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Oil prices have surged as much as 64% in March – when they reached nearly $120 a barrel – in the biggest monthly gain since 1990 when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait took both countries’ oil off the market, resulting in an energy supply shock, said Nicolas Daher from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

In Zaman’s case, he and his colleagues found a way of 3D-printing material divided into chunky, square-shaped tiles. The angles of the sides of those tiles, and the precise nature of the cuts that separate them mean that, when squeezed together, they pop up into a desired 3D shape. It could be a chair, a…

US President Donald Trump says he has created a new taskforce focused on artificial intelligence, which will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. The “Super Intelligence Force” will work to ensure that the US continues to lead in the technology’s development and will coordinate the government’s engagement with the public, Trump posted…

BBC Sue Jamieson and Margaret Ashdown help run one a one of Surrey’s “warm welcome” venues A woman who helps to run one of Surrey’s Warm Welcome venues says they are important from “a social perspective, as well as helping people in need”. The facility at Dorking Christian Centre, now in its fourth year, is…

A botched net zero scheme which has caused damp issues in thousands of homes was the result of ”serious failings at every level”, a UK government official has said. Last month, the National Audit Office found that 98% of the 23,000 homes that had external wall insulation installed under two separate schemes will result in…

Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods is “a typical example of US double standards”, China’s government has said. A Commerce Ministry spokesperson also said China could introduce its own unspecified “countermeasures” if the US President carries out his threat, adding it was “not afraid” of a possible trade…