Month: November 2026
Oil fell about 6% on Monday as talks between Iranian and Qatari officials on ending the US-Israeli war with Iran lifted hopes for reduced Middle East supply disruptions, while Iran’s president said the supreme leader had granted the government “certain authorities” regarding peace talks.Iranian negotiators held days of talks with Qatari mediators aimed at ending
India hits climate target 5 years early
India has achieved a key climate commitment five years ahead of schedule, with more than 50% of its installed power capacity now coming from non-fossil fuel sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Bharat Renewable Energy (BRE) Summit. Positioning clean energy as central to India’s economic and energy security, Modi said the country is
U.S. Pushes to Restore Russian Gas Sales to Europe Via Ukraine
The U.S. is backing a quick resumption of Russian natural-gas sales to Europe via pipelines running through Moscow’s wartime enemy—Ukraine—as part of negotiations aimed at securing an energy ceasefire ahead of the coming winter, according to U.S., European and Ukrainian officials. The idea, broached by U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during trips to
Canada, U.S. expected to resume formal trade talks
Formal trade talks are expected to resume shortly between Canada and the United States for the first time since the summer, after what Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling a “good conversation” with President Donald Trump. Talks are expected to pick up where they left off in August, when Canada walked away from the negotiations
Ikea among shops affected by fridge cyber-hacks
The information we’re getting about how the cyber-attack occurred is still piecemeal; but we’re getting more details from from different affected supermarket chains. In Sweden, the Coop supermarket chain just released a statement confirming a cyber incident involving “unauthorised tampering” in their fridge’s cooling systems. Noticeably, Coop also confirmed that one of their system suppliers