By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. sweet and sour oil differentials narrowed significantly this month, pricing data showed, as demand for higher sulfur crudes climbed from refineries and exporters while supplies tightened. The spread between Light Louisiana Sweet and Mars sour crude, both priced in Louisiana, narrowed to $1.70 a barrel last week from…
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Emma Farge and Khalid Abdelaziz GENEVA (Reuters) -International donors made pledges on Monday of close to $1.5 billion in aid for Sudan and the surrounding region, about half of estimated needs for a deepening humanitarian crisis that has driven some 2.2 million people from their homes. The conflict between Sudan’s army and…
By Karolina Tagaris MALAKASA, Greece (Reuters) -The suspected smugglers of scores of migrants who drowned in a Mediterranean Sea shipwreck last week are expected to face manslaughter charges in a Greek court this week, while Pakistan detained a dozen suspects over the disaster. Greece recovered three more bodies on Monday, bringing the confirmed toll to…
By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Monday as questions over China’s economy outweighed OPEC+ output cuts and the seventh straight drop in the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States. Brent crude settled down 48 cents, or 0.6%, to $76.13 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis on Monday, the first official to have a private audience with him since his discharge from hospital, and told Reuters that he found the pontiff “in great spirits and in great form”. Francis, 86, left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday, nine days after…
By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the organisers and seen by Reuters, after the release of an Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a plot to bomb the group in 2018. The ban…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament will on Wednesday start work on a fresh bill that limits Supreme Court power to rule against the government, the Knesset said, risking renewed uproar over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial changes. Netanyahu on Sunday said he would advance his government’s judicial overhaul after compromise talks with…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A top Israeli minister defied U.S. concern over settlement building in the occupied West Bank on Monday, saying the government would continue building and would not accept “preaching” from other countries. “This is our country, all of it,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also holds some West Bank powers, during his…
(Reuters) – The Canadian government on Monday said it sanctioned Iranian judges over alleged human rights abuses, adding that the step would prohibit dealings with them and freeze any assets they may have held in Canada. “Today’s sanctions list 7 individuals for their role in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran’s criminal justice…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Monday that the United States and China – the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters – must create a partnership to tackle climate change without allowing their differences on other issues get in the way. Kerry spoke to Reuters in front…
