Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “We no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the Nato Countries’ assistance,” President Trump posted on Truth Social last week, “WE NEVER DID!” Trump’s outburst sprang from ire over our NATO allies’ refusal to join US efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway controlling transit of about 20% of the world’s oil.
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[2026-03-22 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — For two years, the Capital 1 Solar Spikers had the three best picks in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).
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[2026-03-21 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to its atomic energy organisation.
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[2026-03-21 17:25 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Environment minister says policy aims to allow public to monitor oil price changes more accurately
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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[2026-03-21 16:30 UTC+10:00] [John Paolo Rivera] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With diesel in the triple digits amid the Iran war, Filipinos brace for a domino effect on rice, electricity and basic household necessities
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[2026-03-21 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranians follow a truck carrying the coffins of Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)
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[2026-03-21 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with the head of the global energy watchdog next week after brushing off its stark warning that demand for fuel must be curbed amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli strikes on the world’s largest gas field and Iranian attacks on Saudi and Qatari hubs threaten a global energy crisis
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[2026-03-21 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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[2026-03-21 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila University avoided a complete meltdown, finding its second wind in the decider to survive University of Santo Tomas, 26-24, 25-18, 22-25, 16-25, 15-9, in the UAAP Season 88 Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Tournament at the Araneta Coliseum on Saturday.
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[2026-03-21 14:59 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Tehran after missiles fired at Israel from Iran
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[2026-03-21 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aerogeneradores operan en una planta solar cerca de Weifang, en la provincia de Shandong, el 22 de marzo de 2024, en el este de China. (AP Foto/Ng Han Guan, archivo)
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[2026-03-21 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Cathay Pacific Airways] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging jet fuel prices are pushing airlines – including several Chinese carriers – to raise fares, with a warning of 9 per cent price rises
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[2026-03-21 13:15 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-21 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner for California governor, insists to voters that he will crack down on utilities to lower skyrocketing energy costs — but he’s quietly pocketed a fortune in campaign cash from the state’s largest provider.
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[2026-03-21 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Will the California gas station go the way of the dodo bird, or endure like the American eagle?
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[2026-03-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ~20% of Global Oil Supply Cut Off
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[2026-03-21 11:55 UTC+10:00] [US Treasury] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US says the move will bring 140 million barrels of oil to markets, even as Iran says it has no surplus crude to sell globally
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[2026-03-21 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said early Saturday it downed 20 drones in just a couple of hours in the eastern region, one of the kingdom’s least dense regions but close to Iran and home to major oil installations. The ministry did not immediately report casualties or damage.
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[2026-03-21 11:04 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit
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[2026-03-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operators are smuggling untaxed petrol into Hong Kong and selling it to car owners via coded WhatsApp messages
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[2026-03-21 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration temporarily paused sanctions on Iranian oil “stranded at sea” Friday in an effort to curb soaring prices.
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[2026-03-21 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Another climb for oil prices sent the U.S. stock market sharply lower, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
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[2026-03-21 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Damage to a critical Qatari facility is threatening to keep energy prices high around the world even if the war in Iran ends soon in what some analysts are calling an “Armageddon” situation.
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[2026-03-21 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This June 22, 2000 file photo shows the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)
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[2026-03-21 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s national legislature voluntarily delayed its sittings to give leadership to the national initiative for a weekly sacrificed working day on Wednesdays, begun this week as a fuel-saving measure. The nation’s schoolchildren have, en masse, to forego all their educational tours for the indeterminate future for the same reason.
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[2026-03-21 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said he warned United States officials and energy executives about the impact of a potential Iranian attack on oil and gas facilities before Tehran targeted Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex.
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[2026-03-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As the Iran War intensifies, oil, or rather the lack of it, has become a key talking point. The de-facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has blocked 20 percent of the world’s oil supply (almost 20 million barrels per day), which has mainly affected countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia.
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[2026-03-21 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States could "take out" Iran's Kharg island whenever it wanted, the White House said Friday, after a report that President Donald Trump's administration was considering plans to occupy or blockade the oil hub.
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[2026-03-21 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-21 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq has declared force majeure on all oil fields developed by foreign oil companies, as military operations in the region have disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, preventing most of the country's crude exports from moving, oil ministry sources said.
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[2026-03-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump lashes out at NATO, calling the alliance "cowards". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-21 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Consumer Energy’s J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21, 2024. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP, File)
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[2026-03-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Federal energy minister Chris Bowen said "every minister has a role to play". (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
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[2026-03-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-21 03:50 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during the State of the State, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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[2026-03-21 03:26 UTC+10:00] [Well actually] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wellness enthusiasts on TikTok and Instagram claim the combination bestows glowing skin and better digestion
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[2026-03-21 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LEADING European nations, Japan and Canada, are offering to join efforts to secure safe passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but that has not stopped the price of oil from surging.
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[2026-03-21 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TRANSPORT group Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide), progressive alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), and other labor groups launched a nationwide transport strike on the morning of March 19 to protest the unabated oil price increases.
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[2026-03-21 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Bam Aquino urged the government on Friday to swiftly implement targeted support for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the more vulnerable segments of the middle class, emphasizing the need for assistance amid the ongoing war in the oil-rich Middle East and its impact on fuel prices.
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[2026-03-21 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-21 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The World Trade Organisation warned Thursday that prolonged high oil and gas prices in 2026 would "shave off" growth from an already grim trade forecast.
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[2026-03-21 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has signaled that it is ready to allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz to vessels from certain countries. Media reports and tracker data also suggest that a handful of pre-vetted tankers have already sailed smoothly through the “safe” corridor, with at least one shipping company allegedly paying Iran $2 million.
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[2026-03-21 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Friday a sweeping package worth €5 billion ($5.8 billion) aimed at cushioning the economic impact of the Middle East war, including a "drastic reduction" in energy-related taxes.
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[2026-03-21 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-21 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, told the BBC on Friday that governments need to “be more vocal” about cutting energy usage amid an unprecedented threat to global energy security caused by US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
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[2026-03-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Denmark] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels in rural areas has become a divisive issue among voters, especially in rural areas
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