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People observe a minute of silence on July 18, 2016, in Avignon, France, in tribute to the 84 victims of the Nice truck attack.

Nice’s famed promenade – a timeless scene of beauty, then a scene of horror

August 21, 2019 at 7:11 p.m.

It would be difficult to pick a more evocative place of celebration than the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, a boulevard lined with palm trees and flanked by broad sidewalks,...

A spectator waves Panama flags as the Neopanamax cargo ship, Cosco Shipping Panama, crosses the new Agua Clara locks, part of the Panama Canal expansion project, near the port city of Colon, Panama, Sunday June 26, 2016.

An expanded Panama Canal opens for giant ships

August 21, 2019 at 6:55 p.m.

A mammoth ship bearing 9,472 containers and the unwieldy name Cosco Shipping Panama on Sunday will become the first vessel to officially pass through the new expanded Panama Canal, a...

Oil prices fell further January 5 as the crude supply glut overshadowed a diplomatic row between key producers Saudi Arabia and Iran as fuel prices in the US have fallen below $2 per gallon.

Oil glut dampens Iran’s hopes for big cash flows as sanctions lift

May 17, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Iran is about to get a refresher course in the capricious nature of the oil market and the durable nature of economic sanctions. When U.S. and other international sanctions were...

A customers prepares to pump gas on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at a gas station in Pembroke, Mass.

$2 gasoline not jump-starting economy

June 16, 2018 at 7:45 a.m.

If low oil prices are a gift to U.S. consumers, why isn't the U.S. economy growing faster? After all, cheap crude pumps money into consumers' pockets much the same way...

President Barack Obama smiles during the inaugural session of the COP 21 United Nations conference on climate change on the outskirts of Paris.

Obama urges world action on climate change: ‘No nation is immune’ to global warming

May 17, 2019 at 8:23 p.m.

President Barack Obama joined leaders from 150 nations on Monday in pledging action against climate change, kicking off a historic two-week gathering that Obama called a "turning point" in the...

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.

President Obama urges world action on climate change: ‘Hour is almost upon us’

June 23, 2019 at 4:26 a.m.

President Obama sought to rally world leaders at a climate summit on Monday, declaring that "no nation large or small, wealthy or poor, is immune" to challenges such as global...

President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015.

Obama and Netanyahu stress ‘shared interests’ at White House meeting

June 23, 2019 at 7:34 a.m.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday, and each said to the other what he most wanted to hear: Netanyahu declared that...

Hillary Clinton says she opposes Keystone pipeline

May 14, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton declared opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, ending a long and politically uncomfortable silence on an issue that has become a...

GOP-controlled House votes to approve Keystone pipeline

June 20, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

For four years, Republicans in Congress have been accused of obstructing President Barack Obama's agenda. Now, with the House and Senate under their control, GOP leaders are ready to turn...

Big Oil escapes windfall tax

August 22, 2021 at 1:43 a.m.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a proposal to tax the windfall profits of the nation's biggest oil companies and eliminate some of the firms' tax breaks, rejecting Democratic claims that...

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