Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh has urged a diplomatic resolution to the escalating conflict involving Iran and the wider Middle East, stressing dialogue over confrontation as regional tensions intensify. After a meeting at the Secretariat, Adviser Humayun Kabir said Dhaka prioritises the safety of its citizens across the Gulf and continues close coordination with foreign missions in host countries.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: It would not be incorrect to say that the world runs on oil – and literally so. If all oil reserves suddenly dry up tomorrow, the world will grind to a halt in less than 24 hours. Oil lights up our homes and industries, keeps our planes airborne, powers the vast majority of vehicles, boats and trains and brings machinery to life.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Litro Gas company said yesterday (08) there will be no shortage of Litro gas due to the war situation in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has again promised to exert influence over who is selected as Iran’s next Supreme Leader, saying that, without Washington’s approval, whoever is picked for the role is “not going to last long”.
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[2026-03-09 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russian crude oil jumped to a yearly high after the Strait of Hormuz closed. (AP Photo)
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[2026-03-09 05:40 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape
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[2026-03-09 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again Friday because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the US job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October.
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[2026-03-09 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The global economy is facing its biggest shock since the depths of the pandemic after oil prices soared to $US116 a barrel and $80 billion was wiped from the Australian sharemarket with fears the war against Iran could plunge the United States into recession.
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[2026-03-09 05:13 UTC+10:00] [Gas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: National Gas insists storage broadly in line with levels for time of year despite disruption for tankers carrying LNG
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[2026-03-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s final two oil refineries are locked in negotiations with the Albanese government over an increase in taxpayer subsidies they say is critical for their survival, just as the war in the Middle East renews focus on the state of the nation’s fuel security.
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[2026-03-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Investors seem calm, relying on Donald Trump's reputation as a deal maker, but the reality is this conflict could be long and destabilising. (AP: Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-09 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As gas prices continue climbing in California — already the highest in the nation — residents are increasingly venting their frustration at Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing him and Sacramento of piling on policies and “taxing us to death.”
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[2026-03-09 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi oil production from its main southern oilfields has fallen by 70% to just 1.3 million barrels per day as the country is unable to export oil via the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war, 3 industry sources said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gas prices will dip below $3 a gallon “again before too long,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright promised Sunday — as he denied the US was targeting energy infrastructure in Iran.
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[2026-03-09 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Bratislava is ready to block a planned EU loan for Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is voted out of office in the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. It would be a justified means of compelling Kiev to resume Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, he said in a statement on Facebook on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-09 03:28 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chris Wright says price increase would last weeks, not months, and that US would not target Iran’s energy industry
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[2026-03-09 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-03-09 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The US/Israel strike against Iran aims at regime change to dominate its energy resources and decapitate its leadership. It will disrupt energy markets and penalize economic prospects worldwide — particularly in the Philippines.
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[2026-03-09 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-09 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-09 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-09 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States will not attack Iran's energy infrastructure, as oil prices continue to surge.
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[2026-03-09 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Just hours after the United States and Israel launched strikes on an Iranian oil storage facility — an attack that reportedly caused additional casualties in Lebanon — Saturday Night Live tackled the rapidly escalating conflict in its March 7 cold open.
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[2026-03-09 01:40 UTC+10:00] [Ahsan Quddus Kuntal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One man was killed on Saturday night in the southern district of Jhenaidah after an altercation with petrol station staff over refuelling
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[2026-03-09 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Energy Secretary Chris Wright said oil and gas prices will begin to fall when the U.S. begins to knock out Iran's ability to hinder tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as Americans weather spiking gas prices due to the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-08 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the conflict, which is now in its eighth day, ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities, disrupted logistics, and elevated risks to shipping.
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[2026-03-08 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tehran was blanketed by thick black clouds following Israeli strikes on the capital’s oil facilities late Saturday — in what appears to be the first attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure since “Operation Epic Fury” began a week ago.
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[2026-03-08 22:30 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 late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-08 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Thick smoke has filled the sky over Tehran after Israeli air strikes hit Iran’s oil facilities for the first time since the war started, killing at least four people.
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[2026-03-08 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critical facilities should be embedded deep beneath the Earth’s surface at a safer, less detectable level, energy expert says
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[2026-03-08 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel are continuing large-scale strikes on Iran, including an attack on an oil depot on Saturday, as the conflict has widened to include the Gulf region as well as Lebanon and Iraq.
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[2026-03-08 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In the misty hills of Kandy, where the roads wind through vast tea plantations, a young girl once ran against the dawn. Today, that girl, Tharushi Dilsara Karunaratne, is the golden hope of Sri Lankan athletics, carrying the legacy of legends like Susanthika Jayasinghe into a new era.
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[2026-03-08 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WEIFANG, China, March 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Against the backdrop of global efforts to combat climate change and accelerate the energy transition, equipment manufacturing giant Weichai is contributing green and low-carbon solutions to the shipping and public transport sectors with its diversified clean energy power systems.
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[2026-03-08 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran late on Saturday as Israel carried out further air strikes. It appeared to be the first time a civil industrial facility has been targeted in the war. (AP video by Mohsen Ganji)
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[2026-03-08 16:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung SDI will unveil an AI-based battery safety solution for energy storage systems at InterBattery 2026, the company announced Sunday.
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[2026-03-08 16:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Diesel prices surpass 1,900 won for first time in six years, pressuring consumers and logistics sector
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[2026-03-08 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An incoming projectile explodes over the water as Israel issues a nationwide alert following its strikes on Iran, in Haifa Bay, northern Israel, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-03-08 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: John Zola stands in an apple tree grove on his property on a spot where he says the local electric utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt line across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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[2026-03-08 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ongoing strikes on Iran will accelerate the global transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels, according to the chief of California’s lead energy policy and planning agency, who is in Australia this week for meetings with industry and political leaders.
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[2026-03-08 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, arrive at a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-08 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: EV companies have launched a campaign against a move the Albanese government is considering to wind back tax breaks for electric cars, warning the budget savings plan would cost workers more and hurt environmental goals.
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[2026-03-08 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: JUPITER, Fla. — It was just an exhibition game against Team Nicaragua in the middle of spring training, but as Jefry Yan continued to strike hitters out in the top of the ninth Tuesday, his wild celebrations on the mound drew more attention.
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[2026-03-08 14:33 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A surge in petrol prices that will hit motorists this week could drive inflation to three-year highs and force the Reserve Bank into choosing between protecting a weakened economy or lifting interest rates to stop runaway prices.
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[2026-03-08 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Retail investors on Chinese platforms probe companies about supply-chain risks and opportunities as tensions escalate in the Middle East
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[2026-03-08 13:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: After Jill Gottlieb finished filling up her car at a Chevron station in downtown Los Angeles, the final tally on the gas pump read $107.
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[2026-03-08 13:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government is considering adopting a price cap system for oil for the first time in nearly 30 years, sources said Sunday, amid concerns over rising energy prices following the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-08 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Southeast Asia was already going electric. Then war broke out in the Middle East and it started going faster
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[2026-03-08 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Burning petroleum spread through nearby streets after Israeli attacks hit Iranian oil depots, with dramatic footage showing long strips of fire stretching along roads.
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[2026-03-08 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, center, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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