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New EPA administrator refuses to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos

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United Kingdom told settle divorce bill before talking trade deals — Brexit EU guidelines

Tusk said the bloc needed to think of people first. The outgoing French president François Hollande has followed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in ruling out...

Oil prices drop on rise in US drilling

Hedge funds cut their bullish bets on oil by the largest amount on record in the week to March 14, according to the latest data published by regulators and exch...

Reuters/Ipsos poll: Republicans mostly blame Congress for healthcare reform failure

That bill faced certain defeat due to Republican opponents, including the conservative Freedom Caucus. Trump, a Republican, did not mention that failure at th...

Germany criticises Trump orders on trade deficits, import duty evasion

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NCGA Applauds EPA Decision on Chlorpyrofis

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Oil prices higher as Opec grapples with oversupply

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Oil falls as investors cut bullish bets on worries over United States output

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Chinese premier wants to extend free trade with Australia

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang told reporters Tuesday there are "many opportunities and space for cooperation" between China and Australia for One ...

Document: Crack-smoking man charged in Atlanta overpass fire

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United Kingdom to trigger Brexit process on 29 March

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will invoke Article 50 on Wednesday 29 March, beginning the process of the UK's departure from the European Union following last J...

Iraq to increase crude oil production

The market is already balancing, Barkindo said , adding stocks of crude were coming down. Addressing the energy conference, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al-Lua...

AT&T and Verizon boycott Google over ads appearing next to offensive content

The Wall Street Journal reported today that PepsiCo, Wal-Mart, Dish Network have stated they are suspending Google non-search ads. "We are casting a wide n...

House Dems launch pro-broadband privacy petition

So, yes, it seems that internet privacy is dead - but it was never very private to begin with. It's what 11Alive set out to verify. Consumers can't just switch ...

Preventive care should have been a health bill priority

What Ryan and the president discovered were the difficulties in appeasing both the far-right and the centrist-right on health care to garner enough votes for ...

State Govt bans registration of vehicles with BS III emission

Of this, 96,000 are BS-III commercial vehicles and 6 lakh plus two-wheelers. According to The Hindustan Times , the ruling could deal a Rs 12,000-crore blow ...

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European Union offers pre-Brexit trade talks, tough on transition

European Union president Donald Tusk's draft guidelines say the other 27 countries are ready for a transitional deal after Britain's exit in March 2019, but t...

United States to ban some airline passengers from carrying larger electronics

Passengers with connecting flights are advised to pack large personal electronic devices in checked bags at their originating airport. Muslim-majority nations...

Stock Jumping Abnormally High: Alphabet Inc. (GOOG)

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) ended its day at $72.15 with the rising stream of -0.26% and its total traded volume was 1.77 million shares more than the aver...

Oil retreats, set to become 1st qtr's worst-performing asset

Traders said supply disruptions in Libya were lifting the market and that falling USA gasoline inventories pointed to a tightening market there despite reco...

Lights go out around the world for Earth Hour 2017

In 2016, 178 countries and territories participated in Earth Hour celebrations, with more than 400 iconic landmarks switching off lights, cementing Earth Hour's...

Maiden Flight for Boeing 787-10

The plane, which sells for $407 million and rounds out a family of three carbon-fibre composite Dreamliners, is being built exclusively at Boeing's factory in ...

Shearer: 'Stats prove Zaha in form of his career at Crystal Palace'

But two goals in two minutes put Palace ahead and the visitors held on despite Chelsea enjoying more than 70% of possession and having 24 attempts on goal. Ma...

Australia, China may sign bilateral agreement on beef exports, security

The meat announcement is part of a new phase of the year-old China-Australia free trade deal. Premier Li Keqiang's comments came after formal bilateral talk...

EU to hold Brexit summit for 27 members on April 29

He said a scenario of the deadline of March 2019 passing with no deal was not one the European Union was entertaining. "I have set out my objectives". Please ...

Oil hits $50 to trade at 3-week high

Signs of easing supply-side pressures this week pulled the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil back above the psychological threshold of $50 per barrel, ...

General Electric's CEO Takes Aim at President Trump's Approach to Climate Change

But Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order that included lifting the moratorium, and also initiated a review of former President Barack Obama's si...

Paragon Group of Companies PLC (PAG) Earns Buy Rating from Peel Hunt

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Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike, Iraqi intelligence says

The second-in-command of the Islamic State group Ayad al-Jumaili was killed in an airstrike near the Syrian border in Iraq on Friday, according to local repor...

London terror attack: 6 of 10 arrested freed

The 52-year-old attacker was shot dead after killing four people when he drove his vehicle into pedestrians before stabbing a police officer. British foreign ...

Council nod to 4 rules for GST

Earlier, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced four bills in the Lok Sabha to give effect to the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The GST will subsume exc...

Will The EPA Reject A Pesticide, Or Its Own Scientific Evidence?

Chemical safety advocates, meanwhile, accused Pruitt of putting corporate profits above human health. Because of a court order, the current administration ...

State Department Reverses Obama Decision and OKs Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the administration would provide an update on Keystone on Friday but did not offer any details. However, the State D...

Oil up on Libya disruptions, but bloated USA market still weighs

Brent for May settlement, which expires Friday, slipped 38 cents to $52.58/bbl on the Europe exchange. The contracts have lost around 7% since the previous quar...