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OPEC may deepen production cuts as global oil demand at risk

OPEC may deepen production cuts as global oil demand at risk The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies could reportedly cut their oil output by a further 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to the impact on oil demand from the deadly coronavirus. Sources told CNBC that the cartel considers holding a ministerial meeting on February 14-15, almost a month earlier than scheduled. "I think it is a 'go big or go home' moment for the organization," said Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets. "If you are going the route of an extraordinary meeting, you will have to come up with a substantial reduction in order to prevent the market from further tanking," she said, adding that OPEC may potentia...

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‘I’m part of the problem’: Joker star rants about ‘systemic racism’ at BAFTAS

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‘I’m part of the problem’: Joker star rants about ‘systemic racism’ at BAFTAS While most eyeballs were on the Super Bowl Sunday night, celebrities continued the trend of virtue signaling at Hollywood award shows, this time at the BAFTAS. Racism was on the minds of a handful of celebrities at the award show, including ‘Joker’ star Joaquin Phoenix. The ceremony aired just days before the final Oscar voting ballots are due. “We have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism,” Phoenix said while accepting his award for his work in last year’s hit ‘Joker,’ for which he is also up for a Best Actor Academy Award. “It is the obligation of the people that have created and perpetuated and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones that d...

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'I like him as a fighter': Petr Yan says he'd love to face TJ Dillashaw when former UFC champ returns from drugs ban (VIDEO)

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'I like him as a fighter': Petr Yan says he'd love to face TJ Dillashaw when former UFC champ returns from drugs ban (VIDEO) Russian bantamweight star Petr Yan has been nothing short of a revelation since arriving in the UFC, and now the man known as "No Mercy" finds himself on the verge of a UFC bantamweight title shot. Yan chatted to RT Sport and revealed that he has two names on his hit list. "There’s no dream fight for me, no desired opponent. My main goal is the belt," Yan told RT Sport. "Right now, Cejudo has it. If anyone else has the belt, the name isn’t the name thing. The main thing is the belt itself." Cejudo's inclusion in his plans is obvious, but the other name he mentioned was perhaps a touch surprising: former world champion TJ Dilla...

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Iran stops sharing data on downed Ukrainian plane with Kiev after control tower audio leaked to local media

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Iran stops sharing data on downed Ukrainian plane with Kiev after control tower audio leaked to local media An investigation team in Tehran decided not to share any further data on the downing of Ukrainian airliner with Kiev, after local media published the recording of air traffic communications which took place during the tragedy. "The technical investigation team of the Ukrainian airline crash, in a strange move, published the secret audio file of the communications of a pilot of a plane that was flying at the same time as the Ukrainian plane," Hassan Rezaifar, who leads the investigation of the crash in Iran, told Mehr News Agency on Monday. The audio was provided by Iran to Ukraine as part of the joint investigation efforts. Rezaifar labelled t...

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BoJo triggers social media after telling 'juvenile anti-Americans' to 'grow up' over post-Brexit trade deal with US

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BoJo triggers social media after telling 'juvenile anti-Americans' to 'grow up' over post-Brexit trade deal with US British PM Boris Johnson has provoked social media ire after branding critics of an impending trade deal with Donald Trump's United States as "juvenile anti-Americans," insisting that they should "grow up and get a grip." In a speech in Greenwich, London on Monday to outline the kind of trading arrangements Britain will be seeking with the EU and the rest of the world, Johnson said that he "shared the optimism of President Trump" on a UK-US post-Brexit trade deal. He specifically hit out at critics of Trump's America, who have voiced concerns about the lowering of regulations and standards in any potential deal struck between the two a...

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Warring Libya sides sit down for Geneva talks agreed in Berlin

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Warring Libya sides sit down for Geneva talks agreed in Berlin The two major warring parties in the Libyan civil war have for the first time sat down for commission-level talks in Geneva. The meeting was agreed at the Libya summit in Berlin, after a peace process started by Russia and Turkey. Officials from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Libya’s National Army (LNA), which is led by General Khalifa Haftar, have gathered in Geneva for the first session of the Libyan Joint Military Commission. The talks are UN-brokered and are moderated by the UN Special Representative Ghassan Salamé. Each side sent five of its officers to the meeting. The commission was agreed as part of a deal reached in Berlin during a summit attended by Hafta...

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Life in Ukraine worse than during USSR, country may split into FIVE states – Georgia’s controversial ex-leader Saakashvili

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Life in Ukraine worse than during USSR, country may split into FIVE states – Georgia’s controversial ex-leader Saakashvili Just when you thought he’d finally gone away, Mikhail Saakashvili has popped up on Ukrainian TV to predict that his adopted nation will collapse. He also told viewers they lived better under the Soviet regime. The former Odessa governor and Georgian president didn’t hold back during an appearance on the 112 Ukraine TV channel. “Ukraine’s cities have never been in such bad condition, and every year it’s getting worse and worse,” he said, adding that while the “whole world” is moving forward and developing, the country has been left behind. “Kiev, Ukraine is now much worse than Kiev and Ukraine during the times of the USSR,” he ex...

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ISIS claims Sunday’s attack on gas pipeline between Egypt & Israel

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ISIS claims Sunday’s attack on gas pipeline between Egypt & Israel The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has reportedly claimed that it attacked a gas pipeline between Egypt and Israel on Sunday night. The gas flow between the two states remained undisrupted. Local sources told AFP that the gas pipeline targeted was a domestic line that connects to a power station in the provincial capital El-Arish, powering homes and factories in central Sinai. IS in the Sinai took responsibility for the attack on Monday afternoon, saying that it had detonated a number of explosives next to a pipeline and causing damage to it. The masked gunmen drove a four-wheel drive before detonating explosives in the attack, carried out around 80km west of El-Arish, according to sources. Some media re...

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'It is our common disaster': UFC to extradite Zhang Weili from China as strawweight champ leaves Beijing over coronavirus fears

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'It is our common disaster': UFC to extradite Zhang Weili from China as strawweight champ leaves Beijing over coronavirus fears UFC champion Zhang Weili has cut short her Beijing camp for her title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk next month after the casualty toll from the coronavirus rose to 361 dead and more than 17,000 confirmed cases across China. The country’s first UFC champion had expected to complete her camp in the capital before fighting Jedrzejczyk – who she was involved in an angry exchange with over social media about the deadly virus last week – in Las Vegas on March 8. Zhang’s manager, Brian Butler-Au, revealed the move had been made for "precautionary reasons" and told MMA Fighting that the UFC had been "working hard" to expedite ...

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Gunman opens fire on California BUS, 6 shot, ‘major injuries’ reported

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Gunman opens fire on California BUS, 6 shot, ‘major injuries’ reported A Greyhound bus en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay Area became a crime scene on Monday after a gunman opened fire inside, injuring six people, some seriously. A passenger opened fire around 1:27am local time when the bus was traveling on a highway near Fort Tejon road in Kern County, California Highway Patrol spokesperson, Steve Loftus, said. The suspect is now in custody. There were 40 passengers on the bus when the shooting happened. Six of them have been hospitalized with gunshot injuries, some reportedly “major.” Footage from the scene shows police swarming a parked Greyhound bus, which had been cordoned off by police. #BREAKING UPDATE: Six people suf...

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