Why You Can’t ‘Flick a Switch’ to Get Oil and Gas Flowing Out of the Persian Gulf
[Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.
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[Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.
Social media platform expands EU data push with €1bn centre amid rising data protection concerns According to an internal memo seen by AFP, TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employees that the social media company and its Chinese owner ByteDance had agreed to the new entity. PHOTO:PIXABAY TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) … Read more
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[ KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan declined on Tuesday, tracking a subdued trend in the international market, as investors remained cautious ahead of a key geopolitical deadline set by Donald Trump regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. In the local market, the price of gold per tola dropped by Rs3,000 to settle at Rs488,462. … Read more
[Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.
Natural gas is hard to store, but China has found a way to do it, while also developing alternate suppliers and expanding production at home.
Chaudhury has not been seen in public since a deadly mass uprising in 2024 forced Hasina from power Former Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. PHOTO: DAILY SUN Bangladeshi police arrested the former parliament speaker on Tuesday on attempted murder charges, marking the first detention of a prominent figure from Sheikh Hasina’s toppled government under … Read more
[ Since July 22, numerous unauthorised exchange outlets have been closed after the military intelligence agency summoned currency dealers to address the rising dollar rate in the open market. photo: file ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s oil marketing companies (OMCs) are facing an acute liquidity crisis as up to Rs107 billion in unpaid price differential claims (PDCs) remains … Read more
U.S., Iranian, Israeli and other officials offered varying accounts about the state of negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
[ new video loaded: Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin. By John Carreyrou, Sutton Raphael, James Surdam, Coleman Lowndes and Joey Sendaydiego April 8, 2026