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Turks ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken: Ankara bereidt substantiële voorstellen voor met betrekking tot de hervatting van de graanovereenkomst

Strong electrical drop is recorded in the central region of Venezuela and the capital Caracas

EU Foreign Minister: We are moving forward with sanctions against Niger

An emergency power outage occurred in Krasnodar in the Western District. The cause was damage to power lines and 6 transformers

St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hoard has issued an Emergency Declaration and a Mandatory Evacuation for all residents within a two-mile radius of the Marathon Petroleum Garyville Refinery.

State Police gave an update on a fire at a Marathon refinery in Garyville. Residents in a two-mile radius are now being made to evacuate

Massive fire burning at the Marathon Plant in Garyville. Marathon Petroleum personnel and local emergency responders are currently responding to a naphtha release and fire at a storage tank at the company's Louisiana, refinery

Another view of the fire at the Marathon Refinery in Garyville

Video from the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Garyville showing a massive fire where there is reported to be a chemical leak. Fox 8 is sending crews to the location.

State Department says it’s imposing visa restrictions on officials of #China “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.”

The US Secretary of Commerce is visiting China on August 27 to meet with senior government officials

De voorzitter van de Europese Commissie kondigt de verstrekking aan van een nieuw hulppakket aan Oekraïne ter grootte van 1,5 miljard euro

The Saudi Press Agency: The third edition of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum will start on the 4th of next December

De Russische Su-30 vernietigde een verkenningsboot van de strijdkrachten van Oekraïne nabij gasproductiefaciliteiten in de Zwarte Zee, zo meldt het Russische Ministerie van Defensie

Gedeeltelijke stroomuitval in het zuiden van de Krim nadat een boom op een hoogspanningslijn instortte

Washington imposes new sanctions on Russian individuals accused of violating human rights

US Treasury: nieuwe sancties tegen Rusland waren gericht tegen 4 personen

The Lebanese Agency: The Central Bank says that its foreign liabilities amounted to $1.27 billion

Norwegian oil company DNO has partly resumed production at its Tawke field in Kurdistan Region following months of stoppage, the European company announced on Thursday

Power Crisis Grips Lebanon: Nationwide Blackout as Thermal Power Plants Shut Down Over DebtsnnLebanon is grappling with a severe electricity crisis as the country plunged into darkness following the shutdown of two thermal power plants, Deir Ammar and Zahrani. The operator of these plants made the difficult decision to turn off the power due to non-payment of debts in foreign currency. The consequences are dire, with water pumping stations and vital infrastructure facilities also affected, leaving the nation in a state of widespread disruption and uncertainty

China's central bank sets the midpoint for the yuan at its lowest level against the dollar in six weeks

Big fire at Vostochnaya substation in Vsevolzhsk of Leningrad region

Russische centrale bank verhoogt rente met 350 bp tot 12% in buitengewone vergadering (9% ervoor)

Two explosions occurred at the Talinskoye oil field in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. According to preliminary data, at least 2 people died and 5 were injured. Emergency services are looking for two more.

The CEO of Esfrain Industrial Complex in North Khorasan announced that an explosion occurred in the melting section of this complex and eight people were injured

Reddingswerkers blusten een fakkelbrand uit de klep van een benzineproductie-eenheid op het grondgebied van de Mozyr-olieraffinaderij OJSC in de stad Mozyr, regio Gomel

Zaporizhzhia NPP verloor van de ene op de andere dag de hoofdstroombron en schakelde over op een reservestroomlijn

Chinese Ministry of Commerce: US restrictions on investment in China harm the international trade system

Protest tegen stroomuitval in Machachkala

Biden signs an executive order banning US companies from investing in China's artificial intelligence sector