China will for the first time allow foreign companies to explore for and produce oil and gas in the country, opening up the industry to firms other than state-run energy giants as Beijing looks to boost domestic energy supplies.
Oil prices rose on Thursday, recouping some of the heavy losses from the previous session as the market rebalanced after the United States and Iran looked to defuse a potential Middle East crisis.
The Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Minister Vincent Ssempijja, has differed with parliament on the suspension of operations by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF Fisheries Unit against illegal fishing activities.
The United States Energy Department has waived a ban on licences for the export of weapons-grade uranium for making medical isotopes. Critics say the waver raises proliferation risks and undermines companies that are converting to safer materials.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration has said it would ban US carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq.
Tehran fired more than a dozen missiles from Iranian territory targeting at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition forces, the US military said on Tuesday.
Several residents neighboring landing sites in Serere district have fled their homes following a raid by soldiers attached to Fisheries Protection Unit.