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Shell’s Quest plant in Alberta, Canada has previously been touted as a “thriving example” of how CCS is working to significantly reduce carbon emissions.

Sentiment is bullish on the back of brisk economic activity, strong corporate profits and “very high oil prices,” Nomura’s Tarek Fadlallah said.

A secret ballot to elect Italy’s next president begins on Monday — with Prime Minister Mario Draghi among the favorites.

Interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks are likely to worsen a global debt crisis, a new report suggests.

The WHO’s top official said it’s dangerous to assume we’re in the endgame of the pandemic — but with the right action, the Covid emergency could end in 2022.

Analysts are questioning whether the West can actually deter Russia, and just how far Western allies are willing to go to defend the country.

Credit agencies have recently warned Sri Lanka may need support to cushion the blow from inflation and foreign exchange headwinds.

European stocks tumbled on Monday as investors watched for developments in Ukraine as tensions with Russia grow.

Brazil’s economic minister warned Friday that Western central bankers are “sleeping at the driving wheel” as economies slip deeper into a high inflation environment.

The International Monetary Fund’s managing director said Friday that China’s zero-Covid policy is increasingly looking like a “burden.”

The U.N. says the situation in Myanmar has been worsening since the turn of the year, warning that people in the country are facing an unprecedented crisis.

CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore explores the global economic outlook for 2022.

Disagreements over Covid restrictions, child vaccination and even the very existence of the virus have seen some relationships pushed to breaking point.

Many of the small island states nestled in the Pacific Ocean have had no new cases of the virus for months.

European markets closed sharply lower on Friday, tracking a global pullback for risk assets.

Bill Gates has stressed the urgent need for businesses to step up and invest in emerging green technologies as the fight against climate change intensifies.

European stocks closed higher Thursday as investors appeared to brush off concerns about rampant inflation.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce that Covid rules in England will be eased when he makes a statement later Wednesday.

European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday, seemingly shrugging off concerns about rising bond yields as well as historic U.K. inflation levels.

Covid-19 will never be eradicated, but society has a chance to end the public health emergency this year, a senior WHO official has said.