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...That total fell to about 2.5mn b/d in August, with the decline coming from western-insured ships, which only carried 626,000 b/d that month — less than half the volume they transported in May....
...Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says 620,000 Jewish settlers are living in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, which have been occupied by Israel since the six-day war in 1967....
...Houston Hall, on 222 West Houston St. Nearest subway stop is Houston Street Station on the 1 line, but West 4th St (A, C, E, B, D and F lines) is just a short walk away. How much? $20 per person....
...By dropping the ESG ratings now, maybe S&P is saying “the ratings really are not that useful,” said David F. Larcker, a professor at Stanford’s graduate school of business....
...“Shale has redrawn the map of world oil in a way most people don’t seem to understand,” said Daniel Yergin, vice-chair of S&P Global and a Pulitzer Prize-winning energy historian....
...My column this week looks at 2024’s potential Ralph Nader election spoiler: Robert F Kennedy Jr, who this week made an obscure pick as his third party running mate — Nicole Shanahan, the wealthy ex-wife...
...And finally To the Young Vic theatre for Kimber Lee’s untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, a blazingly satirical drama about the prejudice and casual stereotyping that so many British east Asian and south-east...
...Monét’s music takes cues from the golden age of 1990s and early-’00s R&B as well as ’70s disco classics, but she has a personal touch too, adding elements of Deep-South hip-hop and west-coast soul....
...One of the highlights of my five years as an ex-pat living in Manhattan’s Upper West Side was watching the Macy’s Parade giant balloons being inflated on Central Park West....
.... — Patrick Temple-West The B Team’s human rights challenge for the corporate A-list The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region is low on most companies’ lists of target commercial markets....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, rose 2.6 per cent....
...To avoid costly logjams, billions would still need to be spent on widening or bypassing parts of the west coast line — and no “plan B” exists to do so....
.../ From J F Siebert, Shetland, UK...
...Scherr, who was previously chief financial officer of Goldman, will be replaced by Gil West, a veteran of Delta Air Lines and General Motors....
...People say, “What’s plan B?” But you need more than just a plan B. Having more options makes you feel more confident and secure....
...S JaishankarYou know, what’s happened today with Russia is essentially, a lot of doors have been shut to Russia and the west. OK, we know the reasons why....
...Meanwhile on the stage, Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures and Kimber Lee’s satirical untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play exemplify a more critical or contested perspective on postwar Asian narratives....
...Jungle have previously gravitated towards the American west coast (notably on earlier tracks like 2018’s “Heavy, California”), and this collection was created between LA and London, featuring guests from...
...They were joined by another two billion — yes, that’s a B — viewers at home. But Infantino is worried. Not every country represented at the World Cup has the conditions for players to thrive at home....
...On the sporting front, the Milan-San Remo race will kick off what’s set to be a thrilling cycling season and bring some of the world’s best riders to town, while our eyes will certainly be on Formula 1’s...
...Russia said its 300,000 b/d export reduction would also stay in place until December....
...We haven’t mentioned the B-word yet. Bonds....
...For example, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor introduced in 2005 was the first jet fighter to incorporate advancements in digital computation and mobile networking in the 1990s....
...One group sang to the tune of YMCA, “H-S-B-C, get your money out of H-S-B-C . . . they’re selling greenwashing lies . . . investors complicit up to their eyes”....
...The success of the G7’s strategy to “de-risk” ties with China will also hinge on whether there is common understanding on what precisely it means....
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