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Oil prices climbed on Friday on expectations that OPEC+ will discuss output cuts at a meeting on Sept. 5, though concern over China’s COVID-19 curbs and weakness in the global economy loomed over the market. Brent crude futures were up $1.59, or 1.7%, to $93.95 a barrel by 11:19 a.m. …

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There are encouraging signs of a sustained week-on-week decline in the onset of cases in many European countries, including France, Germany, …

European natural gas prices have hit new records in the aftermath of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector, prompting several European countries such as Italy and Spain to take new measures to bring the crisis under control. Europe’s benchmark Dutch TTF gas contract advanced to 318 euros per megawatt on Thursday, …

A Barcelona-Bayern Munich pairing headlines the Champions League group stage draw as the Premier League teams all avoided what looks to be the group of death. Internazionale also lines out in that tough Group C, with Czech club Viktoria Plzen given the rough end of the stick as the fourth …

Oil prices eased on Thursday in volatile trade as investors braced for the possible return of sanctioned Iranian oil exports to the market and on worries that rising U.S. interest rates would weaken fuel demand. The prospect that the OPEC+ producer group could curb oil supplies limited the decline in …

47 percent of Europe is under warning conditions with a clear deficit of soil moisture, European Drought Observatory says. Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production, and the yields …

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of the Ebola virus after a new case was confirmed in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. The new case was identified after samples from a 46-year-old woman in Beni, a town located in North Kivu, tested …

Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns over a plunge in gas supplies. CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil and whose largest shareholder …

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Friday there is no bad blood between star forwards Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Neymar insisted on taking the team’s second penalty against Montpellier last Saturday after Mbappe had missed the first. Mbappe did not celebrate after Neymar converted the spot kick. Galtier called …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday recommended the use of French drugmaker Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine. The UN agency also recommended the use of a second booster dose for some individuals at high risk of severe disease. However, that does not constitute a general recommendation of vaccinating all adults, and …

Britain is suffering the worst inflation rate among the G7 countries with skyrocketing prices further tightening the squeeze on the British public.

Sanofi has stopped further work on amcenestrant, a treatment once seen to have strong commercial potential in breast cancer after a second trial failure dealt a major blow to the French healthcare company’s development prospects. The move weighed on shares and mounted pressure on Sanofi to bolster its pipeline of …

A transparent protective coating material that can heal itself in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight might just be the solution to car scratches, scientists say.

Microsoft provides a rare insight into total Xbox One sales figures.

Like something out of Jurassic Park, a Dallas-based genetics company announced Tuesday it is working to resurrect Australia’s extinct Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, to slow biodiversity loss and climate change.

Racism remains rampant in the sport despite players kneeling in protest. Should they stop? Absolutely not.

Oil prices fell over 2% on Tuesday to their lowest since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as economic data spurred concerns about a potential global recession, while the market awaited clarity on talks to revive a deal that could allow more Iranian oil exports.

Global experts have agreed to refer to monkeypox virus variants by Roman numerals

Russia has registered a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic in the country in April 2020, the state statistics service Rosstat said on Friday. It said 4,991 people had died of COVID-19 or related causes in June, down from 7,098 in May. Russia recorded more …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and arrested 10 members of a Daesh Takfiri terrorist group that aimed to conduct acts of terror across the country during the mourning month of Muharram. The ministry made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, saying the “Takfiri-Zionist” outfit had plans to …