The global oil market is undergoing dramatic and unexpected changes well beyond our borders, and frankly, our control. The latest surprise comes from China, which chose to ignore the lower Asian prices on offer from Saudi Arabia and instead boosted imports from Colombia, Bloomberg reports. China also boosted imports from Russia, as the world is awash with crude, largely because the U.S. is now producing so much of its own.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

En termes de prévention et de lutte, l'appel aux militaires – merci pour eux – ne suffira pas. Il faudra recruter et former des milliers de nouveaux professionnels de santé, en les dotant de tous les moyens de protection disponibles. Mais les volontaires, compte tenu des risques encourus, ne seront sans doute pas assez nombreux. Dans l'idéal, il faudrait former des dizaines de milliers de personnes potentiellement menacées à se protéger elles-mêmes – ce que dans certains pays, pour des raisons religieuses ou politiques, elles refusent de faire.

EUROPE SOLIDAIRE

As the result of our First Euro-BRICS Online Discussion – The impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Euro-BRICS, Euro-U.S. and BRICS’ relations our network of European and BRICS academic professors and researchers, think-tank leaders, journalists, business representatives, civil society representatives, have declared their joint concern with the trends currently at play resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, formulated in a Joint Statement.

EURO-BRICS (LEAP2020)

The European position is even worse, as far as Israel is concerned. Sweden has already announced that it will recognize the Palestinian state. This announcement was followed by the British Parliament's vote to this effect, and other European Union members will probably follow suit, either through their governments or by parliamentary vote. All this criticism is a symptom of a more profound change in attitude toward Israel, with possibly severe policy repercussions in the future. 

AL MONITOR

The Shi’ite Muslim minority in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province have long felt marginalized by the Sunni ruling dynasty, and protests for greater rights as part of the 2011 Arab Spring brought a crackdown on both protesters and demands for reform.

REUTERS

Ebola fait la une et bouleverse le monde entier. Mais Ebola n'est pas la première cause de mortalité en Afrique. ThePressProject rappelle ce point dans le graphique suivant, qui montre le nombre de décès en Afrique depuis mars 2014 

OKEANEWS

The first the crew of the Antarctica knew of the disaster was a radio request to help a search and rescue operation. There were bodies in the water 200 miles off the coast of Malta. Two other ships – the Verdi and the Japan – were already at the scene, picking people out of the sea. The Antarctica was swiftly diverted and took command until the arrival of coastguard and naval ships.

THE GUARDIAN

Les Canadiens, campés sur leur charte des libertés individuelles, sont confrontés au dilemme de voir leurs droits se réduire avec un durcissement des lois voulu par le gouvernement conservateur pour lutter contre les actes de terrorisme.

L'ORIENT LE JOUR

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Brazil's left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff on her re-election and said that he was looking forward to continuing working with her.

ZEENEWS

"Ogni giorno che passa è un giorno perso: il semestre italiano può essere l'occasione per un salto di qualità e uno scatto in avanti" nell'accordo Ttip Tra Ue e Usa. Lo ha detto il premier Matteo Renzi a un convegno a Roma nell'affermare "l'appoggio totale e incondizionato e totale del governo italiano".

ANSA