Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-12 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium, among the largest UAE non-oil industrial conglomerates, has declared force majeure for certain products after damage to its Al Taweelah plant sustained from an Iranian drone attack.
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[2026-04-12 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said it had restored full pumping capacity through the East–West pipeline, returning about 700,000 barrels per day lost to Iranian attacks. However, two crucial sites remain fully or partially offline, with a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran in place.
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[2026-04-12 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s finance chief says security is key to China’s high-quality growth as geopolitical tensions drive risks to energy supplies, financial markets
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[2026-04-12 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Richard Li Tzar-kai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s finance chief says security is key to China’s high-quality growth as geopolitical tensions drive risks to energy supplies, financial markets
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[2026-04-12 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Sunday that Saudi Arabia has promised to prioritize oil shipments to South Korea as Seoul seeks an alternative route through the Red Sea.
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[2026-04-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Women's Super League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With the season reaching its climax and weather improving, it’s ideal for attracting fans, but the fixture list is blank
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[2026-04-12 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: After an absolute marathon of overnight negotiations and historic high-level talks between the United States and Iran, a deal to end the war that has thrown the Middle East and global energy supplies into chaos has not been reached.
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[2026-04-12 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere, has been hit the hardest by rising oil prices that experts warn will deepen a spiraling humanitarian crisis. The conflict in Iran has caused oil prices in the Caribbean nation to surge, disrupting critical supply chains, doubling transportation costs and forcing millions of undernourished people to cut back on already scarce meals.
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[2026-04-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Calls for tighter approvals highlight how excess capacity is undermining growth despite global demand tailwinds
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[2026-04-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Calls for tighter approvals highlight how excess capacity is undermining growth despite global demand tailwinds
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[2026-04-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has warned the state will not hesitate to utilise harsh penalties of as much as $100,000 a day for fuel companies that failed to hand over supply chain information, as she confirmed WA was mulling a strategic stockpile of diesel amid the fuel crisis gripping the nation.
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[2026-04-12 13:38 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s massive gas-export terminals are running at near-total capacity, leaving little room to boost production and limiting the Albanese government’s ability to offer additional shipments to Asian trading partners in return for priority access to their petrol, diesel and jet fuel supplies.
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[2026-04-12 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A night of high-energy beats at Coachella took a frightening turn when a heavy lighting fixture plunged down on the audience — striking at least one concert-goer in the head and leaving her bloodied. leaving at least one attendee bloodied.
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[2026-04-12 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- The number of passengers using South Korea's railroad services reached a record high of over 42 million in the first quarter of the year, data showed Sunday, partly driven by expanded train operations and rising oil prices that reduced private vehicle use.
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[2026-04-12 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack. What we know on day 1,509
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[2026-04-12 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Environmental stress is rapidly becoming a central driver of global stability, shaping food systems, energy networks, and economic resilience, yet international attention remains heavily concentrated on major emitters and highly visible climate hotspots. This focus risks overlooking regions where environmental change is advancing quickly, with consequences that extend well beyond their borders.
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[2026-04-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Fuel prices have surged globally as Iran effectively blocks the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's seaborne oil travelled before the war. Credit: AP
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[2026-04-12 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a Somerset field, with a distant view on one side of Hinckley Point nuclear power station (under construction) and on the other side the windswept grassy folds of Glastonbury Tor, lies the future of the British car industry. It is possibly also the foundation of our future economic resilience, at what is a troubled moment in the global economy.
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[2026-04-12 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: War-crime allegations are floating as many Democrats question US President Donald Trump’s entry into a war with Iran. Shouldn’t the question be how the Iranian regime could push its people, including children, to encircle energy plants as human shields without that being considered a war crime?
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[2026-04-12 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kyle Larson (5) signs an autograph for a fan before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
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[2026-04-12 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The wait is over: after the Persian Gulf side of the Hormuz Strait had turned into a bit of a parking lot late last week as tankers piled up hoping to use the ceasefire and make the crossing, two Chinese supertankers loaded with crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz hours after a Greek vessel moved through the waterway, marking a significant uptick in oil shipping traffic.
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[2026-04-12 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- New homes in Japan are set to become even more expensive as rising prices for naphtha, a key oil byproduct used to make building materials, lift construction materials costs that homebuilders intend to pass on to buyers.
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[2026-04-12 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 12, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-12 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBLIN, Ireland — Police removed protesters Saturday to reopen Ireland's only oil refinery as a fifth day of disruptive demonstrations over the soaring price of fuel left many gas pumps dry and threatened to cripple transportation across the country.
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[2026-04-12 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI/LONDON — India’s shipping ministry has granted special permission to four vessels carrying Iranian oil, as requested by Reliance Industries RELI.NS, to berth at the western port of Sikka, three industry sources said.
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[2026-04-12 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippines is blessed with great mineral wealth. It has an abundance of nickel, copper, gold, cobalt, chromite, iron ore, manganese, zinc, lead, mercury, and even rare earth elements. It also has vast resources of renewable energy — wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass — yet it depends on burning coal, the most hazardous fuel in the world.
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[2026-04-12 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAST week, United States President Donald Trump gave Iran 48 hours to have a “complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz” or face the obliteration of its “whole civilization.” Then, just before the deadline expired, Trump announced that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire, subject to Iran agreeing to his foremost condition.
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[2026-04-12 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DUBLIN — Police pepper-sprayed protesters Saturday as soldiers deployed heavy-lifting equipment to remove trucks and tractors that had been blocking access to Ireland’s only oil refinery.
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[2026-04-12 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States is starting the process of clearing out the crucial Strait of Hormuz "as a favor" to South Korea, China, Japan and other countries that rely on the waterway for energy imports.
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[2026-04-11 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice
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[2026-04-11 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After six weeks of a war with Iran that has jolted energy markets and fueled worries about the global economy, Americans are confronting what the conflict means for their lives, even as a fragile ceasefire takes hold.
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[2026-04-11 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A little more than a week after Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), the Gulf's largest aluminum producer, halted operations at its Al Taweelah smelter following Iranian missile and drone strikes, EGA has now declared force majeure on parts of its contract book, signaling that supply chain disruptions are spreading beyond energy markets and into industrial metals.
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[2026-04-11 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Gulf economy grew 5.2 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, underpinned by a balance between the oil and non-oil sectors, new figures have shown.
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[2026-04-11 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents describe the constant disruption of life under fire and whether military action should wind down
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[2026-04-11 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "US President Donald Trump is now assessing whether Iran is prepared to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, restore oil flows, and ultimately reach an agreement that he can present as a face-saving victory," writes Iranian-Canadian political analyst Shahir Shahidsaless for Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-11 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Turkish drilling ship docked at the port of Mogadishu on Friday ahead of Somalia's first offshore oil drilling project, the two countries announced.
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[2026-04-11 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday, as the proposed two-week halt to the war on Iran was being announced, Sudan’s army-led government issued a statement condemning Iranian strikes on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail industrial city.
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[2026-04-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and industry insiders say higher costs are squeezing margins, with some of China’s wary industrial heartland compelled to make day-to-day purchases
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[2026-04-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and industry insiders say higher costs are squeezing margins, with some of China’s wary industrial heartland compelled to make day-to-day purchases
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[2026-04-11 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Junelle Lewis was on the hunt for a reprieve from Seattle-area gas prices driven high by the Iran war when an app on her phone gave her the answer: the Tulalip Reservation north of the city, almost half an hour from her home.
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[2026-04-11 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-04-11 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives aims to file a "package of measures" that would address rising fuel costs to be filed when Congress resumes on May 4.
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[2026-04-11 13:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route, "open fairly soon," while stressing that his "number one" goal in upcoming negotiations with Iran is to ensure that Tehran has "no nuclear weapon."
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[2026-04-11 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street and oil prices slipped Friday ahead of planned U.S.-Iran talks following a shaky ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-11 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cash assistance for the bottom 70 percent of income earners will begin being rolled out later this month, the government announced Saturday, as part of efforts to ease the financial strain caused by rising oil prices.
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[2026-04-11 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for the bottom 70 percent of income earners will begin being rolled out later this month, the government announced Saturday, as part of efforts to ease the financial strain caused by rising oil prices.
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[2026-04-11 11:01 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — As fuel prices remain elevated and volatile, lawmakers, experts and fisherfolk groups are raising concerns over the Philippines’ renewed push to explore joint oil and gas development with China, warning that any deal must not come at the expense of sovereignty, transparency and long-term national interest.
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[2026-04-11 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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