Oil Drops Below $57 on Coronavirus Impact and OPEC+ Delay
Oil fell below $57 a barrel on Feb. 18, pressured by concerns over the impact on oil demand from the coronavirus outbreak in China and a lack of further action by OPEC and its allies to support the market. Forecasters including the International Energy Agency (IEA) have cut 2020 oil demand estimates because of the virus. Though new cases in mainland China have dipped, global experts say it is too early to judge if the outbreak is being contained. Brent crude was down $1.02 at $56.65 a barrel by 11:00 GMT after rallying in the previous five sessions. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 82 cents to $51.23. “Risk aversion has returned to the markets,” said Commerzbank analyst Carsten Fritsch. The headquarters building of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
MONTREAL鈥擳he two occupants of a Cessna 150 are dead after the small aircraft crashed on the evening of Feb. 17 in a field near an airport west of Montreal.
Provincial police said today the two victims were men in their 20s, but police couldn鈥檛 say where they were from.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has dispatched a team of investigators to the crash site, located in a field bordering Highway 30, near the Montreal/Les Cedres airport, off the western tip of Montreal island.
TSB workers were scheduled to join provincial police investigators this morning to examine the scene.
The crash was reported at around 6:45 p.m.
An autopsy will be conducted on the bodies of the two men.
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1-Year-Old Baby With Coronavirus Recovers, Is Discharged From Hospital
A 1-year-old child who contracted COVID-19 after being evacuated from virus epicenter Wuhan, China, made a full recovery and was discharged from a hospital in Singapore. The child was evacuated on Feb. 9 without symptoms. The child was quarantined when he entered Singapore, the Ministry of Health said on its website. In a Tuesday update, the child—called “Case 76”—by health authorities “fully recovered from the infection” and was “discharged from the hospital,” according to the ministry. Chinese students wear masks as they wait to take a train after Chinese New Year break in Beijing, China on January 31, 2020. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)The baby was among 174 Singapore nationals and their family members who were evacuated from Wuhan, the Straits Times said. According to the Ministry of Health, the boy was…
