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Natural gas surges to highest level since 2008 as Russia’s war upends energy markets
A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas prices surged to the highest level in more than 13 years Monday as Russia’s war on Ukraine causes a global energy […]
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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, so it can be ‘transformed as private company’
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, saying the social media company needs to be transformed privately. “I invested in Twitter […]
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Judge grants bail to two men accused of impersonating Homeland Secrity agents
Arian Taherzadeh, sketch from detention hearing for the two men charged with impersonating DHS agents. Source: Bill Hennessy A judge granted bail Tuesday to two Washington, D.C., men criminally charged with impersonating federal law enforcement agents. The ruling by Judge G. Michael Harvey in federal court for the District of Columbia came a week after […]
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India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave
Commuters out in the scorching heat in India on March 30, 2022 in Gurugram, India. An unusually early heat wave brought more extreme temperatures Monday to a large swath of India’s northwest. Parveen Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images An unusually early heat wave brought more extreme temperatures Monday to a large swath of […]
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Biden calls to put Putin on trial for war crimes over Russia’s actions in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin in Moscow, Russia March 2, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters President Joe Biden said Monday that evidence needs to be gathered to put Russian leader Vladimir Putin on trial for war crimes related […]
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U.S. sanctions global network of firms helping the Russian military evade export controls
Armored vehicles of pro-Russian troops drive along a road in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near Dokuchaievsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions on a global network of individuals and shell companies it says are helping the Russian military to […]
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U.S. to release 1 million barrels of oil per day from reserves to help cut gas prices
U.S. President Joe Biden announces new actions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2022. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters The U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from its strategic reserves to help cut gas prices and […]
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A heat wave and snowfall: Why researchers are puzzled by Antarctica’s recent weather
It’s been a strange stretch for the icy desert at the bottom of the world. In mid-March, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica soared 70 degrees Fahrenheit above average. It was high enough for researchers living there to brave the elements for a bare-chested group photo. The comparably balmy temperatures, which reached around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, arrived […]
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Biden says U.S. would ‘respond’ to Russia if Putin uses chemical or biological weapons
President Joe Biden said Thursday NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. “We will respond if he uses it,” Biden said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The nature of the response depends on the nature of the use.” Biden also said he would support an effort to […]
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