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Brent futures spiked 26.1% to $116.08, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures jumped 27.6% to $116.03.
The fire is understood to have started in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday afternoon, with the building collapsing several hours later.
Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj overnight, with videos showing huge fires and plumes of smoke in multiple locations.
Middle East war has triggered surge in crude prices that threatens global economy
US insurer Assured Guaranty has amassed $15bn of exposure to British utilities
President of Antwerp court makes comments after anonymous judge warned country was turning into ‘a narco-state’International drug crime poses a danger to social stability in Belgium, a senior judge has said, after his colleague warned the country was evolving into “a narco-state” where mafia groups were forming “a parallel force” in society.Bart Willocx, the president of the Antwerp court of appeal, said Belgium was vulnerable to criminality from drug smuggling through the city’s vast port, one of the main entry points into Europe for cocaine smugglers. Continue reading…
Network Rail said Scotland’s busiest station would remain closed ‘until further notice’Travel disruption is expected to last throughout Monday after a large fire broke out near Glasgow Central station on Sunday.National Rail said that the station would remain closed with “no estimate on when the station will reopen” after the blaze at a vape shop in Union Street. Continue reading…
Lawyer for 24-year-old asks for identifying details of mother and siblings to be kept secret for their ‘mental and physical safety’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFamily members of the alleged Bondi attacker have been granted an interim order suppressing their names and home and work addresses to protect their mental and physical safety.The public defender Richard Wilson SC made the application for a permanent suppression order for Naveed Akram’s mother, brother and sister at Downing Centre local court on Monday. Continue reading…
Follow the latest updates liveASX plunges with $130bn wiped from sharemarket amid spike in oil prices over Middle East crisisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMan charged with murder after alleged stabbing in Sydney’s inner westA man was charged with murder after an alleged stabbing in Sydney’s inner west on Sunday.I think it’s important to work through this calmly, to understand the intelligence and the briefings that the government has to get to this juncture … If you’re going to send Australian personnel to a conflict, that is one of the most important decisions any government would make. And I think it’s better that there’s bipartisan support, and that’s why you want to be constructive with the government …The reality is, we believe in regime change. This was a tyrant that was oppressing the people of Iran. And I think what’s important here is that the people of Iran are empowered and given back their country through whatever mechanism that they should determine Continue reading…
Brent futures spiked 26.1% to $116.08, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures jumped 27.6% to $116.03.
The fire is understood to have started in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday afternoon, with the building collapsing several hours later.
Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj overnight, with videos showing huge fires and plumes of smoke in multiple locations.
Middle East war has triggered surge in crude prices that threatens global economy
US insurer Assured Guaranty has amassed $15bn of exposure to British utilities
President of Antwerp court makes comments after anonymous judge warned country was turning into ‘a narco-state’International drug crime poses a danger to social stability in Belgium, a senior judge has said, after his colleague warned the country was evolving into “a narco-state” where mafia groups were forming “a parallel force” in society.Bart Willocx, the president of the Antwerp court of appeal, said Belgium was vulnerable to criminality from drug smuggling through the city’s vast port, one of the main entry points into Europe for cocaine smugglers. Continue reading…
Network Rail said Scotland’s busiest station would remain closed ‘until further notice’Travel disruption is expected to last throughout Monday after a large fire broke out near Glasgow Central station on Sunday.National Rail said that the station would remain closed with “no estimate on when the station will reopen” after the blaze at a vape shop in Union Street. Continue reading…
Lawyer for 24-year-old asks for identifying details of mother and siblings to be kept secret for their ‘mental and physical safety’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFamily members of the alleged Bondi attacker have been granted an interim order suppressing their names and home and work addresses to protect their mental and physical safety.The public defender Richard Wilson SC made the application for a permanent suppression order for Naveed Akram’s mother, brother and sister at Downing Centre local court on Monday. Continue reading…
Follow the latest updates liveASX plunges with $130bn wiped from sharemarket amid spike in oil prices over Middle East crisisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMan charged with murder after alleged stabbing in Sydney’s inner westA man was charged with murder after an alleged stabbing in Sydney’s inner west on Sunday.I think it’s important to work through this calmly, to understand the intelligence and the briefings that the government has to get to this juncture … If you’re going to send Australian personnel to a conflict, that is one of the most important decisions any government would make. And I think it’s better that there’s bipartisan support, and that’s why you want to be constructive with the government …The reality is, we believe in regime change. This was a tyrant that was oppressing the people of Iran. And I think what’s important here is that the people of Iran are empowered and given back their country through whatever mechanism that they should determine Continue reading…