Sources: Xinhua
The International Energy Agency agrees to discharge 400 million barrels of oil from its members’ strategic reserves, its largest-ever release, to counter soaring global energy prices due to the war. Despite the measure, the price of the crude barrel rises above US$100 again in international markets. $2026-03-11
The Winter Egg, one of the few Fabergé eggs remaining in private hands, sells at Christie's in London, England, United Kingdom, for £22.9 million (US$30.2 million), setting a new auction record for a work by the House of Fabergé. $2025-12-2
Lebanon grants a US$900,000 bail to Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ending his nearly 10-year detention in a case involving the 1978 disappearance of Shia Muslim cleric Musa al-Sadr, for which Gaddafi was accused of withholding information but never tried. $2025-11-10
Vietnam approves a US$67 billion 1541 km high speed rail line from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, which will be an updated version of the North–South express railway proposal. $2024-11-30
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy receive their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Murphy also signs legislation providing $35 million in federal aid to restaurants, bars, and other businesses. $2021-04-9
Global stock markets have lost US$6 trillion in value over the last six days. $2020-02-28
Wells Fargo bank is fined US$1 billion by the United States government for mishandling of mortgages and automobile loans. Wells Fargo is also ordered to reimburse customers who were overcharged. $2018-04-20
Singer Chris Brown is released on a US$ 250,000 bail for an assault charge. $2016-08-31
Rite Aid, one of the largest chains of pharmacies in the United States, announces that it is purchasing EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefits manager, from TPG Capital, for $2 billion. $2015-02-11
Standard & Poor's reaches settlements totaling $1.5 billion with the U.S. Justice Department and several U.S. states for inflating ratings on subprime mortgage bonds in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. $2015-02-3