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UAE leaves OPEC in major blow to global oil producers’ group

DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was quitting oil-producers’ group OPEC, as an unprecedented energy crisis triggered by the Iran war exposes discord among Gulf ​nations. The loss of the UAE, a longstanding OPEC member, could create disarray and weaken the group, which has ‌usually sought to show a united front despite internal disagreements over a range of issues from geopolitics to production quotas. UAE Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed al-Mazrouei told Reuters the decision was taken after a careful look at the regional power’s energy strategies. Asked whether the UAE consulted with OPEC’s

If he’s Singham, I am Pushpa: TMC leader as UP-cadre IPS officer’s activities sparks row

Kolkata, Apr 28 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, warning potential troublemakers of “appropriate treatment” if they try to disrupt Wednesday’s polling in West Bengal, created a fresh political dust-up with the TMC accusing the EC-appointed police observer of overstepping his role and “intimidating” party workers. With over a hundred armed central paramilitary troops, an armoured vehicle, and a list of potential “trouble makers” in his pocket, the 2011-batch IPS combed the South 24 Parganas district’s Falta Assembly seat under TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s backyard of Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency for two days on a trot. The Prayagraj

India douses fears of retail fuel price hike amid panic buying

NEW DELHI, April 28 (Reuters) – India has asked motorists to avoid panic buying and clarified that there was no proposal to raise ​pump prices for diesel and gasoline, a government official ‌said on Tuesday. “We have adequate supplies of liquefied petroleum gas, petrol, and diesel. There has been no increase in prices. Please avoid panic buying and do ​not believe rumours,” Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the federal ​oil ministry, said at a news conference on Tuesday ⁠in an appeal to buyers. India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer and ​consumer, has been hit by rising oil prices triggered by

Trump push for state voter rolls rebuffed by courts as midterms near

April 28 (Reuters) – As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration’s push to obtain states’ voter rolls, dealing a blow to the president’s unprecedented effort to expand the federal government’s role in elections. The Democratic-run states’ victories come as their party is locked in a fierce battle to take back both houses of Congress from President Donald ​Trump’s Republicans in the November 3 midterms. So far this year, federal judges in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Rhode Island have dismissed Justice Department lawsuits demanding those states’ voter rolls, including sensitive information like

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