Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 06:36 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There are no signs yet that oil tankers or cargo ships can safely sail through the Strait of Hormuz. Source: EPA
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Due to a power outage since the night of March 10 in several estates including Maskeliya and Rikerton and Nallathanni town, which comes under the Maskeliya electricity consumer service centre, to Sri Pada Udamaluwa, both electricity consumers and pilgrims have been severely affected.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran says its policy for reciprocal strikes “has ended”, a spokesman for Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters says in a statement.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society talk as a thick plume of smoke from a US-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility rises in the sky in Tehran.
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[2026-03-12 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-12 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: At times, 90 per cent of Iran's oil exports move through the terminal at Kharg Island. (Reuters: Planet Labs PBC)
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[2026-03-12 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-12 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Welcome to our coverage of the ongoing crisis playing out across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-12 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are wavering in mixed trading as the price of oil gets back to rising.
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[2026-03-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 12, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-12 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cabinet Secretary Doug Burgum schooled Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, saying it was the governor and his policies at fault for the “nearly $7-a-gallon” gas prices in California.
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[2026-03-12 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had repeatedly attacked infrastructure linked to two Black Sea gas pipelines supplying Turkey and southeastern Europe, in what Moscow described as an attempt to disrupt exports.
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[2026-03-12 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Insurance giant Chubb will be the lead underwriter for a U.S. government-led program to provide insurance to ships making the risky transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-12 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: LAUGFS Gas PLC has announced a revision of domestic LPG cylinder refill prices, effective from midnight today(11).
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[2026-03-12 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that its member countries agreed to unlock 400 million barrels of oil from their reserves, as the US-Israeli war on Iran cut off supplies from the Gulf.
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[2026-03-12 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Stocks slipped Wednesday, with the Dow tumbling 400 points, as the price of oil gets back to rising.
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[2026-03-12 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier, in Paramount, Calif., June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)
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[2026-03-12 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-12 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man walks along the shore as 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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[2026-03-12 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday marked the 15th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use.
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[2026-03-12 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Indonesian-Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Jordan Astra reflected on his artistic journey and the culmination of his three-album trilogy with his latest release, “Time Will Tell,”
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[2026-03-12 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/TEL AVIV — Iran fired anew at Israel and other targets across the Middle East on Wednesday, while at least three ships were hit in the Gulf, demonstrating that Tehran can still fight back and disrupt energy supplies despite the most intense United States-Israeli strikes yet.
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[2026-03-12 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS my good friend and colleague Stephen CuUnjieng explained in a television interview earlier this week, the government’s move to drop the excise tax on fuel — and possibly remove or modify the value-added tax as well, although that seems unlikely — in order to provide some cushion against skyrocketing oil prices is a reasonable short-term measure, but not a sound, long-term solution to the risks that import dependence impose on the Philippines.
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[2026-03-12 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN people hear “Middle East crisis,” they think geopolitics. Insurers think in transmission lines: oil, shipping, credit and household cash flow. For an oil-importing, trade-dependent Philippines, a distant conflict can raise costs at home within days.
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[2026-03-12 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil storage facilities were hit by drone strikes at Oman's Salalah port, British maritime security firm Ambrey is reporting.
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[2026-03-12 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: G7 leaders have agreed to maintain sanctions against Russia despite the current turmoil in the Middle East and its impact on global energy markets, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday. Speaking after a call with G7 leaders, Macron said the US-Israeli war with Iran and its consequences for oil prices did not justify easing the measures against Moscow.
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[2026-03-12 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it will not allow “a litre of oil” through the Strait of Hormuz as the closure of the key Gulf waterway continues to roil global energy markets during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-12 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil storage facilities at Oman’s Port of Salalah were struck in an apparent drone attack, according to British maritime security firm Ambrey.
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[2026-03-12 02:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-12 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Although it is an oil producing country, Nigeria is highly vulnerable to price fluctuations linked to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. But in order to avoid shortages, the nation can rely upon billionaire Aliko Dangote’s refinery in Lagos, which is capable of processing some 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
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[2026-03-12 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California drivers are avoiding the road, and high gas prices are to blame.
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[2026-03-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts
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[2026-03-12 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The war triggered by the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran is driving sharp swings in global oil markets, potentially handing Russia an unexpected revenue boost despite Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-12 01:36 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves
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[2026-03-12 01:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former US secretary of state says oil shock driven by war in Iran highlights dangers of reliance on fossil fuels
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[2026-03-12 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The International Energy Agency on Wednesday agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to address the supply disruption triggered by the Iran war, the largest such action in the organization's history.
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[2026-03-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS
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[2026-03-12 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Inflation held steady in February ahead of the war in Iran, though economists are concerned that energy shocks from the conflict could ripple across the economy – complicating the Fed’s path to interest rate cuts.
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[2026-03-11 23:49 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-11 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ships were seen lining up in front of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-11 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Prices consumers pay for a broad range of goods and services rose in line with expectations for February, offering a final look at inflation pressures before an oil shock tied to the Iran war rattled the outlook.
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[2026-03-11 23:15 UTC+10:00] [White House] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It will release 15 days’ worth of private reserves and a month’s worth of national reserves
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[2026-03-11 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tech companies have been funnelling billions of dollars into AI infrastructure projects in the Middle East over the past few years, drawn in by cheap and readily available energy and land, alongside local government support.
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[2026-03-11 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The EU must not abandon plans to ditch Russian oil and gas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said, as the war in Iran causes a painful supply crunch.
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[2026-03-11 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Denis Sassou Nguesso, one of Africa's longest serving leaders, has ruled oil-rich Congo-Brazzaville with a tight grip for more than 40 years, earning him a nickname associated with tough invincibility.
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[2026-03-11 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fishermen work in front of oil tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz Jan. 19, 2012, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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[2026-03-11 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The International Energy Agency is expected to push for a record 400 million barrels of oil to be released to try to restrain soaring prices due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-11 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Petronas] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move comes amid concern that rising fuel prices abroad could make it more profitable to smuggle subsidised fuel out of Malaysia
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[2026-03-11 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany is to release part of its strategic oil reserve to counter high energy prices as a result of the war in the Middle East, a government source told AFP on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-11 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israel war on Iran has rapidly deteriorated into a regional crisis, dragging the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states into a war they did not seek.
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