“OPEC made an exceptional decision today … After two and a half years, OPEC reached consensus to manage the market,” said Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh, who had repeatedly clashed with Saudi Arabia during previous meetings, Reuters reports. He and ...
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Shimon Peres, Israel’s last founding father, dies at 93
Peres was hospitalized following a stroke two weeks ago and his condition had improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday, doctors said. In announcing his passing, family members said that he did not suffer pain, and as a last act ...
Read More »Clinton and Trump to square off in highly anticipated debate
The tight race for the White House and the unpredictable clash in styles between well-known but polarizing foes has generated wide interest in the potentially pivotal encounter, which comes six weeks before the Nov. 8 election, according to Reuters. The ...
Read More »Dairy prices in Ukraine to rise by 15-20% in fall – Experts
The rise of prices for dairy products for consumers this fall will amount to 15-20% in connection with rising prices of feed and the growth of utility tariffs, reduction in production, and the rise in prices for these products on ...
Read More »Five people killed in mall shooting in Washington state
A gunman fire at a Macy’s store in the mall north of Seattle, killing four females and critically injuring a man, who later died. Officials have not disclosed additional details about the victims, including their ages, USA Today portal reports. The incident ...
Read More »Four Ukrainian universities ranked amongst world’s best
Four Ukrainian universities were included into the list of world’s best higher education institutions, UA Today portal reports wit reference to The Times Higher Education. Lviv Polytechnic National University, National Technical University of Ukraine – Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Taras Shevchenko ...
Read More »Reuters Exclusive: How EU firms skirt sanctions to do business in Crimea
Products carrying the brands of Germany’s Metro AG and Auchan of France are visibly for sale on the shelves of the retailers’ Crimean subsidiaries, Reuters reports. People involved in transporting the goods say they arrived via a ferry that serves ...
Read More »U.S. authorities identified New York bombing suspect
Bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend — as well as the discovery of several unexploded devices — have led authorities to believe there may be a terror cell at work in those two states, law enforcement ...
Read More »Ukraine takes third place in Rio Paralympics 2016 medal count
The sensation performance by Ukraine’s 2016 team yielded 9 more gold medals than during the Paralympic Games in London, the press service of the National Paralympics Committee said, according to Interfax-Ukraine. The Ukrainian team finished third in the overall team ...
Read More »Ukraine secures two more golds in Rio Paralympics: football, table tennis
Men’s Football gold medal match was held in Rio as well as Men’s Team Table Tennis finals, with both events resulting in National Team Ukraine winning, UNIAN agency reports. Ukrainian football players defeated the Iranian team, who in turn had ...
Read More »Florida expands Zika zone in Miami Beach after five new cases
The active transmission zone grew from 1.5 square miles to 4.5 square miles and consists of a large portion of the popular tourist destination, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a statement on Friday evening, Reuters reports. Miami Beach Mayor ...
Read More »US B-1 bombers fly over South Korea in show of force
North Korea claimed Friday’s test showed it had a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on ballistic missiles, a possibility that increases fears for US allies in the region and also poses a threat to US bases in South Korea, ...
Read More »Elon Musk says Tesla’s new Autopilot likely would have prevented death
Musk said the update, which will be available within a week or two through an “over-the-air” software update, would rely foremost on radar to give Tesla’s electric luxury cars a better sense of what is around them and when to ...
Read More »North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test
Its most powerful explosion to date follows a test in January that prompted the U.N. Security Council to impose tightened sanctions that increased North Korea’s isolation but failed to prevent it from accelerating weapons development, Reuters reports. South Korean President ...
Read More »Reuters: Trump says Putin better leader than Obama
Trump suggested at the event in which he and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton made back-to-back appearances that U.S. generals had been stymied by the policies of Obama and Clinton, who served as the Democratic president’s first secretary of state, Reuters ...
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