Tokyo - Record high oil prices have reached "abnormal levels", according to Japan's Economics Minister Saturday.

Luxembourg  - Italy on Friday called on the European Commission to revise its biofue

Berlin  - Germany's parliament passed Friday legislation that trims cross-subsidies for the booming solar-power industry while boosting other methods of cutting carbon emissions when generating ele

New Delhi  - Life in India's eastern state of West Bengal and southern Andhra Pradesh was disrupted Friday after opposition parties called a daylong shutdown to protest a hike in fuel prices, offic

Vienna  - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose only slightly on Thursday, OPEC announced Friday.

Tokyo  - Halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 would cost 45 trillion dollars in addition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.