Source link The price of the oil benchmark Brent peaked at $89 per barrel on Tuesday, nearing levels last seen in June 2022, according to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) data. Industry experts have attributed the surge to an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and Tehran’s threat of retaliation. Brent futures had risen by […]
Source link The price of Bitcoin broke over the $50,000 mark on Monday, for the first time in two years amid investor excitement over inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the upcoming supply halving. The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency has recovered since tumbling below $40,000 in the initial days following the […]
Source link Police in the UK are searching for a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack on a mother and her two young children A chemical substance attack on a woman and her two young children in southwest London last week has highlighted a rising trend of serious assaults involving corrosive substances in […]
Source link British households have piled up record debts of almost £3 billion ($3.8 billion) with electricity and gas suppliers, national energy regulator Ofgem has revealed. The total amount owed to energy suppliers has soared by £400 million since mid-October, according to a report released on Friday. It is now at its highest ever level […]
Source link The potential spread of the Israel-Hamas conflict threatens global oil supplies, the CEO of the energy services firm has said Growing global uncertainty amid the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East could have a negative impact on the world’s oil and LNG supply, Lorenzo Simonelli, chief executive of Baker Hughes, told the […]