Oil search sees little movement in oil prices in 2017

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's resignation follows weeks of high profile defections from the ruling coalition to the opposition. The premier was also in hot water over a gas deal with French petroleum company Total.

Global Payments Inc. reached an agreement to purchase Total System Services Inc. in a deal valued at $21.5 billion. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Brooke Sutherland reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." Her opinions are her own.

NGO's say French group Total failed to address the impact of the Uganda oil project.

NGOs react to a near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos

Protests are continuing in Hong Kong after a night of violence. Authorities are targeting security at university campuses, where many of the clashes with protesters took place.

Although oil prices have hit rock bottom recently, liquefied natural gas is still holding its ground as a cheap and reliable energy source. So LNG could play a larger role in Europe's energy future, reports Bud Albright.

Total lockdown in Rivers after residents disobeyed initial order

Australia's second-largest city lifted the bulk of its restrictions on the same day as several European countries reintroduced stricter regimes. Meanwhile, the known global caseload hit 40 million. Follow DW for more.

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Papers in the Netherlands condemn a third night of riots over the country's Covid-19 restrictions. For NRC Handelsblad, the rioters are "indefensible" but the government also deserves blame for failing to communicate the urgency of the health crisis. We also look at growing calls to change the date of "Australia Day", which many have come to think of as "Invasion Day", plus Joe Biden's rollback of a ban on transgender people serving in the military. Finally, a reminder that sometimes the best remedy for stress is a good old-fashioned cry.

Papua New Guinea rapidly shut its international borders at the beginning of the pandemic, limiting infections to just a few hundred and dodging the worst ravages of the global crisis. But more than 1,000 new cases have been uncovered this month alone, and with testing rates still low, there are fears the real total is much higher.