>"Reduced global demand may offset any supply cut by OPEC and its allies."

>"The US expects more announcements of weapons and equipment packages to be sent to Ukraine to help in its fight against Russia at a meeting of nearly 50 countries in _...Read More_

"The oil cartel known as OPEC Plus said it would continue the strategy agreed to in July, rubber-stamping a 400,000-barrel-a-day production increase for April."

>"Omicron’s emergence is no surprise, as richer countries’ broken promises lead to low vaccination rates, says Lara Spirit of Tortoise Media"

>"More than 20 countries, including the United States, issued a joint statement Saturday expressing deep concern over allegations of extra-judicial killings and disappearances of former member of former security forces in Afghanistan."

>"The Supreme Court case over a Mississippi law hinges in part on questions of how much progress women’s rights have made over the decades."

>"Nations around the world are racing to identify how many cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant they have, as fears over the new strain force governments to shutter borders and revisit restrictions."

>"Just as lockdowns have become a part of pandemic life, the rapidly emerging view in Europe is that vaccine mandates are not just plausible — they could pay off."

>"Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations."

"The World Health Organization is warning countries that the omicron coronavirus variant poses "very high" global risk – and is likely to spread _...Read More_

"New US travel restrictions on southern Africa have come into effect, as the Biden administration seeks to respond to concerns over the Omicron variant."

>"It’s the season, so some business leaders have opened up about why they’re grateful."

The deal could help significantly expand access to the Covid-19 treatment, but the agreement excludes a number of countries hit hard by the pandemic.

CNN: COP26 draft deal calls on countries to boost emissions cuts by end of 2022. Here's what else is in it. >"A draft of the Glasgow Agreement published _...Read More_

Plans for new power generation won’t meet global climate goals.