What We Read Today 28 November 2014

Econintersect: Every day our editors collect the most interesting things they find from around the internet and present a summary “reading list” which will include very brief summaries (and sometimes longer ones) of why each item has gotten our attention. Suggestions from readers for “reading list” items are gratefully reviewed, although sometimes space limits the number included.

• E-cigarettes contain 10 times amount of carcinogens: Japan research (Agence France-Presse, MSN News) A new research report finds that ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery System) may be far more hazardous to your health than traditional tobacco cigarettes. Only one brand was tested but all e-cigarettes will probably be in the lab very soon.

• OPEC Leaves Output Ceiling Unchanged (Wael Mahdi, Maher Chmaytelli and Laura Hurst, Bloomberg) Oil plummeted in price following OPEC’s decision to leave oil production limits unchanged. Brent crude, which is traded in London, dropped by as much as 8% to prices below $75. (This is not shown in the graph below.) At 4 pm the price for Brent in London was $72.94. U.S. oil (WTI, West Texas Intermediate benchmark) dropped below $70, last reported at $69 in New York. See also articles ‘behind the wall’ (premium content for subscribers).

• NASA builds a time-machine telescope 100 times as powerful as the Hubble (Eric Niiler, The Washington Post, MSN News) Astronomy as archaeology: Scientists hope this new telescope will detect light that is 13.5 billion years old when the first galaxies were born. The latest estimate of the birth of the universe is 13.7 billion ago, perhaps coming from the “other side” of a black hole?

• Articles about events, conflicts and disease around the world

Ebola

Sierra Leone to Eclipse Liberia in Ebola Cases (The New York Times)

Yemen

Rescuers in Yemen Sought American, Officials Say (The New York Times)

Iran, Saudi Arabia find common ground in Yemen (Al-Monitor)

Syria

British brothers sentenced for Syria training (Al Jazeera)

Conflicting Policies on Syria and Islamic State Erode U.S. Standing in Mideast (The New York Times)

Iraq

Mosul residents: ISIS cuts phone lines in Iraq city (Fox News)

ISIS fails to take Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk (Al Arabiya)

Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Says He Doesn’t Disagree With Nuclear Talks Extension (The New York Times)

Ukraine

Christian village welcomes fleeing Tatar Muslims (Al Jazeera)

Russia

Sanctions, Oil Could Weaken Russia’s Rule in the North Caucasus (GeoPoltitical Monitor)

Pakistan

US drone strike in Pakistan kills five suspected Taliban fighters: US drone strike in Pakistan kills five suspected Taliban fighters (Al Jazeera)

Philippines

Philippine Growth Slows to 3-Year Low: Third-Quarter Growth Slows to 5.3% as Government Spending and Agricultural Production Contract (The Wall Street Journal)

Mexico

Turning Mexico’s kingpins into cartelitos: Drug trafficking organizations are rapidly splintering, but there’s no end in sight to the violence (Al Jazeera)

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