In this article PXD EOG RRC DVN XOP XLE The energy rally rolls on. The XLE energy ETF has raced ahead of the broader market again in the past month, rallying nearly 13% against the S&P 500‘s 4% drop, as global demand for oil outpaces its supply. An output decision from OPEC+ when the bloc
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The golden rule of Boris Johnson’s Conservatives is that an otherwise disparate party is at its most happy when it’s talking about Brexit and its consequences. At times of stress, it’s the trump card the PM routinely reaches for. Given the stage of the country, expect it to feature heavily during the party conference. As
Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old blogger whose body was found in a US national park, told police about a domestic dispute with her boyfriend the month before she disappeared. Ms Petito was found dead in Wyoming on 18 September and police are investigating her death as a homicide. Her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, 23, was charged last
In the skies over Hollywood a small plane pulls a banner reading “vote yes”. On a monitor on a movie set, the same words are scrawled on a piece of luminous tape. On a crane hoisting bits of scenery into place, the same slogan is emblazoned in big letters. That simple message is at the
Rapper Nines has been sentenced to 28 months in prison after importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland. The musician, whose real name is Courtney Freckleton, used the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat to contact an unknown exporter referred to as “MicroBird” to arrange large-scale shipments of the drug. Boilers were used
Army tanker drivers are to start delivering fuel to petrol stations from Monday in an emergency government move prompted by the continuing crisis at the pumps. Senior ministers have been alarmed at how slowly the fuel supply disruption is improving, with motorists still forced to queue for hours for fuel after more than a week
Originally published on ILSR.org Nearly 7 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the second quarter of 2021. Renewable energy generation capacity growth was comparable to last quarter, while new fossil gas construction dropped dramatically. In 4 of the last 8 quarters, the fossil gas contribution to new power generation capacity has been
He is an amateur street artist-turned-professional who counts the Obamas, late comic book legend Stan Lee, and the Pope among his high-profile fans. Known as Mr Brainwash, he insists he is paying tribute to artists such as Banksy, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons by reproducing their work. “You are kind of honouring them… because there
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards About $90.1 million has mistakenly gone out to users of popular DeFi staking protocol Compound after an upgrade gone epically wrong. Now, the founder is making a plea — and issuing a few threats — to incentivize the voluntary return of the platform’s crypto tokens. “If you received a large,
As part of my journey through Arizona for Lucid Motor’s “Production Preview Week,” I was able to catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the automaker’s facilities where the Air sedan is being produced. Even better, Lucid gave me the opportunity to be one of the first non-employees to test-drive the Air Dream Edition –
The idea of fusion power has intrigued scientists for nearly 100 years, when they first discovered the process that powers the sun and stars. A fusion reaction, which occurs when atoms fuse together, could generate four times more energy than today’s fission reactors, and about four million times more than burning coal, without producing any
As Daniel Craig bows out as James Bond, he speaks to Sky News at the London premiere of ‘No Time to Die’. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our
CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar’s continued efforts to push conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump even after an audit confirmed Biden’s victory in his state. #CNN #News
Some 400,000 more lorry drivers are needed to plug a shortfall across Europe, according to consultancy Transport Intelligence. The same estimates suggest that Poland needs at least 120,000 drivers, while Germany and France also have a shortage of more than 40,000 each. The industry estimates that the UK needs 100,000 drivers to partly alleviate supply
Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to take “emergency action to get a grip” on the HGV driver shortage causing fuel and food shortages. The Labour leader said the prime minister needs to deploy the 150 army drivers that are on standby now to petrol stations across the UK after an independent fuel
A serial killer who carried out a spate of murders and rapes in and around Paris in the 1980s and 1990s has been revealed as a retired police officer, according to reports in France. Francois Verove, 59, is said to have used his police identity card and handcuffs to abduct and restrain his victims. The
7:30 AM ET In the UFC’s light heavyweight division, 40 is the new 30. The current champion, Jan Blachowicz, turns 39 years old in February. No. 1 contender Glover Teixeira, who will challenge Blachowicz for the title at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, is 41. Blachowicz and Teixeira both have exhibited longevity and perseverance. Blachowicz
An erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has blown open a third fissure – sending a fresh river of lava down the mountainside. It came as authorities recorded eight new earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5 on the island of La Palma on Friday. They are now waiting to see whether lava from the new fissure
Motorists could face another “week or so” of long queues at the filling stations, a minister has said, because of an “unprecedented demand” for petrol and diesel. Policing minister Kit Malthouse said on Friday if the crisis does not ease in the coming days, Boris Johnson stands ready to review the situation, which has been
It’s not every day you find yourself getting existential with a film star – but as Guy Pearce’s new film is set in a futuristic world where life-like droids can’t be discerned from real people, it’s got him questioning what it is to be human. In Zone 414, the actor plays David Carmichael, an ex-police
About 120,000 pigs could be culled and their carcasses dumped because of a shortage of butchers, the industry has warned. A workforce shortfall has meant farms are running out of space to keep the animals that should already have gone for meat, raising welfare concerns. While the sector had previously warned of the problems faced,
The policing minister has said it would be “perfectly reasonable” for anyone being approached by a lone police officer to call 999 and seek reassurance in the wake of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Speaking to Sky News’ Kay Burley, Kit Malthouse gave advice on what people should do if they are approached
During monsoon, or even otherwise, there have been innumerable times that have we stepped out of our homes without an umbrella only to find the rain surprising us. To add to our troubles, on days even the weather forecasts have been bad at predicting the chances of rain and have let us down miserably. Now,
Within the electric vehicle world in recent months, there’s been all kinds of debate and handwringing about how the big EV tax credits or rebates that are included in expected Democratic legislation in Congress should be structured — how much should union-built EVs versus American-built EVs versus just simply built EVs get in subsidies? There’s
Sky News goes on the road with truck driver Jimmy Glovan to find out why many in the industry are walking away. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our
Former President Donald Trump has stressed the importance of loyalty throughout his tenure in office, but appears to have forgotten that same value toward one of his most trusted confidants: Senator Lindsey Graham. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza describes how Trump’s relationships with his allies are all about usefulness until
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Economist Stephen Roach is warning that the U.S. may be on a collision course with 1970s-type inflation. The former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman is worried that the impact of energy price spikes on China’s struggling supply chain will be the tipping point. Crude oil topped $80 a barrel this week for the first time since
In this article FB Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, asks questions during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, April 27, 2021. Tasos Katopodis | Pool | Reuters WASHINGTON — Facebook’s testimony to members of the U.S. Senate on Thursday led to one
US President Joe Biden has narrowly avoided a government shutdown, signing new legislation on spending just hours before the deadline. Republicans blocked the bill to fund the American government through to 3 December because they were unhappy with the plan to raise the debt ceiling, but it was eventually passed by the House and the
In this article ZM FIVN Eric Yuan, founder and chief executive officer of Zoom Video Communications Inc., speaks during the BoxWorks 2019 Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zoom’s agreement to buy cloud contact center software company Five9 was
More than half of all killings by police officers in the United States go unreported – and black Americans are far more likely to be the victim, according to a new study. Research published in the medical journal The Lancet reported that 55% of deaths from “police violence” in the US between 1980 and 2018
In Part 1 of this assessment, we saw that the magnitude of CO2 emissions were vastly larger than the largest and best sequestration facilities built to date, and further, that the majority were actually enhanced oil recovery facilities with significant net CO2 emissions end to end. We also saw that there’s significant competition for underground