Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting at its 48th session in Busan, has urged Japan to improve its exhibits at the Sado Island Gold Mines so they present the mines’ full history. The committee has repeatedly urged Tokyo to better reflect the full history of its other World Heritage site: the Hashima Coal Mine that is part of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.
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[2026-07-27 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The India-flagged tanker Desh Garima unloads crude oil in Mumbai on April 30 after transiting the Strait of Hormuz. © Reuters
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[2026-07-27 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has replaced the suits and button-down shirts he wore in recent months with jeans and T-shirts as his campaign seeks to present him as younger, more accessible and energetic ahead of Israel’s October election.
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[2026-07-27 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian sharemarket is set to rise as the US paused an almost two-week run of strikes against Iran while the Islamic Republic signalled it was refraining from any retaliatory attacks and held talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-27 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An oil tanker moored off the coast of Muscat, Oman near the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-07-27 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive
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[2026-07-27 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sitting next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday cautiously weighed in on the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year.
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[2026-07-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spent the week before his fifth State of the Nation Address visiting government projects and launching programs covering housing, agriculture, energy, health care, digital infrastructure, defense and public services.
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[2026-07-27 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has loaded no crude for export via the Bab Al Mandeb strait from its west coast since the Houthis declared a maritime embargo on Saudi shipping.
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[2026-07-27 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANDAUE CITY — Every power alert is a reminder that the Visayas cannot rely solely on emergency measures to keep its economy running, as the region faces the challenge of building enough dependable electricity supply for its continued growth.
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[2026-07-26 23:26 UTC+10:00] [Energy and Climate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The massive wildfires that have forced the evacuation of more than 100,000 people in Spain are reviving the domestic political infighting that is usually dormant during the summer months, when the country’s parliament is on recess.
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[2026-07-26 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A combined Iranian and Hezbollah attack on Haifa Bay, including strikes against civilian shipping near the natural harbor or gas rigs in the Mediterranean, is among several key threats Israel must now prepare for, according to a new assessment published by the Alma Research and Education Center last week.
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[2026-07-26 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said Iran sold $11.5 billion worth of oil during the war and a further $6.5 billion during a ceasefire, when lower risks to tanker traffic helped increase exports and enabled the sale of part of around 100 million barrels of stored crude oil and gas condensate.
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[2026-07-26 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SENATE President Win Gatchalian urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to conduct an audit of fuel pass-through charges amid a sustained spike in electricity rates.
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[2026-07-26 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit. He leads a high-level ministerial delegation in the country for talks focused on energy supplies, economic partnership and regional stability.
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[2026-07-26 21:09 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves
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[2026-07-26 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo has filed Senate Resolution 535 seeking to investigate recurrent electricity bill shocks, aiming to craft a pro-consumer policy in the long run.
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[2026-07-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Access to water] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Power cuts not only leave people in the dark but leave taps dry, forcing millions of Cubans to spend their days fetching water any way they can
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[2026-07-26 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Houthis said on Sunday that they had downed a Saudi drone over the northwest of Yemen, a day after the group claimed it attacked oil facilities in the Gulf kingdom.
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[2026-07-26 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran said on Sunday it had made progress in talks with Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway crucial for oil and gas trade that both countries border.
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[2026-07-26 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq’s cabinet has approved a series measures aimed at diversifying the country's crude export routes and boosting production, including reviving plans to build a new pipeline to Syria through the Mediterranean Sea
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[2026-07-26 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 26 Jul 2026 at 6:02pm
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[2026-07-26 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a drone photo shows fishing boats taking shelter ahead of Typhoon Noul at a port in Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone in southern China’s Guangdong Province on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Lu Hanxin/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-07-26 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In return, North Korea has received cash, military technology, food and energy commodities to help it overcome international sanctions
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[2026-07-26 17:11 UTC+10:00] [Choe Son-hui] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In return, North Korea has received cash, military technology, food and energy commodities to help it overcome international sanctions
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[2026-07-26 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Iran war energy crisis revived Asean’s joint reserve plans. To avoid another shelved ambition, the bloc needs swift, binding action
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[2026-07-26 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Iran war energy crisis revived Asean’s joint reserve plans. To avoid another shelved ambition, the bloc needs swift, binding action
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[2026-07-26 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Rail Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-07-26 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- A regional security forum has issued a statement calling for the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula for the second straight year, adding to diplomatic pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. The chair's statement, released Saturday after the annual foreign ministers' meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, also expressed grave concern over North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
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[2026-07-26 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen have fired missiles and drones at two of Saudi Arabia’s most strategically important oil facilities on the Red Sea, in a major escalation of the latest simmering regional conflict to be reignited by the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
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[2026-07-26 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No reports of injuries after heavy wind brought down scaffolding on building in Kowloon on Saturday afternoon.
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[2026-07-26 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh wave of strikes Saturday, as Kazakhstan's president told Russia's Vladimir Putin the Ukraine war should end during a forum in Siberia's Omsk.
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[2026-07-26 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt
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[2026-07-26 09:29 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Signs of the Iran war’s spread emerged this weekend despite a pause in US strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
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[2026-07-26 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine has rapidly expanded its one-way attack-drone campaign from the Sea of Azov into the Black Sea, claiming strikes against more than 180 vessels and maritime targets around the Crimean region over the past three weeks, according to Reuters. The widening maritime offensive follows a summer campaign in which Ukrainian drones struck dozens of Russian energy assets, warehouses and logistics hubs.
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[2026-07-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At six years old, Hila Mukdasi was captivated by her parents’ Israeli folk dance sessions. As she sat on the sidelines, the only child in the room, she was mesmerized by the movement and energy around her.
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[2026-07-26 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-07-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE world is again facing a huge spike in oil prices and shortages of fertilizer and other oil-based commodities that are worsening world hunger and driving thousands more poor people to starvation in Africa as Iran continues to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and block oil tankers. Twenty percent of the world’s total oil supply and 33 percent of global fertilizers essential for food production passed through the strait daily.
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[2026-07-26 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Nxled Chameleons wasted no time in dispatching the Capital 1 Solar Spikers after winning in straight sets, 25-17, 25-23, 25-18, to tally their first win in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) On Tour at the CHAVIT Coliseum in Ilocos Sur on July 25, 2026. Despite playing without three-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) Brooke Van Sickle, as she is suffering from a minor right shoulder injury—the Chameleons spoiled the debut of PVL 2026 second overall pick Detdet Pepito.
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[2026-07-26 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP,File)
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[2026-07-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-25 23:35 UTC+10:00] [CULTURE] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Whimsical and poignant, Studio Ghibli’s animated films have resonated with people around the world. While there’s no doubting Hayao Miyazaki’s storytelling ability — he created “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Princess Mononoke” from scratch and first serialized “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” as a manga — more than half of the stories adapted by the studio have clear connections to literature.
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[2026-07-25 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Houthis have claimed attacks on two Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Yanbu in retaliation for air strikes on Hodeidah port and Kamaran Island.
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[2026-07-25 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude surged 27% over two weeks to settle at $96.78 a barrel on Friday, briefly breaching $100 this past week as traders priced in a higher war-risk premium into energy markets amid simultaneous chokepoint threats to the Strait of Hormuz and the southern Red Sea.
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[2026-07-25 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VIGAN, Ilocos Sur — Bernadette “Detdet” Pepito embraced her first taste of professional volleyball, making her long-awaited debut for the Capital 1 Solar Spikers in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) On Tour on Saturday at the Chavit Coliseum.
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[2026-07-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Nxled Chameleons shrugged off the absence of three-time PVL Most Valuable Player Brooke Van Sickle and cruised to their first victory in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) On Tour, sweeping the Capital 1 Solar Spikers, 25-17, 25-23, 25-18, on Saturday at the Chavit Coliseum in Ilocos Sur.
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[2026-07-25 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that its coalition forces struck Houthi militia in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier in the week.
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[2026-07-25 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran5:29 a.m. July 25
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[2026-07-25 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An air defense system operated by Greek military personnel in Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles launched from Yemen on Saturday targeting oil refineries in Yanbu, Greek security sources told Reuters.
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[2026-07-25 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait Petroleum Company has signed a $16 billion leasing agreement with a consortium of investment firms for its crude pipelines, as the Gulf nation seeks to boost its capital sources amid strikes by Iran.
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