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With oil prices slumping, OPEC+ producers weigh more production cuts

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are wrestling with whether to make another cut in supply to the global economy as the OPEC+ alliance struggles to prop up sagging oil prices that have been a boon to U.S. drivers and helped ease inflation worldwide.The 23-member group is meeting Sunday at OPEC headquarters in Vienna after sending mixed signals about possible moves. Saudi Arabia, dominant among the oil cartel’s members, has warned speculators that they might get burned by betting on lower prices. Russia, the leader of the non-OPEC allies, has indicated no change to output is expected. The decision comes amid uncertainty about when the slow-growing global economy will regain its thirst for fuel for travel and industry, and with producers counting on oil profits to bolster their coffers.Oil prices have fallen even after OPEC+ slashed 2 million barrels per day in October, angering U.S. President Joe Biden by threatening high...

Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Watching imagery from a drone camera overhead, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian forces were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the city of Bakhmut.The leader of the 228th Battalion of the 127th Kharkiv Territorial Defense Brigade then ordered a mortar team to get ready. A target was locked. A mortar tube popped out a loud orange blast, and an explosion cut a new crater in an already pockmarked hillside.“We are moving forward,” Shiryaev said after at least one drone image showed a Russian fighter struck down. “We fight for every tree, every trench, every dugout.”Russian forces declared victory in the eastern city last month after the longest, deadliest battle since their full-scale invasion of Ukraine began 15 months ago. But Ukrainian defenders like Shiryaev aren’t retreating. Instead, they are keeping up the pressure and continuing the fight from positions on ...

Daily horoscope for June 4, 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Sagittarius.Happy Birthday for Sunday, June 4, 2023:You are intelligent and have a deep hunger for knowledge. You constantly try to improve yourself. You gain confidence as you grow older. This year you will receive recognition for your efforts. You might get a promotion, an award or some special acknowledgement. You deserve these kudos!ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★The good news today is you might have innovative ideas about how to boost your earnings or use something you own in an inventive way. The bad news is that something unexpected could impact your wealth. Tonight: Challenge ideas. This Week: A rocky road for finances and romance.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★Today you might do something rash. Guard against this. Pay attention to everything you say and do today to avoid saying or doing something you might later regret. Keep your head down and your powder dry. Tonight: Double-check your f...

Identifican la causa y los responsables del mortal accidente de trenes en la India, asegura el ministro de Ferrocarriles

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

(CNN) — El ministro de Ferrocarriles de la India, Ashwini Vaishnaw, afirmó este domingo que ya se identificó la causa y los responsables del mortal accidente ferroviario, pero se negó a dar más detalles.“Este incidente se produjo debido a un cambio en el enclavamiento electrónico. Averiguaremos quién fue el responsable de ese error en nuestra investigación”, declaró Vaishnaw a la agencia de noticias india ANI.“Dejemos que salga el informe de la investigación. Pero se ha identificado la causa y se ha identificado a los responsables. No es apropiado decir nada en este momento. Dejemos que todo el asunto sea investigado por las autoridades competentes”, continuó.Vaishnaw dijo que el objetivo ahora es la restauración; “Nuestro objetivo es tener una situación completa y normal para este miércoles por la mañana”, dijo Vaishnaw, añadiendo que “hemos movilizado muchos recursos”.Más de 280 muertos y 1.000 heridos en triple choque de trene...

Un buque militar chino se acerca a menos de 140 metros de un barco estadounidense en el estrecho de Taiwán

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

(CNN) — Un buque militar chino estuvo a punto de colisionar con un destructor de la Armada estadounidense en el estrecho de Taiwán este sábado, acercándose a 140 metros de una colisión, informó el ejército estadounidense en un comunicado este sábado.El buque chino “ejecutó maniobras de forma insegura” en las proximidades del USS Chung-Hoon, según el comunicado del Mando Indo-Pacífico estadounidense.“(El buque chino) sobrepasó al Chung-Hoon por su banda de babor y cruzó su proa a 140 metros”, decía el comunicado, describiendo el incidente. “El Chung-Hoon mantuvo el rumbo y redujo la velocidad a 10 kts para evitar una colisión”.El incidente es la segunda vez en dos semanas que militares chinos realizan maniobras agresivas en las proximidades de militares estadounidenses cerca de la frontera china. Un caza chino realizó una “maniobra innecesariamente agresiva” durante la intercepción de un avión espía estadounidense en el espacio aé...

Lowder fans 11, Wake Forest routs Maryland 21-6 at Winston-Salem Regional

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Rhett Lowder struck out 11 batters over six innings while top-seeded Wake Forest pounded Maryland pitching for 15 hits as the Demon Deacons earned a 21-6 win in the Winston-Salem Regional on Saturday night.Wake Forest (49-10) awaits the winner of an elimination game between the Terrapins and George Mason on Sunday and now are one win away from a berth in the super regionals.The Deacons scored their runs in bunches, starting with a four-run first inning, adding two runs in the third, three in the fifth and six runs in both the seventh and eighth.Justin Johnson had four hits including a double and triple to drive in four runs. Pierce Bennett went four-for-four with a double to drive in five runs. Danny Corona singled and capped the night with a grand slam in the eighth to finish with six RBI.Nick Dean (3-2) started and worked 4 ⅓ innings for Maryland, allowing eight runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out four to take the loss.___AP college sports...

Joe Redfield hits 3-run HR, Sam Houston jumps to 7-2 lead over Tulane before weather suspends play

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Joe Redfield hit a three-run home run, Walker Janek and Carlos Contreras each hit a solo shot Saturday night and Sam Houston jumped to a 7-2 lead over Tulane before the game was delayed due to inclement weather. The game is set to resume Sunday with two out and nobody on base in the top of the seveth inning. ___AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

MLB Notes: Chris Sale’s latest setback a cruel blow for pitcher who thought dark days were behind him

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

Chris Sale had come so far and overcome so much, and for a fleeting moment it seemed like he truly had put his nightmarish three-year run of injuries behind him.And yet there he was Friday, sitting at a podium ruminating on yet another injury setback.Sale is hurt again, this time with a shoulder issue that cut his Thursday start short after only 59 pitches. The injury seemingly came out of nowhere — he said it popped up during the second inning and there’d been no indication anything was wrong leading up to the game — but for a guy who has already endured Tommy John surgery, a stress fracture in his rib, a broken pinky and a broken wrist, it’s put him back in a familiar place.“Kind of a gut punch. I worked really hard, a lot of people worked really hard to get me to this spot,” Sale said on Friday. “It’s tough being a disappointment again.”Officially on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation, Sale’s prognosis is still ...

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square on anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China tightened already strict access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests. In Hong Kong, which had been the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, police detained at least two protesters on the eve of the anniversary at Victoria Park. The large public space had been the scene for an annual candlelight gathering to remember the hundreds or thousands killed when army tanks and infantry descended on central Beijing on the night of June 3 and into the morning of June 4, 1989. Discussion of the events has long been suppressed in China and become increasingly off-limits in Hong Kong since a sweeping national security law was imposed in June 2020, effectively barring anyone from holding memorial events. The death toll from the 1989 violence remains unknown and the Communist Party relentlessly harasses those at home or overseas who seek to keep the memory of the events alive.In Beijing, additional...

Canadian soldiers, American firefighters now battling blazes in Nova Scotia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:12 GMT

HALIFAX — Canadian soldiers and firefighters from abroad are now on the ground helping to extinguish wildfires burning in several parts of Nova Scotia for the past week.Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and a number of American firefighters arrived in the province on Saturday and will be deployed to combat the most significant blazes. Those include the wildfire that forced thousands of people from their homes near Halifax, though that blaze is no longer considered to be burning out of control. Provincial officials said on Saturday the Westwood Hills fire, in Tantallon, was 85 per cent contained and was unlikely to spread further due to a combination of firefighting efforts and heavy rain that fell throughout the day. Meanwhile, the nearby Hammonds Plains blaze is now under control and considered 100 per cent contained.In Shelburne County, however, the Barrington Lake wildfire — the largest in the province’s history — continues to burn out of control. The blaze c...