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Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · 18 stories
When she isn’t chilling out, Mandie — who posed for us in 2018 — stays active with snowmobiling, crossfit and fishing. SUNshine Girl Mandie is a down-to-Earth kind of gal who enjoys spending quiet nights in the country with her loving hubby and dogs Chloe, Loki and Letti.
While critical financial distress fell 7.7% from the previous quarter, the decline reflects a typical seasonal pattern at the start of the year, the report said. BTG’s report found that there were 62,193 companies in “critical” financial distress in the first quarter of 2026, 36.9% higher than in the first quarter of 2025. (Bloomberg) — UK companies faced a sharp jump in “critical” financial distress at the start of 2026, underscoring the mounting pressure that rising costs and weak consumer demand are placing on businesses as the war in the Middle East enters its third month.
(“Falcon”) Full Year Results 29 April 2026 – Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.
Hot and dry conditions across the region helped fuel wildfires last year that burned more than 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of land – roughly the size of Cyprus – and about 70 percent of European rivers recorded below-average annual flows, the report said. Snow cover across Europe also fell by nearly 30 percent to 1.32 million square kilometres (509,655 square miles) in March 2025, equivalent to a loss of territory spanning France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria combined, the report said.
File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Oil prices eased on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) from a multi-day rally as investors digested the ramifications of the United Arab Emirates ' surprise decision to quit OPEC, though supply disruptions from the stalemated Iran war support the market. Unlock these with Subscription Gasoline inventories fell by 8.47 million barrels, while distillate inventories fell by 2.60 million barrels. oil and gas - upstream activities / oil and gas - downstream activities Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences.
“Trade turnover reached $4.8bn last year [2024], but we believe that the potential for our mutual trade is much greater,” Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov told an intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Moscow and Tehran in 2025. “Roughly 90 percent of Iran’s international trade is maritime trade that goes through the Gulf, which can’t be quickly or immediately replaced through land access to. But experts say that despite this increase, the overall trade relationship remains relatively modest compared with Iran’s trade with China or the Gulf countries.
Just 19 days removed from an emergency appendectomy, Joel Embiid had a notable performance to keep the 76ers' season alive.
The Spurs took care of business against the Trail Blazers and became the second team to advance in the 2026 NBA playoffs.
The Spurs are back in the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since 2017 after eliminating the Blazers 114-95 on Tuesday night in Game 5 of their first-round series. After trailing this Western Conference first-round series 2-1, the Minnesota Wild have now won consecutive games, the last being a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night, and are now one win away from advancing for the first time since 2015.