Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-13 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration is under fire on the left and right for flip-flopping on the cost of high energy prices to American consumers and Iran’s threat to national security, as it attempts to downplay the costs of the war on Iran.
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[2026-03-13 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration is under fire on the left and right for flip-flopping on the cost of high energy prices to American consumers and Iran’s threat to national security, as it attempts to downplay the costs of the war on Iran.
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[2026-03-13 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Six years after Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring in-state utilities to get half of their power from renewable sources by 2030, NV Energy says it is on track to miss those clean energy standards for the first time.
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[2026-03-13 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Zana, 22, poses for a photo after loading a vehicle with sacks of charcoal at a traditional production site in Sarkand, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-03-13 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the US stands to gain financially from rising oil prices triggered by the war with Iran, drawing criticism from some lawmakers.
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[2026-03-13 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Missiles launched from Iran streak across the sky over central Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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[2026-03-13 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Worries about the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel and stocks sinking worldwide.
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[2026-03-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices soared back above US$ 100 yesterday (12) as Iran’s fresh attacks on supplies in the Middle East and threats to bring down the global economy overshadowed a record release of strategic crude by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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[2026-03-13 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the main operational command of Iran’s armed forces, has warned that any strike on the country’s energy infrastructure or ports would provoke a severe retaliation.
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[2026-03-13 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman Dr. Nishantha Samaraweera confirmed that no damage occurred to the machinery at the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant in Norochcholai from the recently imported coal. The plant is operating properly despite a slight decrease in power generation.
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[2026-03-13 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This week, the 56-year-old electricity monopoly ended marking a historic phase of transformation. The dismantling and restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) signaled one of the most consequential institutional reforms in the country’s economic recovery programme. Yet the process has also triggered a familiar chorus of alarms such as fears of privatisation, protests by trade unions, and a national debate over workers’ rights versus public interest.
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[2026-03-13 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has warned the United States against escalating the war by hitting key energy infrastructure, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take out Iran’s electric capacity “within one hour”.
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[2026-03-13 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan has ordered sweeping emergency austerity and fuel conservation measures after a disruption in oil and gas supply caused by the United States-Israel war on Iran and an escalating Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-13 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy prices low to painting high oil prices as a positive.
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[2026-03-13 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Navy will begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as "militarily possible," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sky News on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is seen in his limousine, known as “The Beast,” for the motorcade to the White House after his arrival on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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[2026-03-13 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran is sending oil prices back to $US100 per barrel, and stocks are sinking worldwide.
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[2026-03-13 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-03-13 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday that US military escorts for oil tankers through the crucial Strait of Hormuz “can’t happen now” but are “quite likely” to be in place by April — as Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the waterway closed as a “tool to pressure the enemy” with higher energy prices.
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[2026-03-13 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A massive flotilla of tankers is rushing to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast to pick up crude oil that has been diverted as a result of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-13 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices have soared since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, and President Donald Trump is now turning to America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a wider agreement from many of the world’s wealthiest countries to tap into emergency stockpiles.
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[2026-03-13 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Work at QatarEnergy’s huge North Field Expansion liquefied natural gas project has slowed sharply as the war on Iran enters its third week.
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[2026-03-13 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is considering waiving the Jones Act to speed up oil shipments as his administration works to bring down gas prices.
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[2026-03-13 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: TotalEnergies says it has halted around 15 percent of its global oil and gas production as the war in the Middle East disrupts energy operations across the region.
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[2026-03-13 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A massive flotilla of tankers is rushing to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast to pick up crude oil that has been diverted as a result of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-13 03:36 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vast release of emergency crude reserves fails to quell mounting fears about supply crunch, rattling markets
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[2026-03-13 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president says higher oil prices benefit the country as Iran war pushes petrol costs above $100 per barrel
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[2026-03-13 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-13 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's state oil company is currently in talks to buy Ukrainian drones to protect its oil fields from Iranian attacks, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-03-13 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's leftist government on Thursday said it would soon present a plan to contain the Middle East war's impact on Spanish electricity and fuel prices.
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[2026-03-13 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military is “not ready” to accompany oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration says as Iran continues to block the strategic waterway.
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[2026-03-13 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks plummeted Thursday as oil prices hit $100 after Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz blocked.
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[2026-03-13 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A view of the island of Qeshm, which oversees the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-13 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nepal will begin rationing cooking gas over fears of shortages amid ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran, an official said on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani has warned that if Washington follows through on its threats to target the country's electricity network, the "whole region will go dark".
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: China consumes around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, so could be forced to rely on alternative suppliers – particularly Russia
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-13 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite United States President Donald Trump’s repeated declarations of victory in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military assets in the region have continued, upending global financial and energy markets.
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[2026-03-13 00:47 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has called on Gulf states to "shut down US bases" and declared the closure of a key oil transit point should be used as leverage, in his first public comments since replacing his father.The statement, read on television by a news anchor, came hours after all but the most essential Australian officials were directed to leave the United Arab Emirates and Israel due to worsening safety fears over the war in the Middle
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[2026-03-13 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz maritime passage should be continued as a "tool to pressure the enemy," in his first public statement since being appointed.
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[2026-03-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said that Washington is "simply not ready" to launch an operation to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fossil fuel supply is more vulnerable to global shocks than renewable power sources and efforts to boost efficiencies
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[2026-03-12 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-12 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has abruptly thrust two alternative oil pipelines into the global spotlight, one in Saudi Arabia and another in the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-03-12 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin’s economic envoy met with White House officials in Florida on Wednesday, marking the first talks between the two countries since the war in the Middle East put a pause on Ukraine peace negotiations.
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[2026-03-12 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Navy is not ready to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 22:44 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Even after a slight price increase on the mainland, fuel there remains roughly one-third the cost in Hong Kong,’ says automobile association’s Ringo Lee
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[2026-03-12 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Live Blog Update| War on Iran This is an entry from: Iran war live: Israel attacks displaced in Beirut, Iraq shuts down oil port operationsIn photos: Aftermath of Israeli attacks on Lebanon12 March 2026 11:40 GMT Mourners attend the funeral of four family members killed overnight by Israeli air strikes that targeted the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on 12 March, 2026.
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[2026-03-12 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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