MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 18th 2019
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Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:21 UTC
OPEC meeting in Jeddah: Saudi Arabia minister promises “we will be flexible”
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday that OPEC will be responsive to the oil market's needs, but that he was not sure there is an oil shortage with data, particularly from the United States, still showing inventories building.
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Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:17 UTC
Peru wants China to help finance a railway to the heart of South America
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told news agency Reuters on Friday that China could partner with Bolivia and Peru on a massive intercontinental railway project that Peru once dismissed as too costly when pitched by China nearly three years ago.
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Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:07 UTC
Angry Venezuelans queue for hours because of gasoline shortage
Drivers queued for hours in towns across Venezuela on Friday as fuel shortages worsened in the country following a plunge in gasoline imports and a stoppage at the nation's second-largest oil refinery.
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Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 07:59 UTC
Smog disaster in Mexico City, all residents “smoking” half a pack of cigarettes a day
Scientists say breathing the heavily polluted air in Mexico City these days is like smoking somewhere between a quarter-and a half-pack of cigarettes a day.
