Your net worth will ‘go crazy’ once you pass this money milestone — even Charlie Munger said you can ‘ease off the gas’ once you get there. Here’s the magic number and how to hit it Young Americans can get a one-way ticket to the millionaire club by tapping into the power of compounding. It’s … Read more
A legal battle over how death row prisoners in Alabama can be killed has reached a critical point. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the state can proceed with its planned execution of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas. The execution is scheduled for later this month and would be the first ever … Read more
MONROVIA, Liberia — A leaking fuel tanker exploded as people gathered to collect the gasoline, leaving more than 40 dead, authorities in Liberia said Thursday. The blast on Tuesday also injured at least 83 people in Totota town in the central part of the West African country, health officials said. Bong County health official Dr. … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend. The country’s populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that … Read more
A worker heats the seal of a joint between two segments of pipe during construction of a section of an interconnector gas pipeline, linking the gas networks of Bulgaria and Serbia, on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria, on Friday, Feb.24, 2023. Bulgaria has begun work on a new pipeline to neighboring Serbia that will enable … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — Five Greek and international environmental campaign agencies have launched legal action against a major natural gas project supported by the European Union as a regional alternative to Russian energy. Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature led the request at Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, against a planned … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A landmark agreement to shift away from fossil fuels thrusts U.S. policy into the global spotlight, with campaigners demanding … Read more
Bloomberg/Contributor | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Australia’s Santos jumped to a five-week high on Friday on news the company is in talks to merge with Woodside Energy. Santos and Woodside Energy, two of Australia’s largest oil and gas producers, have opened talks to discuss a potential merger in what could create an 80 … Read more
Gas prices at a Shell gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude declined nearly 4% on Wednesday with retail gasoline prices hitting the lowest point since January ahead of the holiday shopping and travel season. The West Texas Intermediate contract for January … Read more
Opposition protesters in Kosovo have used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital ByThe Associated Press November 29, 2023, 10:04 AM PRISTINA, Kosovo — Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the … Read more