OPEC agrees to produce slightly more oil as recession fears loom >"The world's oil-exporting countries have agreed to a tiny increase in output next month _...Read More_

CNN: Oil surges above $110 and natural gas soars as markets 'panic' over Russia. >"Global crude oil prices surged to more than $110 per barrel and the cost _...Read More_

>"President Joe Biden plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the US warns _...Read More_

>"The United States has moved some US forces out of Ukraine and ordered the evacuation of most of its embassy staff on Saturday as fears mount that a Russian invasion of the country could take place in the next few days."

CNN: 6,000 urged to evacuate as North Carolina fertilizer plant fire threatens an ammonium nitrate explosion. >"A large fire burning at a fertilizer plant _...Read More_

>"Some are calling it the "nuclear option.""

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/29/india/india-covid-omicron-wave-intl-hnk-dst/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/29/india/india-covid-omicron-wave-intl-hnk-dst/index.html) >"Doctors in India are bracing for a potential third wave driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, as cases rise and political leaders hold _...Read More_

"An outbreak of powerful tornadoes left behind destruction and at least four fatalities Friday night and into early Saturday, including a twister that tore through four states, killing at least one, trapping dozens and toppling numerous _...Read More_

CNN: At least 50 likely dead in Kentucky alone, governor says, after tornadoes hit central and southern US. >"Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late _...Read More_

>"President Joe Biden's attempts to limit the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant begin on Monday with new US restrictions on travel from South Africa and seven other countries taking effect, as his administration seeks to assure _...Read More_

"U.S. stock futures dropped on Friday on renewed Covid fears over a new variant found in South Africa."

>"Dow futures plunged and oil fell 6% on Friday as the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant rattled global markets."

CNN: Oil selloff intensifies on Covid fears and risk of US-China intervention. >"The oil market has gone from booming to busting, much to the relief of _...Read More_

>"Northern Ireland is once again at the center of post-Brexit tensions between the United Kingdom and the European Union, after _...Read More_

>"China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan in recent weeks, flying dozens of warplanes near the self-ruled island in a show of strength that has put the entire region on edge."