A pilot and three passengers were killed in a plane crash that prompted officials to place the U.S. Capitol complex on alert Sunday afternoon.
State of play: Federal investigators said they expected to be at the scene for several days to determine why the plane went off course and collided into a mountain in heavily wooded and rural terrain some two to three miles north of Montebello, Virginia.
Saudi Arabia helped end a cliffhanger over OPEC+ oil production levels but created fresh suspense — and potentially higher energy prices — in the process.
Driving the news: The kingdom will cut output by 1 million barrels per day in July, and then decide whether to continue with the lower output.
After last year's Bonn Climate Change Conference ended in a stalemate, food policy organizations across the world are heading into two weeks of U.N. climate talks with mixed expectations.
Why it matters: The talks in Bonn, Germany will help sharpen the agenda for COP28 in November, a crucial convening of world leaders that already has faced some backlash over its president-designate.
The upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai will be aimed at closing the gap between Paris Agreement's climate goals and global emissions commitments, according to COP28 director-general Majid al-Suwaidi.
Why it matters: COP28 is viewed as a last-ditch effort to limit warming to the most ambitious Paris target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels by 2100, by bending the trajectory of emissions sharply downward.
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