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- Saudi Aramco’s green initiativesSaudi Aramco’s green initiatives are part of the broader Saudi Green Initiative (SGI), a national effort to combat climate change and promote sustainability. Aramco’s initiatives focus on reducing its…
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- Russia's largest military draft in 14 years sees 160,000 men called up as Putin plans a spring offensive on Ukraine. Despite stalled U.S. ceasefire talks, the Kremlin insists conscripts won't fight.
- Le Pen called her ban from running a "nuclear bomb" by the system, after a court convicted her of embezzlement and blocked her from office for five years.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is outraged over the ongoing Qatar probe and says it is a political investigation that is meant to prevent the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.
- The Ukrainian suspect who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last week, including two Americans, likely had a "terrorist motive," Dutch prosecutors say.
- Iran is considering its options in deterring President Trump amid his repeated threats of direct military engagement by possibly launching its own strike on a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean.
- Burma was hit by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. Thailand also sustained damage.
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says U.S. talks on Russia-Ukraine war are in a "deadlock," while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the parties are making progress.
- China launched military drills around Taiwan to send a "severe warning" and a message of "forceful containment against Taiwan independence," Beijing officials said.
- Marine Le Pen’s sentencing in France has drawn global attention, with parallels made to legal battles faced by President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, among other right-wing politicians.
- Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Fox News that President Trump should impose an April 20 deadline for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine.
- A Palestinian protester opposed to Hamas' rule over the Gaza Strip was beaten and tortured to death following a demonstration last week, according to reports.
- President Donald Trump pledged to continue 'decimating' the Houthis if it does not stop its aggressive tactics targeting Western shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
- A news report said a British toddler was kicked out of a nursery school during the 2022-2023 academic year for allegedly being transphobic.
- Iran and Russia took decisively different approaches in response to President Donald Trump's threats as Tehran vowed action against any "mischief" while the Kremlin remains tight-lipped.
- Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the United States will not be able to annex the resource-rich island in the Atlantic.
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- The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.
- Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.
- Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.
- The market is at all-time highs and many say Trump is the reason. But stocks were rallying when investors thought Hillary Clinton would win. Janet Yellen and the Fed may deserve more of the credit for the market's move.
- Apple stock is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.
- President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.
- Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.
- The automaker announced Monday that its first official venture in the oil-rich Middle East will be in the United Arab Emirates.
- Sears Holdings, the company that owns retail stores Sears and Kmart, said this weekend that it would remove 31 Trump-branded items from its website.
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- The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.
- Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.
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- Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.
- Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.