Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-22 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Asia's refineries are scouring the world for supplies of crude oil after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters: Vivek Prakash)
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[2026-03-22 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HAVANA, Cuba — A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Saturday, the energy ministry said, in the second nationwide blackout in less than a week as its grid struggles under a US oil blockade.
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[2026-03-22 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump on Saturday issued a blistering ultimatum to Iran, warning that it has 48 hours to fully reopen to the Strait of Hormuz or face US strikes that would “obliterate” its vital energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-22 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Some service stations in regional areas have run dry as petrol prices soar to well over $2.50 a litre and diesel surpasses $3 in some locations. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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[2026-03-22 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Cuban foreign ministry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US embassy in Havana is seeking fuel for its generators even as the rest of the island is plagued by shortages and power outages
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[2026-03-22 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said Saturday a total disconnection of the National Electric System took place, the second nationwide blackout reported in a week, according to a statement posted on social media Saturday.
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[2026-03-22 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Chris Bowen says six fuel tankers that were expected next month have been cancelled or deferred. (ABC News: David Sciasci)
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[2026-03-22 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A map of gas prices nationwide shows the extreme gap between California and the rest of the US as the cost of fuel continues to batter drivers.
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[2026-03-22 08:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 22, 2026 08:00 | News
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[2026-03-22 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Israel's strikes on Iran's gas field may have backfired on Donald Trump. (Reuters: Evan Vucci)
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[2026-03-22 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union has urged member states to start early on meeting next winter’s gas storage targets after Iranian attacks on Gulf energy facilities caused prices to surge on global markets.
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[2026-03-22 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Missile and drone strikes have targeted oil production and storage across the Middle East. (Supplied / ABC NEWS Verify)
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[2026-03-22 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As oil prices skyrocket, analysts believe the disruption to the global supply will last months, not weeks. So what other options are there?
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[2026-03-22 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two more nations signed on to a letter Saturday strongly condemning Iran’s partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – isolating the Islamic Republic diplomatically as it seeks to apply maximum economic pressure by bottling up oil shipments.
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[2026-03-22 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Nikolay Patrushev, assistant to the president of the Russian Federation, has a stark assessment of the Iran war as it begins to ripple far beyond the Middle East. With shipping disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets under strain, and maritime security deteriorating, the consequences are already being felt across global supply chains.
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[2026-03-22 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hundreds of tone-deaf lefty radicals flocked into Havana this weekend to meet with Communist Party officials — staying in luxury hotels and traveling in air-conditioned buses — as the rest of the island grapples with a worsening economic crisis that’s starved it of electricity, food, water and medicine.
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[2026-03-22 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Graham Palmer moved into his Ringwood apartment in 2016, the north-facing unit would “cook in summertime”.
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[2026-03-22 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-22 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The European Commission has called on member states to ease gas storage targets, warning that the Israeli-US war in the Middle East is fuelling price volatility across energy markets.
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[2026-03-22 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS my regular readers certainly know, I do not see eye-to-eye with that subset of energy stakeholders known as “consumer advocates.” However, when an argument based on factual reality is offered, it is right, no matter who is saying it. And, iconoclast that I am, I do make a conscious effort to reject the accepted fashion here in the Philippines of assuming credibility of a source based on the source’s personality or position.
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-22 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE surge in global oil prices from $71 to $113 per barrel last week is largely attributed to the escalating war in the Middle East. Last week, Israel bombed Iran’s largest offshore gas field in South Pars, and Tehran responded by launching missile attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan oil hub, which sent energy markets reeling.
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[2026-03-22 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: New analysis seen by the Guardian has revealed that US-Israeli attacks on Iran have released five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the last two weeks alone.
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[2026-03-22 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The US military declared on Saturday it had damaged an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer.
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[2026-03-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “We no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the Nato Countries’ assistance,” President Trump posted on Truth Social last week, “WE NEVER DID!” Trump’s outburst sprang from ire over our NATO allies’ refusal to join US efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway controlling transit of about 20% of the world’s oil.
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[2026-03-22 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — For two years, the Capital 1 Solar Spikers had the three best picks in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).
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[2026-03-21 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to its atomic energy organisation.
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[2026-03-21 17:25 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Environment minister says policy aims to allow public to monitor oil price changes more accurately
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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[2026-03-21 16:30 UTC+10:00] [John Paolo Rivera] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With diesel in the triple digits amid the Iran war, Filipinos brace for a domino effect on rice, electricity and basic household necessities
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[2026-03-21 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranians follow a truck carrying the coffins of Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)
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[2026-03-21 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with the head of the global energy watchdog next week after brushing off its stark warning that demand for fuel must be curbed amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli strikes on the world’s largest gas field and Iranian attacks on Saudi and Qatari hubs threaten a global energy crisis
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[2026-03-21 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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[2026-03-21 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila University avoided a complete meltdown, finding its second wind in the decider to survive University of Santo Tomas, 26-24, 25-18, 22-25, 16-25, 15-9, in the UAAP Season 88 Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Tournament at the Araneta Coliseum on Saturday.
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[2026-03-21 14:59 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Tehran after missiles fired at Israel from Iran
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[2026-03-21 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aerogeneradores operan en una planta solar cerca de Weifang, en la provincia de Shandong, el 22 de marzo de 2024, en el este de China. (AP Foto/Ng Han Guan, archivo)
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[2026-03-21 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Cathay Pacific Airways] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging jet fuel prices are pushing airlines – including several Chinese carriers – to raise fares, with a warning of 9 per cent price rises
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[2026-03-21 13:15 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-21 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner for California governor, insists to voters that he will crack down on utilities to lower skyrocketing energy costs — but he’s quietly pocketed a fortune in campaign cash from the state’s largest provider.
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[2026-03-21 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Will the California gas station go the way of the dodo bird, or endure like the American eagle?
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[2026-03-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ~20% of Global Oil Supply Cut Off
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[2026-03-21 11:55 UTC+10:00] [US Treasury] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US says the move will bring 140 million barrels of oil to markets, even as Iran says it has no surplus crude to sell globally
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[2026-03-21 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said early Saturday it downed 20 drones in just a couple of hours in the eastern region, one of the kingdom’s least dense regions but close to Iran and home to major oil installations. The ministry did not immediately report casualties or damage.
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[2026-03-21 11:04 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit
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