fuel
Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is expected to last days amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades. The Public Admin..
Sri Lanka is expected to be placed into default by rating agencies on Wednesday after the non-payment of coupons on two of its sovereign bonds, while the energy minister said the country had run out of money to pay for fuel. An economic crisis unp..
A ship sank off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands. Containment booms have been set up around the area of the accident in an effort to control the spill, local officials said. Authorities believe there were 7,500 lite..
The Tunisian authorities announced that no leakage has been detected so far in the Xelo tanker which sank off southeastern Tunisia yesterday. Tunisian Minister of Transport Rabii Mjidi told a press conference on Sunday that the ship's tanks we..
Fuel grades in Qatar saw no change in their prices for April from those in March. QatarEnergy on Thursday said premium-grade gasoline will cost QR2.00 per litre. The super-grade gasoline will retail at QR2.10 per litre and diesel is priced at QR2...
March 24 - The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease last year in the population of nearly three-quarters of U.S. counties versus the two previous years, the census bureau said on Thursday. More than 73% of U.S. co..
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the West to give Ukraine tanks, planes and missiles to fend off Russian forces as his government said Moscow's forces were targeting the country's fuel and food depots. U.S. President Joe Biden's..
Countries across the world have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions and lower the use of fossil fuels in their bid to tackle climate change. This has pushed many automakers to seek alternative methods to power vehicles. Currently, all-electric v..
What is the relationship between Russia’s threats to Ukraine and the gas price crisis? Gas prices are soaring globally, largely because of the resurgence of demand for fossil fuels after the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, depleted sto..