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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman plans to turn the remote region into a high tech hub filled with robots

Diplomats trying to salvage a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran wrangled around the clock over sticking points to an agreement that could bring Iranian oil back to the global market at a critical time for the world economy.

Market gyrations continued Monday as investors tried to digest the latest developments, sending stocks swinging up and down.

Several key OPEC+ members see no need to accelerate output increases even as oil heads toward $100 a barrel amid worsening tension over Ukraine.

Ben Bartenstein, Bloomberg News, (TNS) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said some recent price increases were the result of businesses “taking advantage” of the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain disruptions to push up food costs. Food prices have soared globally in the past year as economi

Diplomacy to restore Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is grinding to a standstill in Vienna, with neither side yet willing to take the tough political decisions required for a breakthrough.

Two reported front-runners to become the first Black woman Supreme Court justice have been trial-court judges for most or all of their careers on the bench, raising questions of how to evaluate their rulings.

Oil cartel OPEC and allied producing countries are sticking with cautious increases in the amount of oil they send to the global economy, a decision likely to support prices that are near seven-year highs amid fears of a Russian military move against Ukraine.

OPEC and its allies agreed to make another modest output increase in March, sticking to their plan even as the failure of several members to deliver the scheduled monthly supply hikes stokes a rally in crude prices.

(Bloomberg) — OPEC and its allies are expected by delegates to stick to their plan and ratify another modest production increase next week as they try to…