OPEC+ strikes last-minute deal to cut almost 10 mn barrels

a day of oil production

12 Apr, 2020 17:55 / Updated 17 minutes ago

"OPEC+ strikes last-minute deal to cut almost 10 mn barrels a day of oil production

After four days of marathon talks, major global oil producers have finally inked an agreement to slash oil output by 9.7 million barrels per day (BPD), in a bid to boost the energy market amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil-producing states outside of the cartel reached an agreement on Sunday evening to cut their output starting May 1. Kuwait's Oil Minister Khaled Al-Fadhel broke the news on Twitter. "

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https://www.rt.com/business/485616-opec-historic-oil-agreement/

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Donald Trump’s Barack Obama Theory Drove His

Transformation Into A Conservative, Neuroscientist Says

April 12, 2020

"In an op-ed for Raw Story released on Easter Sunday, cognitive neuroscientist Bobby Azarian touched on Donald Trump‘s rhetoric and the dangers it poses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Azarian also claimed that the development of such rhetoric is linked to the president’s debunked theory on Barack Obama‘s birth certificate, which he believes drove him to the political right.

According to Azarian, Trump is only a Republican because it presented him with an opportunity to benefit himself."

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https://www.inquisitr.com/5993983/trump-obama-birth-certificate-conservative/