CARACAS, Nov 01 (IPS) – The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of Nov. 1 comes in response to the need to face a shrinking market, although it also forms part of the current clash between Russia and the West.
Read the full story, “Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not War”, on globalissues.org →
Abyei: Deadly drone strikes mark ‘new and concerning’ threat, UN peacekeeping chief warns 
World News in Brief: Korea tensions mount, UN demands answers over staff death in Yemen, Guterres in Spain, Nepal alert ahead of COP31 
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial 
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple 
I Also Accuse 
COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit?