UAE’s exit deals a death blow to OPEC

30 April 2026 at 10:00

For over six decades, the world has regarded the beautiful and peaceful city of Vienna with a certain apprehension. Austria, a country far removed from the fossil fuel imagery, is nonetheless the seat of power in the world’s largest commodities market. There, a stone’s throw from its imposing neo-Gothic City Hall, the energy ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meet month after month to decide how much production to withhold from the market in order to keep prices high, effectively steering a marketplace that resembles a modern bazaar more than a free market.

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UAE’s exit — The president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, in June 2024 in Borgo Egnazia, Italy.

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Man Pleads Guilty to Planning Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna

By: Christopher F. Schuetze

28 April 2026 at 15:48

Austrian prosecutors said the man plotted in 2024 to set off a bomb outside the concert, which was later canceled. He and another man still face separate charges.

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Austrian man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna

By: Deborah Cole in Berlin and agencies

28 April 2026 at 13:12

Defendant, 21, in court with second man over alleged scheme to kill music fans outside Vienna stadium

A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in an Austrian court over a jihadist plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago, which led to shows by the US megastar in the country being scrapped.

The plan to kill onlookers massing outside the venue was thwarted at the 11th hour but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift’s three scheduled performances in August 2024.

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Rat poison found in baby food jar in Austria after product recall

By: Reuters in Geneva

19 April 2026 at 10:00

Police say poison detected in jar of HiPP carrots and potatoes as maker says items may have been tampered with

Rat poison has been found in a jar of HiPP baby food, police in Austria have said, after a recall of the product from more than 1,000 Spar supermarkets in the country over safety fears.

Police in Burgenland said in a statement that a sample from one of the 190g (7oz) jars of carrots and potatoes baby food reported by a customer had tested positive for rat poison.

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