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14 Min Read (Reuters) - Bermuda and the Bahamas aren’t exactly big players in the oil-and-gas world. They don’t produce any of the fuels at all. Yet the islands are deep wells of profit for European oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc. FILE PHOTO: An oil tank truck fills the pumps at a Shell petrol station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 31, 2019. Picture taken May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo In 2018 and 2019, Shell earned more than $2.7 billion - about 7% of its total income in those yea...

Some Central Otago orchards say this seasons crop is a write off, while others are struggling to find enough workers. One orchardist calculates he has lost up to 40 percent of his cherries crop this season (file image). Photo: summerfruitnz.co.nz It has been a tough season for the growers, with Covid-19 border restrictions cutting the crucial supply of overseas workers. To make matters worse, a deluge hit during the peak cherry harvest. Ettrick Gardens co-owner John Preedy has been growing fru...

Warrington locals reveal their top Christmas traditions (Photo: Pixabay, PA) CHRISTMAS is just around the corner and the people of Warrington are busy preparing for the big day. As we all know, the pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives and Christmas might not be exactly the same this year. However, this won’t stop us from indulging in some our favourite Christmas traditions and making the most of the festive season. We have rounded up some of the best local traditions and als...

Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 207 Games, McFarland 2020 Tigran Petrosian (born on 17 June 1929 in Tbilisi), Viktor Korchnoi (born on 23 March 1931 in Leningrad), Mikhail Tal (born on 9 November 1936 in Riga) and Boris Spassky (born on 30 January 1937 in Leningrad) are among the most important chess players of the 20th century. Three of them were world champions, while Viktor Korchnoi came close twice. The four were born between 1929 and 1937; they were rival...