Oil prices continue to rise

March 27, 2026, 10:19March 27, 2026, 10:19 Oil prices continued to rise on Friday despite US President Donald Trump extending an ultimatum to Iran. In early trading, a barrel of North Sea Brent crude oil (159 liters) costs $109.46. That’s 1.4 percent more than the evening before. The announcement that no attacks on Iranian power […]

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Parrot egg smugglers caught at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport as chick hatches from hand luggage

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Dutch authorities have intercepted 261 suspected wild parrot eggs at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport – with a chick hatching from one of them. The illegal cargo was found in the […]

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