Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 05:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, this Tuesday, March 17.
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[2026-03-17 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Raising interest rates today won't solve the energy crisis and it won't push oil prices lower, Ian Verrender writes. (AAP Image: Flavio Brancaleone)
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[2026-03-17 05:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US has overwhelming military power. Yet the battle has moved to oil routes, alliances and domestic politics – where Tehran is testing western unity
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[2026-03-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Foreign Correspondent
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[2026-03-17 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Travelers could soon see summer air travel tickets jump by more than $100 as the oil economy continues to reel from the war on Iran, sending jet fuel prices sky-high, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-17 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade after President Donald Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to it.
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[2026-03-17 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are down, and stocks are up, though such moves have been quick to reverse since the war in Iran began.
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[2026-03-17 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Oscars 20206 might be over, but fans’ fury over “dirty” celebrities is just getting started.
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region have upended global financial and energy markets, raising concerns of a global economic crisis – and even of a recession.
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[2026-03-17 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Good day. Here are the stories of The Manila Times for Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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[2026-03-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is being forced to weigh its reliance on stable energy routes against its tradition of non-interference, analysts say
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[2026-03-17 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Brent crude oil held above $100 per barrel on Monday, pushing national average gasoline prices to their highest level since October 2023 as President Trump urged allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks in the key Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary will continue to oppose an EU bailout for Ukraine until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday in Brussels.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary will continue to oppose an EU bailout for Ukraine until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday in Brussels.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European leaders have rejected demands by United States President Donald Trump to help ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as foreign ministers from the European Union gathered in Brussels to discuss skyrocketing oil prices during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-17 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is set to sign a deal with neighboring Slovakia on building a new bilateral oil pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. Budapest and Bratislava have been caught in an escalating feud with Ukraine and the EU over Russian oil deliveries being blocked by Kiev.
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[2026-03-17 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is set to sign a deal with neighboring Slovakia on building a new bilateral oil pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. Budapest and Bratislava have been caught in an escalating feud with Ukraine and the EU over Russian oil deliveries being blocked by Kiev.
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[2026-03-17 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar has called on Iran to immediately stop attacks on Gulf countries so a diplomatic solution could be sought to end the war with the United States and Israel, which has triggered a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Electric vehicles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Electric vehicles reduce exposure to global oil price shocks and shift energy consumption to electricity largely produced domestically, expert says
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[2026-03-17 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.”
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[2026-03-17 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.”
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[2026-03-16 23:32 UTC+10:00] [Borneo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The national energy firm says that Sarawak has exceeded its powers by passing laws and asserting rights on all natural gas in the state
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[2026-03-16 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the administration has no plans to intervene in financial markets and may not have the authority to do so even if it wanted.
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[2026-03-16 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The United States is allowing Iranian oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC in an interview Monday.
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[2026-03-16 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IBA, ZAMBALES – The Zambales Police Provincial Office (ZPPO) has warned against fuel hoarding as a response to the directive of the Department of Energy (DOE) to maintain fair distribution and sale of petroleum products.
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[2026-03-16 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IBA, ZAMBALES – The Zambales Police Provincial Office (ZPPO) has warned against fuel hoarding as a response to the directive of the Department of Energy (DOE) to maintain fair distribution and sale of petroleum products.
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[2026-03-16 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is a military strategy with vast consequences for the global economy, not just in the form of higher oil prices, but with disruptions in supply chains involving metals and manufacturing, and farming and food prices. And at some point in the future, supply chain experts say, Iran's attempt to choke of the strait will also hit American medicine cabinets.
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[2026-03-16 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A non-Iranian oil tanker transited the Strait of Hormuz with its automatic transponder system activated, despite major disruption to shipping in the crucial waterway from the Middle East war, monitor Marine Traffic said Monday.
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[2026-03-16 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching The Manila Times News Prime.
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[2026-03-16 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US-Israel war on Iran has rattled global energy markets, as countries scramble to secure fuel, conserve supplies and rethink exports.
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[2026-03-16 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Prime minister Keir Starmer said Monday Britain was working with allies to come up with a "viable" plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil transport conduit effectively shut by Iran in the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-16 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Explosions echoed across Beirut early Monday as Israel struck the Lebanese capital.
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[2026-03-16 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump urged NATO partners and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical conduit for crude that Iran has effectively closed, as major economic players began releasing oil reserves on Monday to ward off supply disruptions.
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[2026-03-16 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fears of a global energy crisis rose Monday as the war in the Middle East raged on, with more US-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital and Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. An Iranian drone strike temporarily shut Dubai’s airport, a crucial global travel hub, underscoring the threats to the world economy.
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[2026-03-16 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is weighing the possibility of seizing Iran’s offshore oil hub Kharg Island, Axios has reported, citing American officials familiar with the discussions. The outlet added that such a move would likely require a ground operation.
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[2026-03-16 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is weighing the seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island offshore oil hub, Axios has reported, citing American officials familiar with the discussions. Such a move would likely require a ground operation, the outlet added.
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[2026-03-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-16 20:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number below your letter. No attachments. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-03-16 20:34 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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[2026-03-16 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Japan and Australia said on Monday they do not plan to send naval vessels to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, after US President Donald Trump called on allies to form a coalition to reopen the vital energy corridor.
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[2026-03-16 19:30 UTC+10:00] [airfare] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While higher energy prices pose a threat to global travel, Asia’s strong regional travel demand and diversified source markets offer resilience
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[2026-03-16 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A drone attack at the United Arab Emirates' key oil trading hub of Fujairah triggered a large fire, authorities said on Monday, with no injuries reported.
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[2026-03-16 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Iran war news flow-driven oil moves are drawing retail investors into the world's most traded commodity, further fueling volatility.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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