Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-30 13:43 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president tells Financial Times his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ but that ‘some stupid people back in the US say: “why are you doing that?”’
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[2026-03-30 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of US forces seizing Iran’s key export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
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[2026-03-30 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of American forces seizing Iran’s key energy export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
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[2026-03-30 12:51 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Tokyo is accelerating efforts to bolster a “coalition of the willing” — a group of nations aiming to ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for crude oil shipments.
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[2026-03-30 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—Petron Corporation on Monday said that it may continue to purchase Russian oil to augment the country’s fuel supply if the war in the Middle East continues.
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[2026-03-30 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABOARD AIRFORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.
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[2026-03-30 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Singapore] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Environmental experts urge authorities to set energy efficiency standards for data centres to limit carbon emissions
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[2026-03-30 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-03-30 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: With its fifth episode (“Lost Girls”), Marshals finally builds some momentum. For Kayce Dutton, plus his Team Jock Up marshals crew. And it’s a two-parter, so hopefully the series keeps this energy rolling. Unlike recent outings, this ep isn’t picking up Yellowstone’s hat, wearing it around for awhile, and learning it doesn’t fit.
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[2026-03-30 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he could "take the oil in Iran" and seize Iran's export hub of Kharg Island, as hostilities in the Middle East continued into its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO — The Egyptian government is seeking ways to conserve oil-powered electricity during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, enacting at least one policy that threatens Cairo's identity as a city that never sleeps.
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[2026-03-30 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Airstrikes knocked out electricity to parts of Tehran and its surroundings on Sunday as a top Iranian official accused the United States of plotting a ground invasion despite publicly pushing for a negotiated deal.
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[2026-03-30 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba is set to receive a humanitarian oil shipment from Russia as early as this week, following months of a US blockade that has led to severe fuel shortages and recurring power cuts across the island, the New York Times has reported.
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[2026-03-30 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Russian tanker has arrived in Cuba to deliver a humanitarian oil shipment amid a months-long US blockade that has led to severe fuel shortages and recurring power cuts across the island.
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[2026-03-30 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HAVANA, Cuba — A Russian oil tanker under US sanctions is due to arrive in Cuba by Tuesday despite a de facto American fuel blockade of the energy-starved island, according to shipping data.
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[2026-03-30 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices climbed Monday after Yemen's Houthis said they had fired missiles at Israel, opening a new front in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ferdinand Marcos Jnr says a reset in the fractious relationship is under way but observers aren’t so sure
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising freight and energy costs, plus a near-blockade on synthetic fibres, are pushing prices higher
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The factories, which buy cheap crude and turn it into fuel, are struggling as higher oil prices threaten their razor-sharp margins
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Global gas prices have surged as a result of the Middle East conflict, putting Australian exporters on track for windfall profits. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett
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[2026-03-30 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Monday as the Middle East war entered its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Halo 7.4kW supports the next phase of V2G rollout in Australia
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[2026-03-30 09:41 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anatoly Kolodkin could soon discharge at Matanzas port, US official says, three months after Cuba’s last oil import
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[2026-03-30 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices jumped at the start of Asian trading on Monday, with benchmark crude climbing sharply as the Israeli-US war on Iran showed no sign of ending.
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[2026-03-30 08:52 UTC+10:00] [HSBC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Participants at the talks will include government and military officials alongside energy, shipping, finance and insurance sector leaders
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[2026-03-30 07:41 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Treasurer says Australians should use fuel responsibly rather than cancel Easter road trips. Follow updates live
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[2026-03-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India has begun settling payments for crude oil imports from Russia using non-dollar currencies, reflecting shifting geopolitical dynamics and adjustments to evolving policies from the United States, according to market reports.
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[2026-03-30 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser, MP Namal Rajapaksa stated that Sri Lanka could have secured a more favourable response from Russia on oil procurement earlier if the President had attended the BRICS Summit.
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[2026-03-30 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The national programme titled “Surakimu Lanka”, designed to encourage the public to use energy sparingly, was officially launched yesterday (29).
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[2026-03-30 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles drive as light poles are switched off to save electricity, as part of a series of measures the government has taken to mitigate the fallout of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
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[2026-03-30 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Geelong's Viva Energy refinery is one of two still operating in Australia. (ABC News: Andy Ware)
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[2026-03-30 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth-straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
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[2026-03-30 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NEW DELHI — Two liquefied petroleum gas tankers, BW Elm and BW Tyr, are crossing the Strait of Hormuz bound for India, according to ship tracking data from LSEG and Kpler.
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[2026-03-30 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling, and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-30 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is stepping on the gas to keep the country’s fuel lifeline flowing, rolling out aggressive measures to fast-track petroleum imports while maintaining round-the-clock monitoring across all ports.
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said the EU “needs urgent repair” and criticized self-defeating energy and migration policies imposed on member states by unelected bureaucrats as well as a growing ideological slant within the bloc.
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[2026-03-30 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran entered its 30th day, key regional powers have converged on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, in a bid to de-escalate the fighting in the Middle East, which has caused a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-30 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: State and federal leaders due to discuss assistance for business sectors but petrol rationing not expected to find backing
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[2026-03-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28, Tehran’s response was swift. Not only did Iran fire missiles and drones towards Israel, but it also targeted US assets in Gulf countries, expanding the conflict in one of the most important energy-producing regions in the world.
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[2026-03-30 00:02 UTC+10:00] [Belgorod] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine has intensified drone attacks on Russian refineries, oil depots and ports justified as part of the effort to cut revenues funding Russia’s war
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[2026-03-30 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, gas prices, grocery bills and mortgage rates have all climbed
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[2026-03-30 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fossil-fuel burning at Ohio facility could burn longer, leaving Middletown residents to face environmental risks
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[2026-03-29 23:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea, dependent on energy imports, restricts use of cars by public employees and reinstates fuel price caps that had been dropped in the 1990s
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[2026-03-29 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Texas oil heir was ordered to pay $1.1 billion to the young child he violently beat to near death and left bedridden in a wheelchair, needing 24-hour care, in a landmark ruling.
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[2026-03-29 19:44 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The plan’t co-owner Chevron said it suffered outages at its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants, which supply more than five per cent of the world’s liquefied natural gas
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[2026-03-29 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) opened applications for its Ginhawa Solar Energy Loan (GSEL) on March 25, 2026, marking a major step in making renewable energy more accessible and affordable for government employees.
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[2026-03-29 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Art Basel Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Paul Chan says the city’s service-led economy helps buffer short-term impact of Middle East unrest, while vowing to monitor energy volatility
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