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General view of oil tanks and the Bayway Refinery of Phillips 66 in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. weekly refinery utilization rates last week rose to 88.7%, the highest since February 2020, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released on Thursday.
Midwest weekly refinery utilization rates rose to 91.5%, also the highest since February 2020, the data showed.
Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
LONDON: After months of working from home, more than 150,000 people have called on the UK government to ban out-of-hours emails by introducing a “right to disconnect” for employees outside working hours.
The workers, represented by a trade union called Prospect, launched the campaign after the Republic of Ireland issued a decision in April which gives employees the right to not respond to messages, calls or emails outside of work hours.
The “right to disconnect” law was introduced in France four years ago and has been in effect ever since.
Banning out-of-hours emails would mean that bosses cannot routinely email employees after their work day is finished. Instead, any emails sent at these times could be automatically deleted to stop employees from continuously checking their emails.
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(Bloomberg) Sasol Ltd. agreed to sell a 30% stake in a natural gas pipeline running from Mozambique to South Africa for as much as 5.1 billion rand ($361 million) in order to pay down debt.
(Bloomberg) Sasol Ltd. agreed to sell a 30% stake in a natural gas pipeline running from Mozambique to South Africa for as much as 5.1 billion rand ($361 million) in order to pay down debt.
The deal rounds out an accelerated asset-sale program that has helped Sasol reduce borrowings that ballooned amid cost overruns at a giant U.S. chemicals project and call off a proposed $2 billion share sale. The company started hunting for a buyer for its pipeline shares last year as it examined ways to bolster its finances amid mounting pressure from creditors.
KABUL: At least four people were killed and four others injured Thursday when a minibus was hit by an explosion in Kabul, according to police, in the latest attack on commuters in the Afghan capital. The blast was the third time a bus has been targeted in the past two days in the city, with fears rising that further unrest lies ahead as Washington withdraws its remaining
ISTANBUL: The well-known Turkish actress Ezgi Mola was notified on Wednesday of a court case brought against her for “insulting” Sergeant Musa Orhan in a tweet she posted last year. If convicted, she faces a jail sentence of two years and four months. The man she is charged with insulting is currently on trial facing charges of causing the death of 18-year-old Ipek Er in the