption in the arrival of supplies and Western sanctions, state media reported Tuesday.
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Business
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Energy
12/6/2022 9:04:00 AM
The energy crisis is fuelling an acceleration of the rollout of renewable power, raising hopes for efforts to meet ambitious targets against global warming, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/3/2022 11:47:00 AM
Western governments are aiming to cap the price of Russia's oil exports in an attempt to limit the fossil fuel earnings that support Moscow's budget, its military and the invasion of Ukraine.
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World Cup 2022
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Features
12/2/2022 6:20:31 PM
Perhaps the most damning indictment in the inquest into Germany's second consecutive exit from a World Cup at the group stage came from 23-year-old forward Kai Havertz, who said simply, "I don't think we're a tournament team anymore".
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Egypt
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Politics
11/23/2022 4:33:31 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a $6 billion loan agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to help the country meets it basic food commodity needs of imported wheat, fuel products, and petroleum derivatives.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 11:18:34 AM
For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those disasters, the burning of fossil fuels.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/17/2022 10:59:12 PM
Steffi Lemke, the German federal minister for the environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection asserted on Tuesday the commitment of Germany and the European Union to shifting away from fossil fuel and reducing emissions as fast as possible.
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COP27
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Focus
11/16/2022 10:34:02 PM
Renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics and onshore wind power can help sub-Saharan Africa meet its energy requirements from sources that have lower emissions than fossil fuels.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
11/16/2022 10:23:23 PM
Hydrocarbon giant QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company announced Wednesday that they have taken a final investment decision on an $8.5 billion polymers facility in Orange, Texas.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 7:05:19 PM
Turkey on Tuesday unveiled at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh a revised plan for cutting its carbon emissions that was immediately criticised by analysts as insufficiently ambitious.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 6:19:15 PM
Campaigners on Tuesday urged the COP27 summit to fight disinformation that undermines efforts to limit deadly global warming, as a survey showed millions of people believe climate change falsehoods.
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World
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Region
11/15/2022 4:43:24 PM
The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first such seizure in that country's yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
11/15/2022 2:08:39 PM
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COP27
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Climate change
11/11/2022 8:23:00 PM
Germany on Friday joined France and the Netherlands in pulling out of a 1994 energy treaty which critics say protects investments in fossil fuels.
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World
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International
11/11/2022 5:54:22 PM
The European Union's executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth next year, saying the 19 countries that use the euro currency will slide into recession over the winter as peak inflation hangs on for longer than expected and high fuel and heating costs erode consumer purchasing power.
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