Tag: officials
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U.S. and Saudi officials trade shots over OPEC cuts, testing longstanding ties
An escalating feud between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia got even hotter Thursday in a tense back-and-forth over President Biden’s accusations that a Saudi-approved cut in global oil production was a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin and a response from the oil-rich kingdom that it would not be bullied. While analysts said the rare…
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Maine officials blast California group for designating lobster as whale-killing seafood
Maine officials are ripping the recommendation of California-based nonprofit Seafood Watch to try to save whales by stopping fishing for lobster. The group argues that lobster fisheries in American and Canadian waters use vertical lines that can entangle the endangered North Atlantic right whales. “Seafood Watch determined that current Canadian and U.S. management measures do…