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Russia rejects $60-a-barrel cap on its oil, warns of cutoffs

Saturday, 3 December 2022, 17:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country's oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed...

G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil

Saturday, 3 December 2022, 07:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The Group of Seven nations and Australia joined the European Union on Friday in adopting a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, a key step as Western sanctions aim to reorder the global oil...

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79

Thursday, 1 December 2022, 05:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

 Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,”...

Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone

Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 14:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The...

Erupting Hawaii volcano spurs warning for people to prepare

Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 06:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on...

Riots in Belgium, Netherlands after Morocco win at World Cup

Monday, 28 November 2022, 05:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday. Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water...

1 dead, up to 12 missing in landslide on Italian island

Sunday, 27 November 2022, 06:34 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person...

Civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on freed city

Sunday, 27 November 2022, 06:22 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier. The exodus from Kherson came as Ukraine solemnly...

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