Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Fuel prices have surged globally as Iran effectively blocks the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's seaborne oil travelled before the war. Credit: AP
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[2026-04-12 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a Somerset field, with a distant view on one side of Hinckley Point nuclear power station (under construction) and on the other side the windswept grassy folds of Glastonbury Tor, lies the future of the British car industry. It is possibly also the foundation of our future economic resilience, at what is a troubled moment in the global economy.
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[2026-04-12 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: War-crime allegations are floating as many Democrats question US President Donald Trump’s entry into a war with Iran. Shouldn’t the question be how the Iranian regime could push its people, including children, to encircle energy plants as human shields without that being considered a war crime?
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[2026-04-12 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kyle Larson (5) signs an autograph for a fan before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
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[2026-04-12 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The wait is over: after the Persian Gulf side of the Hormuz Strait had turned into a bit of a parking lot late last week as tankers piled up hoping to use the ceasefire and make the crossing, two Chinese supertankers loaded with crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz hours after a Greek vessel moved through the waterway, marking a significant uptick in oil shipping traffic.
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[2026-04-12 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- New homes in Japan are set to become even more expensive as rising prices for naphtha, a key oil byproduct used to make building materials, lift construction materials costs that homebuilders intend to pass on to buyers.
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[2026-04-12 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 12, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-12 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBLIN, Ireland — Police removed protesters Saturday to reopen Ireland's only oil refinery as a fifth day of disruptive demonstrations over the soaring price of fuel left many gas pumps dry and threatened to cripple transportation across the country.
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[2026-04-12 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI/LONDON — India’s shipping ministry has granted special permission to four vessels carrying Iranian oil, as requested by Reliance Industries RELI.NS, to berth at the western port of Sikka, three industry sources said.
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[2026-04-12 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippines is blessed with great mineral wealth. It has an abundance of nickel, copper, gold, cobalt, chromite, iron ore, manganese, zinc, lead, mercury, and even rare earth elements. It also has vast resources of renewable energy — wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass — yet it depends on burning coal, the most hazardous fuel in the world.
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[2026-04-12 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAST week, United States President Donald Trump gave Iran 48 hours to have a “complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz” or face the obliteration of its “whole civilization.” Then, just before the deadline expired, Trump announced that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire, subject to Iran agreeing to his foremost condition.
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[2026-04-12 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DUBLIN — Police pepper-sprayed protesters Saturday as soldiers deployed heavy-lifting equipment to remove trucks and tractors that had been blocking access to Ireland’s only oil refinery.
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[2026-04-12 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States is starting the process of clearing out the crucial Strait of Hormuz "as a favor" to South Korea, China, Japan and other countries that rely on the waterway for energy imports.
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[2026-04-11 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice
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[2026-04-11 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After six weeks of a war with Iran that has jolted energy markets and fueled worries about the global economy, Americans are confronting what the conflict means for their lives, even as a fragile ceasefire takes hold.
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[2026-04-11 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A little more than a week after Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), the Gulf's largest aluminum producer, halted operations at its Al Taweelah smelter following Iranian missile and drone strikes, EGA has now declared force majeure on parts of its contract book, signaling that supply chain disruptions are spreading beyond energy markets and into industrial metals.
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[2026-04-11 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Gulf economy grew 5.2 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, underpinned by a balance between the oil and non-oil sectors, new figures have shown.
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[2026-04-11 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents describe the constant disruption of life under fire and whether military action should wind down
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[2026-04-11 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "US President Donald Trump is now assessing whether Iran is prepared to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, restore oil flows, and ultimately reach an agreement that he can present as a face-saving victory," writes Iranian-Canadian political analyst Shahir Shahidsaless for Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-11 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Turkish drilling ship docked at the port of Mogadishu on Friday ahead of Somalia's first offshore oil drilling project, the two countries announced.
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[2026-04-11 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday, as the proposed two-week halt to the war on Iran was being announced, Sudan’s army-led government issued a statement condemning Iranian strikes on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail industrial city.
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[2026-04-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and industry insiders say higher costs are squeezing margins, with some of China’s wary industrial heartland compelled to make day-to-day purchases
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[2026-04-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and industry insiders say higher costs are squeezing margins, with some of China’s wary industrial heartland compelled to make day-to-day purchases
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[2026-04-11 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Junelle Lewis was on the hunt for a reprieve from Seattle-area gas prices driven high by the Iran war when an app on her phone gave her the answer: the Tulalip Reservation north of the city, almost half an hour from her home.
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[2026-04-11 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-04-11 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives aims to file a "package of measures" that would address rising fuel costs to be filed when Congress resumes on May 4.
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[2026-04-11 13:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route, "open fairly soon," while stressing that his "number one" goal in upcoming negotiations with Iran is to ensure that Tehran has "no nuclear weapon."
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[2026-04-11 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street and oil prices slipped Friday ahead of planned U.S.-Iran talks following a shaky ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-11 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cash assistance for the bottom 70 percent of income earners will begin being rolled out later this month, the government announced Saturday, as part of efforts to ease the financial strain caused by rising oil prices.
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[2026-04-11 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for the bottom 70 percent of income earners will begin being rolled out later this month, the government announced Saturday, as part of efforts to ease the financial strain caused by rising oil prices.
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[2026-04-11 11:01 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — As fuel prices remain elevated and volatile, lawmakers, experts and fisherfolk groups are raising concerns over the Philippines’ renewed push to explore joint oil and gas development with China, warning that any deal must not come at the expense of sovereignty, transparency and long-term national interest.
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[2026-04-11 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-11 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: 'Astounding' McIlroy birdies six of last seven to hold record Masters lead
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[2026-04-11 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Almost all of Japan’s oil comes from the Middle East. A closed strait turned that dependence into a trap
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[2026-04-11 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Almost all of Japan’s oil comes from the Middle East. A closed strait turned that dependence into a trap
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[2026-04-11 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 10 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route, "open fairly soon," while stressing that his "number one" goal in upcoming negotiations with Iran is to ensure that Tehran has "no nuclear weapon."
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[2026-04-11 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Since the outbreak of war in Iran, the world has been gripped by another energy crisis and economic analysts expect the UK to be particularly badly affected.
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[2026-04-11 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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[2026-04-11 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
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[2026-04-11 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
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[2026-04-11 09:02 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-11 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian marine pilot boards a Greek-owned tanker destined for Japan with Kuwaiti crude oil. The vessel’s captain has already received a clearance code over VHF radio to enter Iran’s territorial waters. The day before, the vessel’s charterer made a six-figure payment in US dollars to a bank in Oman linked to the Iranian government.
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[2026-04-11 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian marine pilot boards a Greek-owned tanker destined for Japan with Kuwaiti crude oil. The vessel’s captain has already received a clearance code over VHF radio to enter Iran’s territorial waters. The day before, the vessel’s charterer made a six-figure payment in US dollars to a bank in Oman linked to the Iranian government.
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[2026-04-11 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, the main arrivals point for Bangkok, await customers April 10. Sectors across the Thai economy from tourism to farming, street food sales and fishing face a hit from the shortage of oil triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Wissarut Weerasopon)
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[2026-04-11 07:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-11 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street and oil prices slipped ahead of planned U.S.-Iran talks following a shaky ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-11 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Inland Oil Refinery is in Eromanga, in south-west Queensland. (Supplied: Inland Oil Refinery)
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[2026-04-11 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Visitor interest in Chinese EV makers such as BYD was strong at the Bangkok International Motor Show in March. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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