Hollyoaks ultimately gave viewers the answers they’ve been craving in tonight’s episode (December 28) as the identity of the body bag victim was finally revealed. Viewers of the Channel 4 soap have been racking their brains for 12 months in an effort to figure out which resident wouldn’t make it out of 2020 alive, after…
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White Christmas: How frequently does it snow on Christmas Day in Ireland?
If there’s one thing that gets Irish people more excited than a regular Christmas, it’s the prospect of a white Christmas. A classic mainstay of festive literature, film and television, the traditional image of Christmas Day is very much that of a pleasant snowy evening – a gentle snowfall, a blanket of snow on the…
Blackstone Makes $524.5 M Buyout Deal for Singapore’s Soilbuild REIT
Solaris in Singapore’s One North is Soilbuild REIT’s top asset As stable becomes sexy in Asia’s real estate markets, Blackstone is teaming up with the family controlling the sponsor of a Singapore-listed REIT for a S$700.3 million ($524.5 million) offer to buy out the industrial real estate trust. Funds controlled by Stephen Schwarzman’s private equity…
Oil draws back amid New york city coronavirus curbs, gains for a 6th week
Brent futures settled down US28 cents, or 0.6% at $49.97 a barrel. The contract rose above $51 a barrel on Thursday to an early-March high Topicsoil market | Crude Oil Price | Coronavirus Reuters | NEW YORK Last Updated at December 12, 2020 06:36 IST By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices settled lower on Friday, as…
Nigeria Shell staff members causing oil leakages for earnings: Dutch TV
Nigerian employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell ordered the deliberate vandalisation of oil pipelines for personal gain, a documentary in the Netherlands has reported. Dutch television documentary programme Zembla, together with Dutch environmentalist organisation Milieudefensie, reported in a programme to be aired on Thursday that “multiple witnesses declared that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused…
7 Potential Benefits of Using Hemp Oil – 2020 Guide
Img source; pixabay.com Hemp oil can be obtained by pressing hemp seed. The seed is extracted, mixed with water, and then heated to produce the oil. The oil from the seed is used to make many different products. Cold-pressed hemp seed is light to clear green in color, with an earthy flavor. The darker the…
The brand-new black gold? Big Oil bets on retail networks in an electric period
LONDON (Reuters) – For Big Oil, coffee and chocolate could be the new black gold.FILE PHOTO: General view shows a BP petrol station in Kloten, Switzerland October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoUnder pressure from investors and governments alike to cut emissions, major European oil companies are ploughing billions into renewable energy but are struggling to…
Instantaneous Viewpoint: ‘Brexit’s snake-oil salesmen find know-how’
The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Marina Hyde in The Guardianon new rulesWho cares about jobs and experts? Suddenly, Brexit’s snake-oil salesmen do“Oh dear. I see Michael Gove now gives a toss about experts. And I see Steve Baker now…
New Mexico promised students free college. Then oil prices tanked…
The New Mexico governor’s office made sure to alert The New York Times before the big announcement last year that a public college education would soon be free for all residents.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said New Mexico, notoriously poor and almost last in state education rankings, would be the first state to take the step,…
Kentucky Guy’s Choice to Livestream Cops Making an Arrest Was a Bad Concept; Spoiler: ‘Strong Left Hook’
On today’s episode of “Hold My Beer and Watch This!”, a Kentucky man on his way home from work last week saw several police cars with lights flashing surround a vehicle in a McDonald’s parking lot. As he approached the scene, he parked his car about 50 feet away, pulled out his phone, and decided…