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Congo to Auction Off Oil and Gas Blocks In a Step Back for Climate Change
DAKAR, Senegal — The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to one of the largest old-growth rainforests on earth, is auctioning off vast amounts of land in a push to become “the new destination for oil investments,” part of a global shift as the world retreats on fighting climate change in a scramble for fossil fuels.…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Restarts Gas Flow
The American-made HIMARS truck-mounted rocket system on display in March at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Credit…Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images As Russia’s foreign minister made clear that Moscow’s territorial ambitions extend beyond Ukraine’s eastern territories, the United States said on Wednesday that it would send four more advanced multiple-rocket launch vehicles…
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With Russian Cutoff Feared, Europeans Are Told to Curb Natural Gas Use
BRUSSELS — Europe must cut its use of natural gas by 15 percent from now through next spring to prevent a major crisis as Russia slashes gas exports, the European Union’s executive branch said on Wednesday, calling for hard sacrifices by the people of the world’s richest group of nations. “Russia is blackmailing us,” the…
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E.U. Natural Gas, Putin News and the Latest: Ukraine War Live Updates
Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian control since the early days of the war.Credit…Andrey Borodulin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A critical bridge shelled. A fighter jet shot out of the sky. Ammunition depots destroyed. A cluster of soldiers attacked. Ukraine’s intensifying attacks on Russian forces in just the last 48 hours in Kherson…
