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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Business
OPEC+ finally reaches deal on 2021 oil output cuts

After much debate, the OPEC+ group has finally reached an agreement on oil production for next year. Or at least for January. OPEC+ will, as a group, add in 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January to its oil production quotas, which currently calls for a production cut of 7.7 million bpd. The total production...

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Politics
California winds ease but fire danger remains high

Powerful winds that pushed wildfires through Southern California, burning several homes and injuring two firefighters, began easing but forecasters warned that the fire danger remained Friday. Santa Ana winds hit … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Politics
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity

California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Gavin Newsom … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Breaking News
‘Those who are struggling are the people with no one’ – Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s call

Down a Zoom line from Meath, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is quoting Muiris Ó Súilleabháin's famous memoir on life on the Blasket Islands.

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Business
Global food prices hit six-year high as Covid-19 pandemic turns into major driver of food inequality

World prices for food commodities saw a steep year-on-year increase in November, hitting an almost six-year high, with the index posting its sharpest monthly spike since July 2012, according to the United Nations food agency. The index, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), rose to 105.0 points last month against 101.0 in October,...

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Politics
One Good Thing: Hong Kong restaurant trains the disabled

Located smack in the middle of Hong Kong's bustling Mong Kok neighborhood, Dignity Kitchen offers an array of mouthwatering Singaporean fare — from piping-hot laksa (noodles in a spicy coconut … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 04 December 2020 | Breaking News
Christmas parties bring risk of lockdown in the new year

Ireland could be facing another potential lockdown in mid-January if Christmas and New Year socialising pushes Covid-19 case numbers up to 1,200 cases a day, it emerged last night.

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