Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday discussed Western attempts to cap the price of Russian oil during a phone call with Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the new Iraqi prime minister, the Kremlin said in a readout of the call.
Brazil's incoming government has no intention of causing a "breakdown" of state-run oil giant Petrobras , a member of the transition team said on Thursday, adding that "everything" would be discussed with markets and investors.
Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy on Thursday, including C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities against the increasing impacts of global warming.
Saudi oil giant Aramco's base oil subsidiary, Luberef, has received the approval from the kingdom's stock market regulator for an initial public offering, the Capital Market Authority said on Thursday.
European Union energy ministers agreed on the contents of two regulations with emergency measures at a meeting on Thursday, Germany's Economy Ministry said.
Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is on course to be elected president of the Eurogroup in December for the second time after the group of euro zone finance ministers on Thursday said no one else had applied for the job.
China tried but failed to pass an amendment to a motion on Iran before the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday that would have stripped out the main paragraph referring to a new investigative probe into Iran's suppression of mass protests.
Senegal is due to receive around 330,000 pounds ($400,500) in insurance payments from aid organisations to protect against the risk of drought, a spokesperson for the aid groups said on Thursday.
Insurer Manulife Financial Corp said on Thursday it will outsource its property operations in Canada to focus on its entrepreneurial investment management unit.
U.S. stocks of road diesel and heating oil show early signs of stabilising and even increasing slightly as exceptionally high prices encourage production, discourage exports and possibly suppress consumption.
