Bank of England decides to keep using animal products for banknotes

The Bank of England (BOE) has decided to keep using polymer, an ingredient containing beef, for its banknotes despite a backdrop of animal rights activists angered by the move. The U.K.’s central bank said on Thursday that it would continue using the substance...

OPEC’s oil output hits a 2017 high, another setback for its deal to pump less

OPEC raised its collective oil output for a fourth-straight month in July, another sign that it is struggling to stick to a deal to pump less. OPEC output jumped by 173,000 barrels a day to nearly 32.9 million barrels, according to independent sources cited by the...

Angela Merkel loses popular support ahead of German election — these are her key opponents

Sean Gallup | Getty Images A voter casts his ballot in German federal elections as a German flag hangs behind on September 22, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Current Forsa polling suggests that Merkel’s CDU/CSU will emerge victorious in September with a significant...

Nebraska’s Flag Lacks Pizazz. The Hard Part Is Changing It.

By MITCH SMITH August 10, 2017 OMAHA — For several days this January, the state flag outside Nebraska’s Capitol fluttered upside-down in the frigid sky. And for several days, as lawmakers and lobbyists shuffled past, no one noticed....