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US Emergency Oil Reserves Tumble to Lowest Since 1984
U.S. emergency crude oil stocks fell 8.4 million barrels last week to 434.1 million barrels, their lowest since October 1984, according to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data released on Monday. The release from the...
Scottish Police Make Three Arrests Over Protests Following Queen’s Death
Scottish police said they had made three arrests in Edinburgh relating to breaches of the peace — causing a disturbance — on Sunday and Monday as Queen Elizabeth's coffin was moved around the city. Elizabeth...
Nestle’s Gerber CEO Sees Formula Shortage Improving By October
Nestle SA's Gerber Products Company is still in "critical task force mode" due to the U.S. infant formula shortage, its CEO Tarun Malkani said last week, adding that he expects the crunch to improve by...
US Holiday Sales Growth Likely to Slow as Inflation Hits Shoppers: Report
U.S. sales growth is expected to slow this holiday season as consumers facing decades-high inflation cut back on discretionary spending, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse report released on Tuesday. No longer able to bank on...
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Halts Operations: Energoatom
Operations at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine have been fully stopped as a safety measure, Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on Sunday, Sept. 11. The plant "is...
Flash Floods Hit Chicago Metro Area, Stranding Cars
The National Weather Service on Sunday, Sept. 11 issued a flash flood warning for part of northeastern Illinois including Chicago's northern metro area, after heavy rains flooded viaducts, stranded cars, and sent water surging into...
US Freight Railroads Prepare for Potential Strike Disruption
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Major U.S. freight railroads said on Friday they were preparing for a possible strike and service disruption a week before a deadline in protracted labor talks. BNSF, owned by Berkshire Hathaway,...
‘All we need is kerosene’: Fishermen Struggle for Livelihoods in Crisis-hit Sri Lanka
As the sun rose over Sri Lanka in late August, a group of fishermen were laying out their net on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country’s north-western coast, getting ready...
New York Governor Declares Disaster Emergency After Polio Found in Wastewater
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency on Sept. 9 in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in four counties....
Tropical Storm Threatens to Fan California Wildfires, But Will Cool off State
A tropical storm approaching Southern California on Friday threatened to bring high winds that could whip up wildfires and heavy rainfall that could trigger flash floods, but the system will also bring relief from a...
Dollar Slides as Investors Balance Positions Ahead of US Inflation Data
The dollar fell to a more than one-week low on Friday as investors consolidated gains after a sharp rise against most currencies, ahead of a U.S. inflation report that could determine the size of the...
Thailand’s Unemployed Elephants and Their Families Face Uncertain Future
In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak starts her day by doing a livestream of her two elephants on social media to raise money to survive. The 23-year-old, who has...