(Bloomberg) — Libya boosted oil production to more than 1 million barrels a day, a milestone for the North African country after civil war all but shut its energy industry. The OPEC member, home to Africa’s largest crude reserves, ramped up production in the past six weeks amid a truce between rival military forces. It was pumping 800,000 barrels a day last week, and the state-run National Oil Corp. said Saturday that output now exceeds the million-barrel level. That’s the first time the… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Mail discontinues automatic email forwarding for free users
Image: ZDNet Verizon is removing the ability to automatically forward incoming emails from a Yahoo inbox to another email address for Yahoo Mail free users. The feature will be removed on January 1, 2021. Yahoo Mail users who still want to use automatic email forwarding are told to sign up for Yahoo Mail Pro, which costs $34.99 per year, or $3.49… Source link
Read More »Chelsea creator Hakim Ziyech doesn’t need to look twice to pick out killer pass
Just one look is all it takes for Hakim Ziyech to know whether he can conjure up one of his trademark assists. Chelsea star Ziyech teed up goals for Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva with defence-splitting balls in Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League win over Sheffield United. The 27-year-old also set in motion Tammy Abraham’s goal with a lofted pass to release Mateo Kovacic, to further bolster further his already impactful start to life at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham celebrates… Source link
Read More »Palestinians congratulate Biden, indicate end to boycott of U.S.
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated he will drop his three-year political boycott of the White House. Abbas had ended all political dealings with President Donald Trump’s administration after the U.S. leader’s 2017 decisions to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the U.S. Embassy there. “I congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his victory as President of… Source link
Read More »Saudi Arabia finally congratulates Biden on his win
By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia finally congratulated Joe Biden on Sunday over his election victory, more than 24 hours after he defeated Donald Trump, who had close personal ties with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The former U.S. vice president pledged in his campaign to reassess ties with the kingdom, demanding more accountability over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh’s Istanbul consulate and calling for an end to U.S. support for the Yemen war. As… Source link
Read More »Trump sues in Arizona, court battles continue as Biden wins U.S. election
By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona, its latest legal challenge over the results of the presidential election. The campaign suffered losses in Michigan and Georgia courts this week, but Trump pledged on Saturday to go forward with a legal strategy that he hopes will overturn state results that gave Democrat Joe Biden the win in Tuesday’s vote. Legal experts said the cases the Trump campaign is bringing… Source link
Read More »Turkey gives muted first response to Biden win
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave an impassive first reaction on Sunday to Joe Biden’s presidential win, with Vice President Fuat Oktay saying it would not change relations between the old allies although Ankara will keep pressing Washington on Syria and other policy differences. Turkey stands to lose more than most other countries if Joe Biden is elected president since he is expected to toughen the U.S. stance against President Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign military interventions and closer… Source link
Read More »Jury finds in favor of Google in patent infringement trial over YouTube | News
Multinational information technology company, Google, was victorious in Marshall’s federal court, on Friday, after a jury concluded that Google’s web-based You Tube service did not infringe a series of patents related to adaptive video-streaming technology. The case began this past Monday in US District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s courtroom before a jury… Source link
Read More »Iran’s Rouhani says next U.S. administration should make up for Trump’s mistakes
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump’s mistakes, Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency. Tensions have spiked between the United States and Iran since 2018, when Trump exited a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and then reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy. “Trump’s damaging policy has been opposed … by the American people…. Source link
Read More »BlackRock Likes Growth Stocks on Divided U.S. Government
InvestorPlace 7 High-Yield Dividend Companies to Invest in During the Pandemic It’s been a volatile year for investors in general. And nowhere has that been more true than in high yield dividend stocks. In March and April, there was a massive number of companies that slashed or entirely suspended their dividends. This year has been a period of devastation for income-focused investors, particularly in sectors like real estate investment trusts (REITs). And while things have gotten better… Source link
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