By Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron’s imminent entry into Guyana’s rich offshore oilfields solves one of the biggest problems dogging the U.S. major: where its growth will come from beyond the next few years. On Friday, the U.S. oil producer closed its $55-billion acquisition of Hess – among the largest ever oil and gas deals…
Once again, images of horrifying violence are pouring out of Syria: dead bodies piled up in a hospital corridor. Gunmen calling out insults as they drive their cars over the corpses of murdered civilians. These are not the first sectarian massacres in the seven turbulent months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But they…
Police officers were assaulted during a protest at a hotel used to house asylum seekers, Essex police have said. Hundreds of people protesting about the use of the Bell Hotel in Epping were at the site on Thursday, as well as a smaller pro-refugee demonstration. Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hooper said those responsible would “feel…
00:00 Speaker A Brian, we did just get some numbers on consumer confidence from the University of Michigan. This was the July preliminary numbers. So the the first look here at July and it came in a little stronger than economists had forecast and stronger than June. 61.8 was the reading here. Um so seeing…
(Bloomberg) — When At Home Group Inc.’s lawyer stood before a US bankruptcy judge last month asking to wipe out nearly $2 billion of the retailer’s debt, the reason came quick: tariffs. It’s a line that’s showing up in more and more courtrooms. Tile importer Mosaic Cos. blamed them in a recent filing. Just weeks…
CNN — Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike. The visit is highly unusual given Israel’s tight control over access in and out of the territory. Israel says it “deeply regrets” the incident, blaming stray…
Israel has granted two senior Christian leaders rare access to Gaza after an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church killed three people. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, led a delegation on Friday to the Holy Family Church, whose shelling the day…
Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth II. After all, Amin reasoned, a collapsing economy had made the U.K. unable to maintain its leadership. Moreover the “British empire does not…
Top church leaders in Jerusalem have travelled to Gaza in a rare solidarity visit to the territory one day after an Israeli shell slammed into its only Catholic church, killing three people. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III entered Gaza on Friday morning to express the “shared pastoral…
Marco Rubio has instructed U.S. diplomats not to comment on the legitimacy or fairness of foreign elections, breaking with decades of American diplomatic practice. The memo, sent to all Foreign Service officers overseas, states that U.S. missions abroad will no longer be issuing election-related statements or social media posts unless there is a “clear and…