The cartel members and their allies, including Russia, Mexico, and Bahrain, will increase their output by 400,000 barrels a day from August. Production is expected to be raised until all of the previously halted output is restored. The deal is expected to see the OPEC+ countries ramping up their total …
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The joint acknowledgement of cooperation came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US climate change envoy John Kerry met in Moscow on Monday as part of the American’s four-day trip to the capital. Kerry is the highest-ranking official from President Joe Biden’s administration to have visited Russia since his …
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“Our number one priority as we fight Covid-19 is keeping Canadians safe. In coordination with the US, we are extending restrictions on non-essential international travel and with the United States until July 21st, 2021,” Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced in a tweet on Friday morning, again extending the …
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Russia’s Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov and the Pakistani Ambassador, Shafqat Ali Khan, signed a revised agreement on the project in Moscow on Friday, opening the way for the start of construction in the near future. Spanning more than 1,100 kilometers, the pipeline dubbed the ‘Pakistan Stream’ is expected to have …
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National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat was authorized to start talks with Egypt on the ceasefire initiative, to work out the details and the starting date, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening local time. The truce was proposed by Egypt and will be “mutual and unconditional,” the Israeli cabinet said …
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The former Soviet republics have conflicting territorial claims over a water distribution point on the Isfara River. On Wednesday, a quarrel between Kyrgyz and Tajik civilians in that area escalated into a full blown military standoff. The fighting, which continued on Thursday, left over 40 people dead and around 200 …
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The 12 founding clubs said in a statement Sunday that they will govern the breakaway league themselves, and the inaugural season will be “as soon as practicable.” Three additional founding clubs are expected to join, and five other teams will qualify annually based on their performance in the prior season. …
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While Russia has a long history of space exploration, China has only recently begun to make exploring the cosmos one of its priorities. On Tuesday, Dmitry Rogozin, the CEO of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Kejian put pen to paper on a bilateral memorandum of …
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We all know the mantra by now – ‘trans women are women, and trans men are men’. Deep down we may know it to be nonsense, but unless we pay it lip service we risk being labelled as bigots or worse – despicable people who “question the very humanity” of …
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Responding to an MSNBC discussion on Monday about Republican claims regarding the January 6 Capitol riot, Brennan said, “I’m increasingly embarrassed to be a white male these days, in light of what I see of my other white males saying.” The comment triggered a delighted laugh by host Nicole Wallace, …
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