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Mpox Thriving Near Gold Mines, Refugee Camps Risks Rapid Spread bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

UK Tones Down Worker ‘Right to Switch Off’ Demands on Business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The galleon Andalucía, an exact replica of the ships that sailed the Atlantic in the 17th century, has just passed through the #ThamesBarrier heading towards central #London. Will be in katarina for a couple of weeks. Open for visits while it’s here.

ENERGY CRISIS: BASF, the world's largest chemical company, will cut its dividend by as much as ~33% (to "at least" €2.25 per share from €3.40 per share last year). BASF has been one of the **biggest victims** of the European energy crisis. basf.com/global/en/medi…

The US sees China’s dominance of the solar power as evidence of trade manipulation. But David Fickling went to the heartlands of the global industry and learned the success was just good, old-fashioned capitalism bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… via @bbgvisualdata

West Ham United Owner Cuts London Mansion Price by £10 Million bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Jera, Japan’s largest LNG buyer and top utility, created a think tank to research domestic and international energy trends, according to people with knowledge of the matter trib.al/yoddn3S

The UK’s wind turbines have overtaken gas plants for the first time as the number one source of electricity, though they’re still a long way from ambitious targets for a clean grid by 2030 trib.al/sQUvqIz

COLUMN: Europe will have a natural gas problem this spring and summer -- exactly when, seasonally, demand drops and prices typically fall. And that means the higher-for-longer outlook for regional gas prices just got a bit higher and longer. @Opinion bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Do as I say, not as I do: The European Union imported last year more Russian LNG than ever.

UK long-term borrowing costs are nearing the highest levels in more than a quarter of a century as traders brace for a raft of bond sales this week trib.al/Ax99YRH

UK’s borrowing costs are near their highest level since 1998 on auction angst bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via James Hirai

BYD's new Denza Z9 GT EV can parallel park in place by turning and spinning its right rear wheel forward and left rear wheel backward. It can also crab walk through tight spaces. Deliveries have already begun in China and start at $47,000 USD. Photos of interior in thread below.

Tesla’s sales plummeted 59% last month in Germany, where CEO Elon Musk asserted himself in national politics like never before trib.al/xksd1Nc

European natural gas is now trading at the equivalent of $17 per million Btu -- a level more than enough to cause substantial damage to the energy-intensive manufacturing sector.

A big contrast: From 2006 to 2023, China's nuclear energy production surged by 690%, rising from 55 TWh to 435 TWh. Meanwhile, Germany's nuclear output plummeted from 167 TWh to zero, making it the only major economy to fully phase out nuclear power.

🗣 “A data centre can be built in less than 1 year, but the transmission line for electricity needs about 5 years to build.” At the #AIActionSummit, IEA's Fatih Birol underscored the need to expand power grids to meet rising energy needs from data centres ➡️ iea.li/40Wn7Qp

I missed this a couple of days ago: European fertiliser giant Yara is mothballing (very likely for ever) its ammonia plant in northern England (Hull). Another example of the industrial impact of high natural gas prices.

🎉London Museum has today received a world-renowned collection of Roman artefacts & a historic £20M donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies . This transformative gift will help create a cultural destination and enhance the museum’s world-class offer to visitors. Cementing its place as a

Another way to look at it: BP is trading today (~£3.45 per share) at the same level as it was back 29 years ago in 1996