Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar’s Ministry of Interior says civil defence teams are responding to a fire at the country’s main gas facility after an Iranian attack.
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[2026-03-19 05:51 UTC+10:00] [Libya] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fears of ecological disaster as vessel continues to drift after being struck by suspected drone attack
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[2026-03-19 05:20 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-19 05:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-19 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s time to supercharge your medicine cabinet.
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[2026-03-19 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are sinking after another climb for oil prices raised worries about inflation, which may have been primed to worsen even before the war with Iran began.
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[2026-03-19 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian authorities have identified five oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, and it said it would target them in the coming hours.
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[2026-03-19 05:02 UTC+10:00] [US interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jerome Powell resists Trump pressure as policymakers weigh energy shock against a weakening US jobs market
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[2026-03-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Renters in Western Australia are bearing the brunt of heat stress and energy insecurity, a new survey reveals, with four in five saying they felt unwell in their homes over the summer as the mercury soared.
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[2026-03-19 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FRÁNCFORT, Alemania (AP) — Los medios estatales de Irán informaron que Israel atacó el miércoles su yacimiento de gas Pars del Sur —el más grande del mundo y que comparte con Qatar.
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[2026-03-19 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iran’s state media said Wednesday that Israel attacked its South Pars gas field — the largest in the world and one that is shared with Qatar to the south across the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-03-19 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: From robot lawn mowers, gas-powered and battery-operated to electric and ride-on options, lawn mowers come in as many varieties as a Starbucks menu.
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[2026-03-19 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
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[2026-03-19 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In an attempt to ease soaring gasoline prices amid the war in Iran, President Trump on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver on the Jones Act – a US shipping law that traces back more than a century and has been criticized for keeping energy prices sky-high.
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[2026-03-19 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pars is the Iranian sector of the world’s largest natural gas deposit, and the attack is seen as a major escalation
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[2026-03-19 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia has dispatched two tankers carrying oil and gas to Cuba as the island grapples with a deepening energy crisis exacerbated by a U.S. oil blockade, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
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[2026-03-19 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance warned there’s a “rough road ahead” as global energy prices soar due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre carga su ventilador y su teléfono celular con un panel solar durante un apagón en La Habana, el 17 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Ramón Espinosa)
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[2026-03-19 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi told reporters that the strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site did not hit the actual power plant but landed on the premises, not causing any "very significant" damage.
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[2026-03-19 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Desde 1999 o asteroide Ryugu (162173) fascina não apenas astrônomos. Esse corpo celeste de cerca de 1 km de diâmetro e aparência angular pertence aos asteroides do tipo C, ricos em carbono (a classe de asteroides mais comum no Sistema Solar) e é considerado um candidato promissor na busca por blocos químicos a partir dos quais as primeiras formas de vida teriam se desenvolvido.
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[2026-03-19 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Researchers at the University of Maryland want to get to the bottom of how often people pass gas — and the potential connections between a robust rectum and overall gut health.
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[2026-03-19 03:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hit
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[2026-03-19 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “The fuel, energy and gas infrastructures” of those who attacked Iran’s energy and oil facilities “will be burned and turned to ashes at the earliest opportunity,” a spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Khatam al-Anbiya, said.
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[2026-03-19 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man charges his phone and his fan with a solar panel during a blackout in Havana, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-03-19 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: With Iran's chokehold on exports through the Strait of Hormuz triggering an international energy crisis, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has proposed extending the oil pipeline that links Turkey and Iraq all the way to the southern port city of Basra.
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[2026-03-19 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE ongoing war in the Middle East has been a severe disruption to the entire world, and has been particularly difficult for the Philippines. Not only have we experienced the shock of surging energy prices, which is a consequence of our near-total reliance on imports for fuel, the Gulf region is a major trade and travel hub that is now mostly impassable, and of course, our most critical concern is for the safety of the nearly 2 million Filipinos in
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[2026-03-19 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the United States-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.
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[2026-03-19 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China on Wednesday offered what it said would be energy stability to Taiwan if it agreed to Beijing’s rule, part of a campaign by China to convince the democratic island of the benefits of “reunification,” which it has long rejected.
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[2026-03-19 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AT a press conference on Monday, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the Department of Energy (DOE) was looking at ways to manage the electricity generation mix to mitigate an expected rise in power rates next month due to the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East. Last week, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman Nino Juan forecast that electricity rates could go up by P2 to P4 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in April if the war goes on —
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s gas supply from Iran has stopped following the strikes on Iranian gas sites earlier today, according to a report from the Iraqi electricity ministry.
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[2026-03-19 02:19 UTC+10:00] [illegal fueling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joint crackdown by Fire Services Department and Customs and Excise Department led to arrest of a suspected station operator and customer
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[2026-03-19 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A major airline is canceling flights due to soaring fuel prices.
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[2026-03-19 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate.
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[2026-03-19 01:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move comes as president attempts to mitigate rising price of oil while carrying out war on Iran
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[2026-03-19 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari issued a statement calling Israel’s strikes on Iran’s natural gas sites “a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region”.
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[2026-03-19 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka is moving ahead with plans to expand the storage capacity of the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm as part of a long-term strategy to strengthen the country’s energy security, Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said.
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[2026-03-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [Brussels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Putin ally Viktor Orban has been blocking the loan, in part because of a closed pipeline supplying his country with Russian oil in Ukraine
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[2026-03-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Israeli airstrike hit Iran’s South Pars gas field, the largest in the world, on Wednesday — causing energy prices to spike as Tehran vows to hit energy sites across the Gulf in retaliation.
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[2026-03-19 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump issued a Jones Act waiver on Wednesday in his latest attempt to tamp down rising fuel prices caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-19 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of a longstanding U.S. shipping law in an attempt to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, the White House confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-19 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, FIle)
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[2026-03-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A failure to seize the moment amid soaring energy prices and act in the May budget could make voters turn their anger toward the federal government
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[2026-03-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But analysts warn the strategy can only partially offset disruptions and that security risks remain high
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[2026-03-19 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Fars News Agency reports that Iran intends to respond to strikes on its gas faculties by targeting “enemy infrastructure that was previously thought to be safe”, citing Iranian military sources.
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[2026-03-19 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pylontech (688063.SH), a global energy storage system provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DAT Group Joint Stock Company, a leading provider of industrial automation and sustainable energy solutions in Vietnam. The agreement outlines a 150MWh energy storage deployment, marking an important step in Pylontech's continued expansion across Southeast Asia.
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[2026-03-19 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli jets hit natural gas facilties in Iran, according to Israeli officials and Iranian state media.
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[2026-03-18 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Milan, Italy – As Cuba faces a nationwide blackout and energy crisis, the first members of a global aid mission with more than 20 tonnes of food, medical supplies and solar panel equipment arrived in Havana on Wednesday.
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