Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NYSE:WAB) announced on September 21 a services agreement worth more than $700 million with La Compagnie du TransGuinéen. Combined with locomotive orders placed in 2024, announced agreements for the Simandou project now exceed $1.2 billion.
The railway stretches more than 600 kilometers between the Simandou mine and Guinea's Port of Morebaya. The new agreement extends the relationship beyond locomotive delivery into ongoing fleet support. For investors, the opportunity is to earn revenue throughout the equipment's operating life.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NYSE:WAB) will provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, parts, component overhauls, logistics support, remote diagnostics, and training. These activities create multiple opportunities to serve the same fleet after the initial equipment sale.
That is an attractive business model when maintenance needs translate into repeat orders and efficient service delivery. Familiarity with the locomotives should help technicians diagnose problems and plan repairs. Remote monitoring could also help identify faults before they cause prolonged downtime, strengthening the customer's incentive to maintain the relationship.
Local workforce development and partnerships with Guinean businesses could improve responsiveness as the operation matures. Over time, an experienced local team could reduce dependence on specialists traveling to the site and make parts planning more efficient.

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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) received a boost on September 15 when the company announced that it had secured an approximately $80 million contract for its Deepwater Conqueror ultra-deepwater drillship in Equatorial Guinea. The estimated 170-day campaign with an undisclosed operator is expected to begin next year, directly following the rig's current contract in the US Gulf.
Built in 2016, the DSME 12000-design Deepwater Conqueror can operate in water depths of up to 12,000 feet and drill to a maximum depth of 40,000 feet.
The $80 million award provides Transocean with additional contract revenue and improves visibility into the company's future revenue base. If the award includes attractive day rates and limited mobilization costs, it could contribute positively to operating margins and cash flows. The company's backlog stood at approximately $6.7 billion as of August 5, 2026.
The contract could also improve the utilization of its high-value drilling rig. Since ultra-deepwater rigs require substantial investment, securing work for an idle or underutilized rig could help spread fixed operating costs over a larger revenue base. Deepwater Conqueror will move directly from its US Gulf contract to Equatorial Guinea, avoiding a gap between the two programs.
The latest award also provides Transocean with an alternative destination for its rigs. The company had already signaled in its Q2 earnings call that the growing demand for new deepwater contracts in Africa would also help offset a decline in awards in the US Gulf.

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ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) agreed to increase its Papua LNG interest from 28.7% to 34.1% and ***** ume operatorship, as disclosed on September 7. The proposed ownership percentages reflect Papua New Guinea's state participation rights.
Papua LNG targets a fourth-quarter 2026 final investment decision, or FID. Santos Limited (ASX:STO) disclosed FID as a closing condition for its own stake acquisition; the operatorship announcement did not specify an equivalent condition.
TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) said redesign and contractor rebidding had reduced estimated development spending by nearly $4 billion since 2024 to approximately $14 billion. The project would produce 5.6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually. The question is whether that smaller budget can support attractive returns through construction and an uncertain LNG market.
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) already operates neighboring PNG LNG. Combining operatorship could improve coordination during construction and operations, including the redesigned handling of upstream condensate. That gives the proposed efficiency gains a practical basis in existing infrastructure and local experience.
The cost reduction is substantial. Mechanically, nearly $4 billion off an approximately $18 billion previous estimate represents about 22%. For ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM), lower development spending would reduce the capital required to generate each future dollar of project cash flow, ***** uming production and operating economics hold.

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa's top health body said Thursday.
In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak's epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing.
According to the latest government figures released on Thursday, 6,843 cases have been reported, including 3,310 deaths. Ituri province remains the hardest-hit province, with more than 5,400 cases while North Kivu has reported over 1,000 cases since the outbreak was declared in May.
The outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers' strike and intense population movements. The situation is particularly concerning at displacement sites, where residents already live in extremely precarious conditions.
The World Health Organization has said the outbreak remains out of control and is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, the deadliest on record, which killed more than 11,000 people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) and TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) are making major moves in Sub-Saharan Africa, underscored by Chevron's August 17 announcement of a significant oil and gas condensate discovery in offshore Angola's Block 0. The 105-4X exploration well in the Lower Congo Basin encountered over 600 meters of column with 90 meters of net pay in the primary Pinda reservoir. Operated by Chevron's subsidiary CABGOC (39.2% interest) alongside Sonangol E&P, Azule Energy, and TotalEnergies, the ****** et will likely be tied back to nearby existing infrastructure for low-cost production. The discovery highlights Chevron's broader Sub-Saharan push, which generates ~300k boed net and includes recent additions in Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, and Angola's Blocks 49, 50, 33, and 14/23, alongside the upcoming Nabba-1X well in Namibia.
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Looking at Q2 2026 financial metrics, both energy giants posted robust results, but Chevron outperformed TotalEnergies across absolute top- and bottom-line figures as well as capital efficiency.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) generated $70.1 billion in revenue and reported net income of $12.1 billion ($6.11 per share), with adjusted earnings hitting $12.0 billion. Driven by record production of 4.07 million boed (up 20% year-over-year) and strong refining throughput, Chevron produced an impressive $22.6 billion in operating cash flow and $18.1 billion in free cash flow, delivering a return on capital employed (ROCE) of 21.4%.
TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) also delivered solid top-line cash generation but came in lower in net profitability. Leveraging higher commodity prices during the Middle East conflict, TotalEnergies generated $9.8 billion in cash flow and $6.0 billion in adjusted net income for Q2 2026, with oil and gas production averaging 2.395 Mboe/d. Its Exploration & Production unit posted $3.2 billion in adjusted net operating income and $5.8 billion in cash flow, while Downstream contributed $2.9 billion in cash flow and Integrated Power generated $700 million. Both energy majors maintain strong, identical balance-sheet leverage, with each firm posting a net debt gearing ratio of 13.1% at the close of Q2. Overall, Chevron leads in total profitability, cash flow generation, and return on capital, making it the stronger financial performer this quarter.

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CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea 's capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government.
Authorities said that heavy rains, which started at around 2 a.m., washed over the refuse at Dar Es Salam — the largest landfill in Conakry — and triggered a landslide that buried nearby shacks. A search and rescue operation was underway to find survivors. Six people were seriously injured and several homes were destroyed.
The site, an open-air waste dump which is the largest in the city, had been designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lt. Col. Baldé Mamadou Bailo, the sanitation officer for the military engineering battalion.
Locals living around the landfill had been given eviction notices, which forced many to leave the area, but many others were still around at the time of the disaster, according to authorities.
"We will ensure that the remaining families are relocated elsewhere," Dienabou Touré, the minister of territorial administration and decentralization, said at the scene.

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another ‌African nation that signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday.
Under a series of often secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to two dozen countries that aren't their own as it pushes ahead with its immigration crackdown, advocates say. Immigration lawyers say the practice is being used as a legal loophole to indirectly return some asylum seekers to countries they fled.
The group who refused to get off the plane in Liberia on Thursday include four Cuban men, a Brazilian man and a Cameroonian woman, the person and lawyer said.
A Honduran deportee aboard the flight said the group refused to disembark, saying Liberia was "not their country" and that they would face danger there. They were then separated from the others, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals.
He said the other passengers got off in Liberia because they feared officers would force them.

#Trump #lawyer

Newcastle United are keen on bringing New York Red Bulls forward Julian Hall to the St James' Park club, according to Ben Jacobs. Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle wants the Magpies to make more quality signings, and the 18-year-old has emerged as a target. However, the Toons will face competition from the likes of RB Leipzig, Atletico Madrid and Hull City for the services of the teenage sensation. Hall has nine goals and four ****** ists in his last 19 starts for the Major League Soccer club and Newcastle admire his huge potential.
The Newcastle target made history after becoming the second-youngest player to make his MLS debut aged 15 years and 190 days in June 2024. Hall became the youngest player to score an MLS hat-trick in May and plenty of European clubs are hoping to lure him away from North America. A move to the Premier League could appeal to the American, who was named in the MLS All-Star last month, and the Magpies will hope to pip fierce competition to his services.
The Toons have lost key players this summer and are desperate to make quality additions before the summer transfer deadline.
They have spent £174 million so far this summer on the signings of Bazoumana Toure, Aladji Bamba, Amar Dedic, Lukas Hornicek, Sean Steur and Ewen Jaouen.
The fans still want more, with Guinea international midfielder Ousmane Diabate closing in on a move from Genclerbirligi.

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Management attributes strong first-half performance to an 18% year-on-year production increase., driven by the Jubilee ramp-up in Ghana and consistent delivery at GTA.
The company achieved a structural reduction in operating costs by exiting high-cost barrels in Equatorial Guinea and repurchasing the TEN FPSO, targeting a 35% reduction in OpEx per barrel for 2026.
Jubilee's outperformance is credited to the integration of 4D seismic data, which enabled the identification of high-value, unswept oil in the core of the field.
Strategic portfolio management was highlighted by the Tiberius farm-down, which management believes validates ***** et value while minimizing capital exposure through 2027.

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By Clement Bonnerot and Jessica Donati
DAKAR, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass 4,000 cases this week and has been described as the fastest spreading on record since it was officially declared in May.
It is already the world's second-largest ‌epidemic after West Africa's 2014-16 outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, when the World Health Organization recorded more than 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths.
Delayed detection, ‌overwhelmed surveillance, military conflict and a lack of vaccines and treatments for the species of the virus involved have allowed the disease to outrun containment efforts this time.
HOW FAST IS IT SPREADING?

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'Briu' is a Cape Verdean Creole word that can mean grit, determination, drive, focus or energy. That's how national team forward Sandra Soares-Martins describes the mood in camp as her side prepares for its first-ever WAFCON match.
But such is the rise of the country's national teams as a whole within the past decade, 'briu' could be used to describe the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
While the men's side were making history competing in a first-ever senior World Cup, the women's team were busy putting the final touches to their preparations to create yet more history for the island nation.
The newly expanded 16-team tournament is underway in Morocco after kicking off Sunday, July 26, following a delay from March.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) expanded the tournament from 12 to 16 teams after qualification ended. Before that decision, Cape Verde secured their place in Morocco by winning two-legged ties against Guinea and Mali.

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Santos narrowed its full-year production guidance after its Barossa LNG project and Alaska's Pikka oil development advanced through commissioning, with the company expecting a significant increase in production and free cash flow during the second half of 2026.
The Australian energy producer said Barossa is now operating at 97% of planned production rates, with LNG cargoes currently being loaded about every eight days. Meanwhile, Pikka's initial production wells are delivering approximately 23,000 barrels per day, with plateau output of around 80,000 bpd (gross) targeted in the third quarter and first sales expected in August.
Second-quarter production rose 3% from the previous quarter to 23.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), bringing first-half output to 45.6 mmboe. Santos now expects second-half production to be approximately 20% to 30% higher than the first half and narrowed its full-year production guidance to 99-105 mmboe.
Second-quarter sales revenue increased 6% quarter-on-quarter to $1.35 billion. First-half free cash flow from operations reached about $378 million but was weighed down by one-off commissioning costs at Barossa and Pikka, the timing of LNG cargo receipts, and temporary under-lift positions in Papua New Guinea. The company said these factors are expected to reverse during the second half, supporting stronger cash generation.
Santos also expects higher LNG prices to boost earnings after realizing $11.21 per mmBtu during the quarter. Because most of its LNG contracts are linked to the ******* an Crude ******* tail (JCC) benchmark with a three-month pricing lag, the rise in JCC prices above $100 per barrel during the second quarter is expected to lift realized LNG prices in the third quarter.

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A woman who mistreated cats, guinea pigs and chinchillas that were found living in squalor has been banned from owning all animals, except dogs, for 10 years.
Michelle Ashford, 52, was visited by RSPCA investigators at her Thurlow Court home, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, in October after neighbours raised concerns.
They found injured cats with flies around their enclosure, caged chinchillas inside a cupboard and guinea pigs in crates.
Ashford, now of the Dengie peninsula in Essex, admitted three offences of failing to meet her animals' welfare needs. She was also sentenced to 18 weeks in jail, suspended for a year, was fined £769, and must complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity.
Appearing at Ipswich Magistrates' Court earlier this month, Ashford, who lives in The Marshes in Southminster and still owns three dogs, was also ordered to pay £300 in costs and a £154 victim surcharge.

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By Anna Pruchnicka and Iryna Nazarchuk
ODESA, Ukraine July 20 (Reuters) - A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials ‌said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black ‌Sea.
Russia hit the Golden Leo – a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and Syria – with three cruise missiles, causing a fire on Sunday, Ukraine's navy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
A Reuters witness in Odesa saw smoke billowing from a vessel off the coast on Sunday, which Reuters was able to confirm was the Golden Leo.
A search and rescue operation lasted all night, Ukraine's seaports authority said, adding that nine crew members and one of its maritime ‌pilots were killed. Eight of the ⁠vessel's 17 crew members were rescued, it added.

TAIPEI, July 18 (Reuters) - The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that Papua New Guinea has ordered the closure of Taiwan's representative office in the ‌country, the State Department said on Friday, adding it was part of Beijing's ‌intimidation campaign.
The Pacific has long been an area for diplomatic competition between China and Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory with no right to the trappings of a state. The democratically ruled island rejects China's sovereignty claims.
Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said on Thursday that Taiwan's office would be closed, drawing praise from Beijing and condemnation from Taipei. Papua ‌New Guinea, like most countries, only ⁠has formal ties with China, not Taiwan.
"We are deeply concerned by reports that the Government of Papua New Guinea has unilaterally ordered the ⁠closure of the Taipei Economic Office in Port Moresby," a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.
Taiwan is a reliable, democratic partner, and its relationships around the world provide "significant benefits" to the citizens of those countries, including Papua New Guinea, the spokesperson added.

Chelsea's newest signing Geovany Quenda hopes to follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo by leaving Sporting's academy for the challenge and exposure of the Premier League.
Often compared stylistically to ******* nal winger Bukayo Saka, Quenda's journey began with an episode that has since become part of his personal folklore.
Arriving at an early training session at grassroots club Damaiense wearing jeans and shoes, he was initially told he could not take part.
But after producing an effortless first touch and dribble when the ball came his way, coach Ana Correia persuaded club officials to "make an exception" for Quenda, as she later recalled in an interview with Sabado.
Quenda's path to the top was far from conventional. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he moved to Portugal at the age of seven and had to adapt quickly to a new environment.

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) is one of the best value penny stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On June 17, Kosmos Energy announced the completed sale of its interests in the Ceiba Field and Okume Complex in Equatorial Guinea to Panoro Energy. The transaction resulted in a final cash payment of approximately $127 million, with the potential for an additional $40 million in contingent payments based on future oil prices and production levels.
The proceeds from this sale will be utilized to pay down debt under the company's reserves-based lending facility. Furthermore, the divestment allows Kosmos to remove a $140 million ****** et retirement obligation from its balance sheet, enhancing the company's overall financial resilience and liquidity.
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By exiting these high-cost production ****** ets, Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) aims to focus its capital and resources on higher-value projects. The company plans to release updated full-year 2026 guidance during its Q2 earnings announcement in August to reflect the impact of this completed transaction.
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS), an independent oil and gas company, focuses on offshore exploration, development, and production.

Currently impressing for the United States at the World Cup, Folarin Balogun has emerged as a transfer target for Borussia Dortmund, according to Bild.
The German tabloid reports that Balogun is seen as a potential replacement for Serhou Guirassy, who could leave Signal Iduna Park this summer.
BVB currently expect Guirassy to stay, but the Guinea international could still be on the move if a top club shows interest, with his release clause reportedly set at €38 million this summer.
Dortmund’s top target remains Hoffenheim’s Fisnik Asllani, who BVB sporting director Ole Book knows well from their time together at Elversberg.
However, RB Leipzig are also said to be interested in the Kosovo international, who has a €30 million release clause and is expected to make a decision soon.

Tottenham target West Ham's Crysencio Summerville, Juventus consider Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey, Everton look at Pape Gueye and Mandela Keita to replace Idrissa Gueye.
Tottenham will try to sign West Ham's Netherlands attacker Crysencio Summerville, 24, having already picked up Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes, 21, from the relegated Hammers. (GiveMeSport)
Sunderland and Netherlands forward Brian Brobbey, 24, is being considered by Juventus as an alternative to their first-choice target, 27-year-old Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani from Paris St-Germain. (TuttoMercatoWeb - in Italian)
Everton will look to add Villarreal and Senegal international Pape Gueye, 27, or Parma's Belgian midfielder Mandela Keita, 24, if their Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye, 36, doesn't sign a contract extension. (Teamtalk)
Aston Villa are interested in Celta Vigo and Guinea midfielder Ilaix Moriba, 23, and are preparing a £15m bid. (Football Insider)

Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) is one of the best non-tech stocks to buy according to ***** ysts. Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) provided an update on June 21 following a seismic event that occurred on Friday, June 19, near its Cadia operations in New South Wales. It reported that all underground personnel were returned to the surface at the time of the seismic event safely, with no reported injuries and no recorded damage to infrastructure. It added that the underground and aboveground inspections were completed, with operations resuming over the weekend following a staged restart. Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) also stated that the safety and well-being of its workforce remains its top priority.
In a separate development, Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) received a rating update from CIBC on June 1, with the firm lowering the price target on the stock to $175 from $176 and maintaining an Outperformer rating on the shares after incorporating the stronger-than-expected Q1 results and updating the firm's model for higher expected costs and for the second half cadence and outlook.
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Under the shadow of the Rock of Gibraltar and in front of just 300 fans Northern Ireland's game with Guinea may not be their biggest game of the international window.
But it does show the continued direction of travel and development of Michael O'Neill's side.
When Northern Ireland played Luxembourg in November 2024 it was their youngest starting team on record since the end of World War Two.
With the likes of Shea Charles, Isaac Price, Justin Devenny and Trai Hume having another 18 months of experience and caps, Northern Ireland surpassed that tally again on Thursday.
In La Linea, O'Neill's young side started with an average age of just 22.1 against the African opposition.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has reported a clean bill of health among his squad as they begin their preparations for Thursday's friendly international against Guinea in the Cadiz area of Spain (17:00 BST).
O'Neill's side will face World Cup-bound France in another friendly encounter on the outskirts of Lille on Monday 8 June (20:10 BST).
The NI boss confirmed on Monday that all 23 members of his panel had arrived in camp ahead of the two matches.
The first game against Guinea will be staged at Estadio Ciudad de La Linea, with the meeting with the French taking place at the Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
The squad selected for the double-header includes uncapped teenagers Braiden Graham and Ceadach O'Neill.

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