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FILE - Ukrainian servicemen pass the scene of a building damaged by Russian attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, April 19, 2024. Ukrainians Less Hopeful About the Future
This article is the fourth in a series based on Gallup’s latest surveys in Ukraine. In 2023 and 2024, some occupied territories with entrenched Russian control were... (photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko, File) Gallup
NATO   Photos   Russia   Ukraine
Doctor with a stethoscope Most Americans Want Doctors to Ask About Mental Health
Editor's Note: This research was conducted in partnership with West Health, a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations focused on healthcare and aging.... (photo: Creative Commons) Gallup
Health   Photos   United States
This Nov. 11, 1989 file photo shows East German border guards looking through a hole in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down one segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany's 'Wall in the Head' Is Coming Down
LONDON -- Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gallup data show that people living in the former East and West Germany have more similarities than... (photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau) Gallup
Berlin   Europe   Germany   Photos
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 12, 2021) A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank for the Energy Savings Performance Contract arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Pivot towards LNG drives demand for offshore regasification units
Contract activity indicates the growing popularity of floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) as countries in Europe and beyond look to increase their liquefied... (photo: US Navy / Jeffrey Hamlin) Offshore Technology
Energy   Gas   Global Trading   Photos
American dollars on national flag Steady 54% of Americans Identify as Middle Class
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Fifty-four percent of Americans identify as part of the middle class, including 39% who say they are “middle class” and 15%... (photo: Creative Commons) Gallup
Business   Economy   Photos   US States
File - A displaced mother prepares food for her child outside the UNAMID base in Um Baru. Thousands of people, mostly women and children take refuge at a safe zone adjacent to UNAMID's base in Um Baru, North Darfur, Sudan. In Darfur, justice will be key to sustainable peace
On May 6, 2004, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report alleging that the Sudanese government and its allied “Janjaweed” militias had committed systemic attacks on... (photo: UN / Hamid Abdulsalam) Al Jazeera
Darfur   Human Rights   Photos   Sudan
Nelson Mandela statue, Pretoria, South Africa South African Elections Could Mark Turning Point
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- South Africans head to the polls next week to decide whether the political party that has led their country since the end of apartheid will lead it... (photo: Creative Commons) Gallup
Democracy   Elections   Photos   South Africa
Computer screens displaying an illustration on cybersecurity The state of cybersecurity: AI and geopolitics mean a bigger threat than ever
Perpetrators are using AI to facilitate cyber attacks, while attacks themselves are being used to sow geopolitical discord. Cybersecurity threats to businesses are not... (photo: European Community / Xavier Lejeune) Offshore Technology
Artificial intelligence   Gas   Oil   Photos
Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari makes his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field, near Ahvaz, Iran, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has completely stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil Ministry official said Wednesday, April 30, 3008, in a concerted attempt to reduce reliance on Washington at a time of tension over Tehran's nuclear program and suspected involvement in Iraq. Oil market faces uncertainties after Iranian president’s death  
Although oil prices rose following the news of President Ebrahim Raisi’s death, GlobalData does not expect a long-term impact on oil markets. Crude oil prices on Monday... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Offshore Technology
Gas   Global Trading   Oil   Photos
Weight Loss - Diet - Scale - Nutrition. Injectable Weight Loss Drugs: Who Uses Them, and Do They Work?
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six percent of U.S. adults, representing an estimated 15.5 million people, report having used injectable diabetes medicine to reduce weight, including... (photo: Creative Commons / TeroVesalainen) Gallup
Health   Obesity   Photos   US States
This Jan. 31, 2019 file photo, shows an oil platform in the Leviathan natural gas field, in the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast Oil and gas contract momentum declines in Q1 2024
Europe recorded most of the contracts, with 381 contracts in Q1 2024, followed by North America and Asia with 345 and 229 contracts, respectively during the quarter.... (photo: AP / Marc Israel Sellem) Offshore Technology
Gas   Global Trading   Oil   Photos
FPSO Mystras at work off the shore of Nigeria. A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore industry for the processing and storage of oil and gas. Three new gas plants set to increase Nigeria’s gas supply by 25% 
Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, has launched three gas projects in an effort to develop the country’s critical gas infrastructure. Nigeria’s President, Bola... (photo: Creative Commons / Ciacho) Offshore Technology
Gas   Nigeria   Photos
Bitcoin gold coin on smartphone screen with stock market graph Stocks Up, Gold Down in Americans' Best Investment Ratings
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans continue to rank real estate as the best investment for the long term among six options. Thirty-six percent choose real estate, followed by... (photo: Creative Commons) Gallup
Business   Economy   Global tradiing   Photos
Kårstø Power Station is a natural gas-fired thermal power plant located at the industrial site of Kårstø in Norway. How Norway’s oil and gas tax fuelled an EV boom
Despite being a major oil and gas producer, Norway is known as one of the cleanest nations thanks to a huge appetite for electric vehicles (EVs). How has the country used... (photo: Creative Commons / Jarvin) Offshore Technology
Gas   Norway   Oil   Photos
File - James Tshuma, a small scale farmer, holds a dried up maize crop in his field in Mangwe district, Zimbabwe, Friday, March 22, 2024. Tshuma has lost hope of harvesting anything from his fields. But a patch of green vegetables is thriving in a small garden the 65-year-old is keeping alive with homemade organic manure and fertilizer. UN chief calls for action on escalating climate crisis, conflicts in Africa
NAIROBI, May 10 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday renewed a call for the global community to support action on the climate crisis... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Xinhua
Antonio Guterres   Climate Change   Humanitarian Aid   Photos   Wikipedia: Climate change in Africa
Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination. Fossil fuels generated less than a quarter of EU’s electricity for first time in April
The ongoing trend of increasing solar and wind uptake has continued. Fossil fuels produced less than a quarter of the EU’s electricity for the first time in April 2024,... (photo: Max Pixel) Offshore Technology
Electricity   European Union   Fossil Fuels   Photos
Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit which is led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a rally, in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, an international rights group has said, in... (photo: AP / ussein Malla) Al Jazeera
Africa   Human Rights   Photos   Sudan
A pupil working with his mother with surgical mask at home during Coronavirus containment, France 4 Things Leaders Need to Know to Support Working Moms
The U.S. economy, organizations and communities increasingly rely on mothers. Labor force participation among mothers with young children (ages 0-4) is at an all-time... (photo: European Community / Ludovic Le Couster) Gallup
Economy   Photos   US States   Women
Sever Hall, Harvard University, United States of America. Mental Health, Stress Top Reasons Students Consider Leaving
Story Highlights About a third of students have considered quitting in the past six months Mental health and stress most important reasons students consider quitting... (photo: Creative Commons / Kenneth C. Zirkel) Gallup
Mental health   Photos   Students   US States
File - In this Jan. 30, 2009, file photo, an Exxon tanker truck makes a refueling stop at an Exxon station in Arlington, Va. Reportedly, in the second quarter of 2022, Exxon made a profit of $17.9 billion. New report accuses fossil fuel companies of greenwashing, but profits are up
A new report by the Senate Committee on the Budget details how fossil fuel companies have avoided tackling the climate crisis. Last week, US Democrats released a report... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite, file) Offshore Technology
Climate change   Fossil Fuels   Oil   Photos
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