25 h. ago Guyana found huge oil reserves 10 years ago, so why are most people still poor?

With a ‘one-sided’ deal handing vast profits to the world’s top oil firms, many Guyanese ask when the energy bonanza will benefit themOn 18 July, the International Chamber of Commerce approved the attempt by the US energy multinational Chevron to replace Hess Oil as a stakeholder in one of the world’s largest offshore oilfields, Guyana’s Stabroek, as part of its $55bn (£41bn) acquisition of the smaller company.Yet, as Chevron executives celebrated joining Exxon and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) as in producing Guyana’s daily oil output of 650,000 barrels, the response from the Guyanese government, opposition leaders and environmentalists was muted. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The US will buy 2 million doses of an HIV prevention drug for low

The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028

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2 w. ago Warning UK could face importing 70% of oil and gas needs by 2030

That is despite Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) insisting there are still "significant oil and gas reserves" in the North Sea

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2 w. ago Tories pledge to extract all remaining North Sea oil and gas reserves

Kemi Badenoch says UK move away from fossil fuel extraction is an ‘act of economic disarmament’

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2 w. ago I tried the walking method that offers ‘10 times the benefits’ of walking 10,000 steps per day

Movement in any form can benefit your health, says senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore. But can this latest walking trend help time-poor people step up their exercise plans?

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2 w. ago People over State Pension age with poor hearing could be due up to £441 each month

Make sure you or an older family member are not missing out on extra support through Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment.

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3 w. ago Bowen does not need to apologise – West Ham are broken and there is no easy fix | Jacob Steinberg

The rot is deep at the club and relegation is on the cards unless something drastic happens before the transfer window shutsJarrod Bowen said sorry after losing his cool with a couple of fans at the end of West Ham’s defeat by Wolves in the Carabao Cup, but anyone with any sense knows the forward has no need to apologise. The malaise has nothing to do with the player who scored the winner in the Conference League final two years ago. Quite frankly, West Ham are lucky Bowen is not pushing to leave. Nobody could blame the captain were he to decide enough is enough after years of atrocious recruitment and poor appointments from the people at the top.This slump has been a long time coming. Some fans are fuming but a lot have grown apathetic. Mass walkouts feel very particular to the London Stadium. There was another one last Friday, much of the crowd following West Ham’s lead by giving up early as Chelsea rained in the goals. Humiliations have become so commonplace in E20 that many supp...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s a disaster’: drought measure to suck water from River Wharfe met with anger

Campaigners accuse Yorkshire Water of negligence and say plan to top up reservoirs will kill the river’s fishWith its pebble beach and shallow areas for paddling, the River Wharfe at Ilkley has long been a popular swimming location in the pretty Yorkshire town. But plagued by sewage and agricultural runoff, the river has been designated as “poor” quality, and a sign has been put up warning people against bathing in it. And now, the health of the river has been put further at risk with emergency drought plans by Yorkshire Water to suck water from it to top up its reservoirs.A drive by campaigners and wild swimmers led it in 2021 to be the first in the country to get designated bathing status – meaning the government tests it for the harmful E coli and intestinal enterococci bacteria. Continue reading...

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