TORONTO, April 25 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service
stripped Alberta of its Aaa credit rating on Monday, becoming
the latest ratings agency to downgrade the Canadian province
after the oil price shock pushed its finances deep into the red.
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. military conducted
"freedom of navigation" operations against 13 countries last
year, including several in dispute of China's claims in the
South and East China seas, according to an annual Pentagon
report released on Monday.
TORONTO, April 25 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service
stripped the Canadian province of Alberta of its Aaa credit
rating on Monday, citing its worsening fiscal position and
resulting rapid rise in debt.
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KANANASKIS, Alberta, April 25 (Reuters) - Canada's approval
process for pipelines to export crude from the landlocked
province of Alberta to the coast could be shorter, Natural
Resources Minister Jim Carr said on Monday, in response to
pressure to help get the region's oil to market.
OTTAWA, April 25 (Reuters) - Canadian non-resource exports
should post healthy gains this year, the country's trade
financing agency said on Monday, a development the central bank
is counting on to help revive an economy hobbled by weak global
energy prices.
RIYADH, April 25 (Reuters) - The powerful young prince
overseeing Saudi Arabia's economy unveiled ambitious plans on
Monday aimed at ending the kingdom's "addiction" to oil and
transforming it into a global investment power.
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire environmental
activist Tom Steyer's super PAC launched a $25 million youth
voter drive on Monday in seven political battleground states to
help elect candidates that champion climate change policies in
November's general election.
BENGHAZI/TUNIS April 25 (Reuters) - A parallel national oil
corporation allied to Libya's eastern government loaded a
shipment of 650,000 barrels at the Marsa el-Hariga terminal on
Monday in an effort to sell oil for the first time, officials
said.
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