Skip next section India's petroleum minister discusses global energy disruption in Qatar April 10, 2026 India's petroleum minister discusses global energy disruption in Qatar India and Qatar discussed the importance of putting an early end to the disruption in global energy supplies, said Indian petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri, as a fragile ceasefire between the
The Labor Department says the vast majority of new jobs created over the last year went to women, most of them in health care. melitas hide caption toggle caption melitas In December 2016, as Donald Trump was headed to the White House for the first time, Betsey Stevenson offered the incoming president some economic advice.
Choked off shipping in the Strait of Hormuz isn't just grinding oil tankers to a halt. The Iran war is creating a one-two punch for the world's fertilizer supply, blocking both the export and one of its critical ingredients from leaving the Persian Gulf.
A pumping jack is visible at sunrise on Feb. 24, 2025, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP Higher prices are good news for the oil industry — to a point. But they can bite, too. Crude oil prices were around $70 a barrel before the war in Iran.
About $150 (€130) is what Brian McGowan says he spent on power last year in his home in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. And since installing additional solar panels in the fall, he expects his bill to be even lower this year.
Energy security has once again taken on urgent priority in the European Union, as the Iran war reveals how exposed many member states still are to abrupt oil and gas supply shocks — despite the lessons of Russia's full‑scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.
Skip next section WATCH: LPG woes driving India’s migrant workers back home April 7, 2026 WATCH: LPG woes driving India’s migrant workers back home In New Delhi, an LPG or Liquefied Petroleum Gas crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran is forcing migrant workers home.
Energy security has once again taken on urgent priority in the European Union, as the Iran war reveals how exposed many member states still are to abrupt oil and gas supply shocks — despite the lessons of Russia's full‑scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.
Bill Phillips was an unlikely economist. A New Zealander who had worked everything from crocodile hunting to gold mining and electrical engineering, he arrived in postwar London and turned to economics with an engineer's curiosity.
Top executives in Kenya's energy sector have stepped down amid accusations of manipulating fuel stock data amid rising costs due to the war in Iran, President William Ruto's office said in a statement on Saturday.
Germany's finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, joined several of his European Union counterparts in calling for a tax on the windfall profits being made my energy companies amid the war in Iran.
Skip next section WATCH: India's 'liquid trees' could help cities breathe again April 5, 2026 WATCH: India's 'liquid trees' could help cities breathe again Nandalal | Tabea Mergenthaler Indian scientists are growing microscopic algae in giant water tanks — that outperform trees in cleaning city air.