The World Series between the Diamondbacks and Rangers continues—it’s currently tied 1–1. Plus,...
The World Series between the Diamondbacks and Rangers continues—it’s currently tied 1–1. Plus, the NBA’s first in-season tournament tips off Friday. Here’s how it works.
We turn back the clocks on Saturday night. There appears to be no immediate plan to make daylight saving time permanent.
Mike Pence ended his presidential campaign, saying, “This is not my time.”
The Commerce Department is halting the approval of new export licenses for the commercial sale of semiautomatic and nonautomatic firearms around the world. The 90-day pause does not include Israel, Ukraine, and about 40 other countries that are part of an export-control agreement.
South Africa defeated New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final, becoming the first country to win four World Cups. Congrats to the Springboks.
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid are staging a walkout from Monday to Wednesday in response to what employees consider unsafe working conditions.
Oil falls, markets hold steady as Israel launches Gaza ground offensive
Oil futures dropped Sunday night as markets saw a calm opening following Israel’s launch of a ground...
Oil futures dropped Sunday night as markets saw a calm opening following Israel’s launch of a ground offensive in Gaza that drew implied threats from Iran amid market fears of a wider conflict that could disrupt global crude supplies.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery CL00 fell 84 cents, or 1%, to $84.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. December Brent crude BRNZ23 the global benchmark, was off 92 cents, or 1%, at $89.56 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe, dipping back below the $90-a-barrel threshold.
U.S. stock-index futures ticked higher, with S&P 500 futuresES00 up 0.3%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00 added 44 points, or 0.1%.
Several oil reservoirs in the Usinsk district of Russia’s Komi Republic caught fire on Sunday, 29 October....
Several oil reservoirs in the Usinsk district of Russia’s Komi Republic caught fire on Sunday, 29 October. Early reports indicate that one Lukoil employee was killed and two sustained injuries.
Lukoil-Komi, a branch of the Russian oil company Lukoil, reported that a reservoir near the village of Verkhnekolvinsk in the Komi Republic caught fire, allegedly as a result of a safety rules violation by a contractor.
Israel announced it would attack Gaza from the air, land, and sea, expanding its war against Hamas days...
Israel announced it would attack Gaza from the air, land, and sea, expanding its war against Hamas days after its tanks began an intense ground operation. The military again urged civilians to move south as troops have entered Gaza from the north (see where troops crossed the border).
Benjamin Netanyahu called the troops’ arrival the “second stage” of the war and warned Israelis to expect a long, difficult fight. But he did not say that Israel had launched a full ground invasion. While the number of soldiers in Gaza remains unclear, a more limited initial ground war would align with recent suggestions from the U.S. defense secretary, The Times’s Eric Schmitt reports.
US monthly oil rig count rises for first time since Nov
The U.S. monthly oil rig count rose for the first time since November after drillers...
The U.S. monthly oil rig count rose for the first time since November after drillers added rigs for a third week in a row, in the report issued on Friday. The total oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose one to 625 in the week to Oct. 27.
U.S. oil rigs rose by two to 504 this week, while gas rigs fell by one to 117. For the month, drillers added a total of two rigs, putting the total oil and gas count up for the first time since March.
U.S. oil futures were up about 6% so far this year after gaining about 7% in 2022. U.S. gas futures, meanwhile, have plunged about 28% so far this year after rising about 20% last year.
