Nov 6 (Reuters) - The two-year oil price crash has hurt a
Canadian government program that funds research on oil spill
cleanups, resulting in fewer applicants than expected, a senior
federal official said.
AMMAN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic
Forces (SDF) announced on Sunday the start of a campaign to
retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the militant Islamic State
group's de facto capital, would begin within hours, with U.S.
forces providing air cover.
OUARZAZATE, Morocco, Nov 5 (Reuters) - On the edge of the
Sahara desert, Morocco is building one of the world's biggest
solar power plants in a project largely funded by the European
Union.
MILAN/TRIPOLI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Two Italian workers and a
Canadian kidnapped in Libya in September have been freed and
were flown to Italy early on Saturday, Italian and Libyan
officials said.
MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Two Italians and a Canadian taken
hostage in Libya have been freed overnight and were flown to
Italy early on Saturday, the Italian foreign ministry said in a
statement.
TORONTO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal government will
this year deliver on its pledge for a moratorium on oil tanker
traffic along the northern coast of British Columbia, CBC News
reported on Friday.
Nov 4 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday
said third-quarter profit dropped 24 percent from a year
earlier, when it recorded a large one-time gain, but
acquisitions helped boost operating profit at the conglomerate
run by billionaire Warren Buffett.
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Woodfibre LNG will start
building British Columbia's first liquefied natural gas
processing and export terminal in 2017, the company said on
Friday, providing Canada with a long-awaited opportunity to gain
a toehold in the global market.
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. National
Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it had opened an
investigation into the Colonial Pipeline Co accident
in Helena, Alabama, which killed one worker and seriously
injured four others.
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