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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

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His assessments are based on regional (OPEC) developments, as production of oil and gas in the so-called cheap oil regions is also under threat. With increased demand for crude oil and petroleum products still shown in all international assessments, the market will need to react. Amin Nasser’s aim is to go beyond global oil markets.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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