Tag: Commodities

Limetree Bay said Sunday air quality testing near its U.S. Virgin Islands refinery found zero concentrations of sulfur dioxide, hours after the National Guard said it found elevated levels of the chemical during its own testing.Schools in St. Croix shut for the second time in a month last week after residents smelled an odor, and…

Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline worked on Sunday to recover from a ransomware cyberattack that forced it to shut down on Friday and sparked worries of a spike in retail gasoline prices.

Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson said he had reached out to New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin after injuring him in a Monday-night scuffle that prompted outrage across the National Hockey League (NHL) and was ready to move on from the incident.Wilson, who has been suspended five times for violent acts, tossed Panarin like a…

The death toll from a police raid on a drug gang in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Thursday has risen to 28, civil police said on Friday, the deadliest operation ever carried out by the security forces in the Brazilian city.The bodies of three more victims removed from the favela on Friday were…

Residents of Mexico City will be able to attend open-air concerts and sporting events at limited capacities beginning next week due to a sustained drop in COVID-19 infections, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday.The new measures set to take effect on May 10 will include expanded access to movie theaters, banks as well as hotel-based…

Demand for Pfizer’s Covid vaccine could bolster its revenues for years, the US drugs giant has said.Pfizer said it was expecting “durable demand” for the vaccine, in a similar way to flu vaccines.In the first three months of 2021, the vaccine generated revenues of $3.5bn (£2.5bn) as governments scrambled to try to contain the pandemic.Revenue…

The region around Varanasi, one of the holiest cities in the world for Hindus, is among the worst affected by the second wave of coronavirus sweeping India.Many angry citizens of the region, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, are now asking where their MP, Narendra Modi – India’s prime minister – is in their…

Taiwan’s exports rose for a 10th straight month in April, and far exceeded expectations, as global demand for microchips and hi-tech gadgets remained strong in the work-from-home COVID-19 pandemic boom, and the outlook looks robust.

A meeting between Bill and Melinda Gates and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 left Melinda upset at the relationship between her husband and the financier, as reported by The Daily Beast on Thursday.Sources told the outlet that her soon-to-be ex-husband’s friendship with Epstein — who had already pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage…

Australian investment bank Macquarie Group reported a 10.6% rise in annual profit, as its commodities trading arm benefited from a surge in electricity prices following a U.S. winter storm that knocked out power for millions.