Opec and its allies vowed on Sunday to stand ready to take “immediate” action to stabilise global oil markets a day ahead of the start of sweeping new western restrictions on Russia’s oil exports.Opec+, which is led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided not to make any immediate changes to the group’s production targets, but said the oil producers’ cartel was ready to “meet at any time” and could “take immediate additional measures”.The group’s online meeting came a day ahead of what will be one of the most dramatic shifts in global oil markets in decades, when the EU will…
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Something to look forward to: Intel submitted several research papers to this year’s International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), highlighting their plans to pursue new 2D transistor materials and 3D packaging solutions. The new information backs CEO Pat Gelsinger’s previous statements regarding Intel’s upcoming microarchitecture design innovations. According to Intel’s Gary Patton, the new advancements will keep Moore’s Law alive and well for the foreseeable future. Earlier this year, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang declared Moore’s Law dead (again) during a 4000-series launch Q&A session. The prediction echoed similar statements made by Huang during the 2017 Beijing GPU Technology Conference. And much like…
Live from New York, it’s another epic Kenan & Kel reunion! Kel Mitchell made a cameo on Saturday Night Live Dec. 3, marking his first time on the NBC series. He appeared in a sketch with cast member Kenan Thompson, his former co-star on the hit Nickelodeon comedy, and guest host Keke Palmer. In the skit, the three act in and offer a behind-the-scenes commentary about a mock Kenan & Kel reboot, a drama series titled Kenan & Kelly, which also incorporates the actress’ pregnancy. Keke had confirmed rumors she is expecting her first child with a bare baby bump reveal during her SNL monologue. In the Kenan & Kelly sketch, Kel makes…
From Christina Jackson’s perspective, acting chose her — not the other way around. “I was always very animated, and my parents thought I [might become] a lawyer,” recalls Jackson, 35, of her formative years in Plainfield, New Jersey. The vocation she would make her career as an adult first presented itself when Jackson was in seventh grade. “There wasn’t a lot available — like, I wasn’t taking karate classes, I wasn’t doing ballet,” she says of the moment a teacher in her middle school suggested she join the drama club. The connection was immediate. “I love reading, I love storytelling…
“We ask the Malian authorities to release the Ivorian soldiers by January 1, 2023 at the latest,” Omar Alieu Touray, president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission, told journalists at a summit in Nigeria. Gambian diplomat Touray also said the West African bloc reserved the right to act if the soldiers were not released by January 1. If Mali fails to do so, ECOWAS will impose sanctions, a West African diplomat told AFP. Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who has been mediating between Mali and Côte d’Ivoire on the issue, will travel to Mali to “demand” the…
The southern Ukrainian city of Kherson was heavily shelled on Saturday night, causing fires and injuring at least two people.While leaving Kherson, Russian forces damaged electric lines and heating stations in early November, leaving the whole region without electricity, water and heating.In the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a shopping centre was also plunged into darkness as many cities experience blackouts in the aftermath of Moscow’s targeting of the country’s energy infrastructure.Watch the video in the player above. WorldNewsIntel
It is evident that persons with disabilities are more likely to have poorer health than others. Owing to their impairments, which may be primary or secondary, there is a greater need for health facilities to be provided to disabled people. Sadly, this is also true that the neediest for good health care services are the most denied ones. People with disabilities are often not treated in the best manner. Studies have revealed that people with special needs have a higher ratio of unmet health needs as compared to people with no disabilities. They are also excluded from making fair decisions…
Spiralling inflation has sparked a cost-of-living crisis across Europe, and governments are stepping in to try to shield households and businesses from the seemingly never-ending surge in energy prices.For many families these days, it feels like paycheques are immediately evaporating as inflation drives up the cost of groceries and fuel, landlords increase rent and utility bills keep soaring.Inflation in the eurozone continued to hover near record highs at 9.9 per cent in September, up from 9.1 in August, fuelled by rising energy prices.There’s no sign of the energy crisis improving, as Russia said in September it would not fully resume its gas…
Sarah Faith is a content and values writer at activist travel company, Responsible Travel.Only 40 to 60 Marsican brown bears are left in the world. All of them wander the wild mountains and ancient beech forests of central Italian Apennines.A holiday there could hold the key to their salvation.While the Marsican brown bears are not alone in their plight, there is hope. A recent study has shown European wildlife is fighting back, with populations across a range of species, from beavers to bison, golden jackals to grey wolves dramatically increasing since 1960.Tourism that goes beyond leaving no trace can accelerate…
This article is an on-site version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every SundayHello and welcome to the working week.After a period of unrest, change and mourning in China, vice-premier and Covid-19 tsar Sun Chunlan said the fight against the virus had entered a “new stage”. The potential unlocking, albeit gradual, of Beijing’s zero-Covid policy is likely to be in the headlines, as will the ensuing inflationary pressures. State institutions and businesses will continue to face the delicate task of paying respects to the late president Jiang Zemin…