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☆ Oil prices surge 8% after OPEC's surprise output cuts; analysts warn of $100 per barrel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oil storage tanks stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., at night in Tuapse, Russia. Oil prices surged as much as 8% at the open after OPEC+ announced it was slashing output by 1.16 million barrels per day. The voluntary cuts will start from May to end 2023, Saudi Arabia announced, saying it was a "precautionary measure" targeted toward stabilizing the oil market. The move comes on the back of Russia's decision to trim oil production by 500,000 barrels per day until the end of 2023, according to the country's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. "OPEC+'s plan for a further production cut may push oil prices toward the $100 mark again, considering China's reopening and Russia's output cuts as a retaliation move against western sanctions," CMC Markets' analyst Tina Teng told CNBC.

☆ Oil lower on firm dollar, market shrugs off Russian supply cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Oil storage tanks stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., at night in Tuapse, Russia. Oil prices inched lower in volatile trade on Monday, as a stronger dollar and fears of recession risks offset gains arising from Russia's plans to deepen oil supply cuts. A firm dollar makes commodities priced in the U.S. currency more expensive for holders of other currencies. Adding to the downside pressure, U.S. crude oil inventories surged to the highest level since May 2021 last week, data from the Energy Information Administration showed. Oil prices have fallen by about a sixth in the year since Feb. 24, 2022, when Russian troops first marched into Ukraine.

☆ A supportive and educational online community exists for people with chronic illnesses. They call themselves "spoonies."
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Laura Wallis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The online spoonie community offers social connection, support, and education. From there, spoon theory was born, and today, the idea has grown in popularity, sparking a supportive online community around those living with chronic illnesses or who are disabled. The online community is made up of spoonies who self-identify and may have a range of diagnoses, such as Crohn's disease or endometriosis. The online community also represents neurological identities and divergences including autism and ADHD. Those who are disabled or have chronic illnesses may find that doctors and those around them don't take any pains or symptoms they experience seriously.

☆ Health care is in crisis. New York’s nurses strike is just the latest sign
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It is just the latest in a series of job actions across the nation by nurses’ unions and other health care workers who say they had to strike in order to provide patients with quality health care. Of the 20 major strikes tracked by the Labor Department over the first 11 months of 2022, seven of them, or 35%, were in health care. The surge in health care related strikes comes despite the fact that only 3% of union members nationwide work at private sector health care jobs. “Labor is the main expense in health care, so how do you make money? If someone is tired, overworked, sleep deprived, they’re going to make more mistakes.”A nurse’s strike won’t help patients in the short term, he said.

An Italian man who authorities say used a sophisticated scheme to steal unpublished works of authors pleaded guilty Friday, prosecutors said. Filippo Bernardini, who worked for Simon & Schuster UK, stole more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts between August 2016 and January 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement. Among those tricked was a Pulitzer Prize recipient, who sent Bernardini a copy of their unpublished manuscript, according to an indictment. “Filippo Bernardini used his insider knowledge of the publishing industry to create a scheme that stole precious works from authors and menaced the publishing industry,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. A representative for Simon & Schuster said at the time that they were "shocked and horrified" to learn of the allegations, and they were grateful to the FBI for investigating the case.

Pot RoastWhen Pot Roast became fatally ill last month, heartbroken fans took their grief out on her owner. She added that Pot Roast died in her arms. In the wake of Pot Roast's death in February, Pot Roast's mom was harassed and criticized for using jokes and dark humor to cope with the loss of her pet. Since Pot Roast's passing, Pot Roast's Mom has adopted two new cats: Soup and Coupon. I do be missing her voice rn.”As of December, it appeared Tylers’ account was no longer available on TikTok.

☆ Scooter company Bird is emailing customers to tell them they still owe 62 cents, 93 cents, or 78 cents from rides taken years ago
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Scooter company Bird is reaching out to customers to settle past-due amounts of cents. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyElectric bike and scooter company Bird is desperate for pennies. The company has begun emailing past customers with requests to settle up old dues, according to tweets that journalist Ali Griswold compiled on her Substack. Bird allows customers to take rides by loading credits onto their customer accounts — similar to how public metros allow riders to fill up metrocards. It counted the full value of those rides in its revenue, even though it now acknowledges that "collectability was not probable."

☆ Oil prices climbs after OPEC+ keeps output cut targets, China eases
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil storage tanks stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., at night in Tuapse, Russia. Oil prices jumped 2% on Monday after OPEC+ nations held their output targets steady ahead of a European Union ban and a price cap kicking in on Russian crude. "Prices are currently weighed down by expectations of slow demand growth, despite the EU oil import ban on Russian crude and the G-7 price cap. The adjustment to the EU ban and price cap is likely to support prices temporarily," Hittle said. Hittle added that the EU's looming embargo on Russian oil products, in addition to crude oil, from Feb. 5 should support crude demand in the first quarter of 2023, as the market is short of diesel and heating oil.

☆ Macron reforms in the balance as French conservatives choose leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The 56-year-old LR veteran Ciotti, whose home-base is the right-wing Nice region, says he wants to stop what he calls a "migratory invasion." "We are together so that France remains France," Ciotti told a rally last month, saying that authority, identity and liberty were the pillars of his policy, with the fight against Islamism a key issue. LR has lost veteran figures to Macron's camp, including Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former prime minister Edouard Philippe. Nearly three quarters of LR voters consider LR cannot fly solo, an Odoxa poll for LCP showed last month. The favoured option for LR supporters would be an alliance with Macron's camp, but not far ahead of a deal with the RN.

[1/4] A migrant, in need of urgent hospital care, lies on a stretcher, as officers prepare them for helicopter transport from rescue ship 'Ocean Viking' in the Mediterranean Sea, November 10, 2022. The Ocean Viking, which is operated by the SOS Mediterranee charity, was sailing on Thursday by the French island of Corsica, but had previously been close to Italy. The French would also reinforce controls at its borders with Italy to prevent migrant crossings, he said. Ocean Viking was the fourth. The far-right was quick to react to the decision to let the Ocean Viking dock, with the RN's Marine Le Pen tweeting that he was being "dramatically" soft on immigration.

Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery — although Twitter owner Elon Musk may not see it that way. The decisions to lock all three out of their Twitter accounts come as Musk, a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist," draws intense scrutiny for how he handles speech issues on the platform. Griffin, Klein and Sommer all appeared to change their account names on their verified profiles to "Elon Musk" without indicating that they were parodying his account. As of Monday morning, many Twitter accounts still featured "Elon Musk" in their display names, while others added the "parody" disclaimer. In a caption to one of the screenshots, Klein wrote: "Comedy is dead elon musk killed it."

☆ France's far-right party RN elects Bardella as new president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post. It is the first time the party will be led by someone who is not a member of the Le Pen family. I will we there where the country needs me," Le Pen told Saturday's party convention. Bardella, who hails from a tough working-class neighbourhood, has said he will continue her efforts to attract voters beyond the party's far-right core. Bardella has become one of Le Pen's most recognised lieutenants in French media.

☆ Grégoire de Fournas: French parliamentary session halted by lawmaker's shout "Go back to Africa"
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

A rightwing French lawmaker has caused uproar by shouting “Go back to Africa” during a Black lawmaker’s comments at a parliamentary session broadcast to the public on Thursday. Grégoire de Fournas, parliamentary representative from the National Rally (RN) party, interrupted Carlos Martens Bilongo, a representative from the far-left party France Unbowed (LFI) during a session of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. De Fournas interrupted, shouting “go back to Africa.”Chaos immediately ensued in the chamber, leading Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, to temporarily suspend the session. Bilongo and his party have described the shout as a racist personal attack, though de Fournas’ party has argued that the interjection was actually intended for the migrants under discussion. Mathilde Panot, leader of the far-left France Unbowed group at the National Assembly, has demanded that de Fournas face the toughest punishment for a French lawmaker — expulsion.

☆ Oil prices extend decline on recession fears, China Covid curbs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Oil storage tanks stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., at night in Tuapse, Russia. Oil prices fell for a third straight session on Wednesday as investors fretted about a hit to fuel demand from growing risks of a global recession and tightening Covid-19 curbs in China. Brent crude futures fell 51 cents, or 0.5%, to $93.78 a barrel by 0033 GMT. "Hotter-than-expected data may again tip investors' sentiment over the edge, which will intensify the current recession fears, pressing on oil prices further," Teng said. The oil market is also being pressured by tightening Covid-19 curbs in China, the world's second-largest oil consumer.

☆ French political rivalries spill onto soccer field ahead of lawmaker charity match
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and president of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group gives a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France, August 2, 2022. Stepping onto the soccer field along side Le Pen's party lieutenants would only accelerate that process, they said. "Trivialisation leads to alliances between the right and the extreme right, and this is how the extreme right can then govern," he added. Far-right lawmakers said those boycotting the evening game were guilty of holding French voters in contempt. "I'm sorry that the left and hard left are not capable of rising above these political divisions and accepting the result of the ballot box.

Berlin/London (CNN Business) The German government has seized control of three Russian-owned oil refineries to secure supplies of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. Germany's economy ministry announced on Friday that it had temporarily taken over Russian oil giant Rosneft's subsidiaries in the country. Rosneft Deutschland and RN Refining & Marketing account for about 12% of Germany's oil refining capacity, the ministry said in a statement. Europe has been embroiled in a bitter energy standoff with Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine in late February, and its imports of Russian oil and natural gas have fallen sharply. Germany's Federal Network Agency, which regulates its gas and electricity industries, will control Rosneft's shares in three refineries: PCK Schwedt, near Berlin, MiRo, near Heidelberg, and Bayernoil in Bavaria.

Reese Brown on a travel nurse assignment in New Jersey in May 2020. The short-lived travel nurse boom was a temporary fix for a long-term decline in the profession that predates the pandemic. In the 1980s and the 1990s, travel nurses were often covering for staff nurses who were on maternity leave, meaning that 13-week contracts become common. By 2021, travel nurses were earning an average of $124.96 an hour, according to the research firm — three times the hourly rate of staff nurses, according to federal statistics. Courtesy Pamela Esmond“The reality is they don’t pay staff nurses enough, and if they would pay staff nurses enough, we wouldn’t have this problem,” she said.

☆ Platforma Regională de Participare pentru bună guvernare: o punte de comunicare între autoritățile locale și cetățenii din raionul Rîșcani
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +3 min

Prima Platformă pentru bună guvernare a fost creată cu succes în 2020 în raionul Drochia, din care fac parte 14 ONG-ri locale. Rîșcani și implicarea lor în procesul de bună guvernare la nivel local și regional. „Sperăm mult că Platforma Regională de Participare va aduce cetățenii din rn Rîșcani mai aproape de autoritățile de nivel I și II, va promova trasparența în cadrul APL-lor, va crea noi oportunități de dezvoltare și va stabili un plan de acțiuni comun”. Activitatea a urmat cu alegerea, prin vot, a președintelui, vice-președintelui și secretarului Platformei Regionale pentru bună guvernare din rn. – Liudmila Tozlovanu, președinta Platformei Regionale de Participare pentru bună guvernare Rîșcani.

Persons: Vasile, Veaceslav Spătaru, II, Mariana Bruma, Sergiu Ostaf, Fundația Konrad Adenauer Organizations: PRP, rn . Drochia, Evenimentul, Uniunea Europeană, Fundația Locations: Rîșcani, Drochia, rn, Veaceslav, Republica Moldova

☆ Clubul Primarilor Deschiși – ediția IV, 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +4 min

La 16 iunie, 2021 Institutul pentru Inițiative Rurale (iRi) a organizat cea de a IV-a ediție a Clubului Primarilor Deschiși. Fiind deja o bună tradiție iRi organizează o întrevedere anuală prin care își propune să consolideze capacitățile aleșilor locali din comunitățile partenere ale iRi. Interesul pentru o mai bună guvernanță la nivel local a reunit aleși locali din raioanele Drochia și Rîșcani. Evenimentul a avut loc în orașul Drochia cu participarea a 22 reprezentanți ai APL de nivel I și II (primari, vice-primari, consilieri). Drept concluzie s-a dovedit că întâlnirea reprezentanților APL din localitățile rurale din RM a fost mai mult decât binevenită.

Persons: Trainingul, Ivanov, Tatiana, ., Valerian, Eugeniu, Fundația Konrad Adenauer Organizations: Evenimentul, Uniunea Europeană, Fundația Locations: Drochia, Rîșcani, RM, . Mihăileni, rn, Republica Moldova

☆ (foto) Furtună violentă, copaci căzuți și grindină de jumătate de metru într-un orășel din Franța
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

O furtună de grindină a lovit sectorul Plombières-les-Bains în Vosges, ieri, 29 iunie. În ultima perioadă Franța a mai fost lovită de astfel de fenomene. O furtună violentă a lovit provincia Vosges, ieri, 29 iunie. Pe drumul național RN 57 traficul a fost întrerupt în apropiere de Plombières. Mai multe case au fost lipsite de energie electrică în sectorul Val d’Ajol din cauza căderii de copaci pe liniile de curent electric.

Persons: Furtuna Locations: Franța, - les - Bains, Vosges, les - Bains, Plombières, Val d’Ajol

☆ Francezii votează în cadrul alegerilor regionale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Francezii votează duminică în primul tur al alegerilor regionale, care ar putea avea implicaţii pentru alegerile prezidenţiale de anul viitor, relatează Agerpres.Sondajele sugerează că Rassemblement National (Adunarea Naţională - RN), partidul de extremă dreapta al lui Marine le Pen ar putea fi formaţiunea cea mai votată în şase regiuni în acest prim tur.În plus, RN ar putea obţine în turul al doilea, duminica viitoare 27 iunie, primul său guvern regional, în Provenţa-Alpi-Coasta de Azur, potrivit sondajelor.Sondajele sugerează, de asemenea, că ar putea fi înregistrată o rată record de absenteism, o parte a populaţiei fiind sătulă de politică. Vremea rea care domină în ziua alegerilor o mare parte din ţară, cu un sfert din departamente în alertă pentru risc de furtuni violente, nu va încuraja nici ea oamenii să iasă la vot.Procesul electoral va avea loc în condiţii de securitate stricte din cauza pandemiei, care a întârziat deja aceste alegeri cu câteva luni.Urnele au fost deschise de la 06.00 GMT, dar închiderea centrelor de votare va varia, în funcţie de diferite departamente, între orele 16.00 şi 18.00 GMT. De la această ultimă oră vor începe să fie dezvăluite primele rezultate.

Organizations: Adunarea Naţională, Marine Locations: RN, Alpi - Coasta de Azur

☆ Participare extrem de scăzută în alegerile regionale din Franţa
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesParticipare extrem de scăzută în alegerile regionale din FranţaParticiparea se anunţă extrem de scăzută duminică pentru primul tur al alegerilor regionale din Franţa, un scrutin în care extrema dreaptă ar putea înregistra un avans, cu mai puţin de un an înainte de alegerile prezidenţiale, informează AFP. La orele locale 17:00 (15:00 GMT), participarea era de numai 26,72%, mult sub cele 40% de la precedentele alegeri regionale din 2015. Aproximativ 48 de milioane de cetăţeni au fost chemaţi la urne pentru a reînnoi adunările regionale şi departamentale în 13 regiuni din Franţa metropolitană şi în cinci teritorii de peste mări. Pentru prima dată, câteva dintre ele ar putea fi conduse de Rassemblement National (Adunarea Naţională - RN), partidul de extremă dreapta al lui Marine le Pen. Acest prim tur a fost marcat de câteva incidente în organizare, precum secţii de votare care nu au fost deschise la ora fixată sau buletine lipsă, scrie Agerpres.

Organizations: Adunarea Naţională, Marine Locations: Franţa, Franţa metropolitană, Franţei, RN

☆ Ex-vicepremierul Cristina Lesnic: „E incontestabil faptul ca s-a avansat în domeniul reintegrării ţării pe durata mandatului Guvernului Filip”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Ion Ceban | ) unimedia.info time to read: +3 min

Redeschiderea sub-Grupului de lucru pe domeniul drepturilor omului, cu participarea instituției Ombudsmanului este un element suplimentar ce se ancorează în lista realizărilor. Guvernul Filip prin intermediul Comisiei Guvernamentale pentru Reintegrarea Țării a atras atenție sporită dosarelor pe domeniul drepturilor omului aflate în examinare la CEDO, care proveneau din regiunea transnistreană. Totodată, ex-vicepremierul a spus că în acea vreme „incontestabil” s-a avansat pe dimensiunea transnistreană. Statutul de status quo nu va stimula procesul de reintegrare”, a declarat Lesnic. „Aș pleda pentru crearea unei instituții publice de gestionarea proiectelor în domeniul reintegrării pe lângă viceprim-ministrul pentru reintegrare și preluarea ownership-lui”, a conchis ea.

Persons: Filip, Guvernul Filip, Politiciana, Cristina Lesnic Organizations: ONU, CEDO Locations: Republicii Moldova, Dubăsari, Ombudsmanului, transnistreană, Republica Moldova

☆ Expoziție cu ocazia Zilei Copilului. Desenele copiilor din cadrul unui concurs vor fi premiate și vernisate la Muzeul Național de Artă
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

În concurs au fost recepționate și înregistrate 139 de lucrări, dintre care 86 desene din ciclul primar și 53 desene – ciclul gimnazial. Prin acest concurs, muzeul dorește să transmită dragostea pentru artă și natură, valorificarea cunoștințelor și gestionarea durabilă a resurselor. Chișinău, profesoara Lidia Cherdevară;# Locul II ciclul primar – Artiom Andrus, 7 ani, Liceul Teoretic Ginta Latină, or. Călărași, profesoară Raisa Danu;# Locul II ciclul gimnazial – Lia Guțu, 14 ani, Liceul Teoretic George Meniuc, or. Chișinău, profesoară Elena Savin;# Locul III ciclul gimnazial: Adelina Pungă, 14 ani, Liceul Teoretic Liviu Deleanu, or.

Persons: Maria, Gheorghe Asachi, Lidia, Zinaida Ursu, Cătălina Păduraru, Delia Rotaru, Ion Creangă, Cantemir, Mia, Mihai Grecu, or, Tatiana, Antonio, Raisa, Lia Guțu, George Meniuc, Elena Savin, Liviu Deleanu, Anastasia Ciobanu, Constantin Postolache, Prometeu, Diana Moldovanu, Irina, Chișinău . Pnetru, August, Tudor, Florina Breazu, Lucia Organizations: Artă, Moldovei, Călărași, Uniunii Artiștilor Plastici Locations: Chișinău, Latină, Florești, Cania, Horodiște, Moldovei, Florina, Moldova

☆ Sancțiunile Rusiei împotriva unor oficiali europeni, o „formă de reciprocitate”, afirmă Marine Le Pen
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

„Rusia nu este la originea sancţiunilor personale care au fost decise. Uniunea Europeană este la originea lor” şi aceste sancţiuni ale UE din martie sunt „o greşeală”, a afirmat ea. Preşedinta RN, candidată în alegerile prezidenţiale din Franţa din 2022, a beneficiat de un credit rusesc în 2014 şi a fost primită de preşedintele Vladimir Putin în timpul campaniei prezidenţiale din 2017. UE a adoptat mai multe seturi de sancţiuni împotriva funcţionarilor ruşi implicaţi în procedurile împotriva opozantului rus Aleksei Navalnîi sau a responsabililor de încălcări ale drepturilor omului în timpul reprimării manifestanţilor. Ea a mai estimat că dacă preşedintele francez Emmanuel Macron, „spre marea nenorocire a Franţei, va fi ales pentru un al doilea mandat, haosul va fi absolut general”.

Persons: Le, David Maria Sassoli, Vladimir Putin, rus Aleksei Navalnîi, Ea, francez Emmanuel Macron Organizations: UE, Le, Marine, Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Rusiei, Moscova, Occident, Rusia, Franţa, rus, UE

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