Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally begun its review of the construction permit application for an advanced microreactor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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[2026-05-20 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE on Wednesday urged Iraq to prevent hostile acts and address threats “urgently”, days after a drone attack on Barakah nuclear power plant that was launched from Iraqi territory.
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[2026-05-20 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher led by tech as the selloff in bonds eased and traders awaited earnings from Nvidia after the close. As of 7:30am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% while Nasdaq futs rose 0.7% showing optimism heading into the release and overlooking weakness in tech during APAC trade.
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[2026-05-20 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UK inventories of diesel and jet fuel are set to shrink to their lowest since 2023 this month
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[2026-05-20 21:20 UTC+10:00] [UK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UK inventories of diesel and jet fuel are set to shrink to their lowest since 2023 this month
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[2026-05-20 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by US President Donald Trump to China.
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[2026-05-20 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state agency will handle exports of palm oil, coal and ferroalloys to stem revenue loss and under-invoicing, the president says
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[2026-05-20 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state agency will handle exports of palm oil, coal and ferroalloys to stem revenue loss and under-invoicing, the president says
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[2026-05-20 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed former Palawan 1st District Representative Franz Josef George Alvarez as the new acting president and chief executive officer of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).
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[2026-05-20 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom government said it had eased sanctions on imports of Russian jet fuel and diesel refined in third countries, amid soaring fuel prices caused by the Iran war and prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-20 20:31 UTC+10:00] [Aviation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Keir Starmer is facing criticism from leadership rivals and opposition parties over his government’s decision to ease santions on jet fuel and diesel made with Russian crude oil.
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[2026-05-20 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Workers walk near coal barges in Palembang, Indonesia: Commodity producer shares fell on May 20, after the government announced new export controls. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Senior Saudi statesman Prince Turki Al Faisal once told me that energy markets bind the world together. Coming from the man whose father, King Faisal, started the 1973 oil embargo – a near cataclysmic event at the time that saw the New York Stock Exchange shed almost half its value in a year, and ushered in a decade of high inflation, unemployment and stagnant industrial productivity worldwide – that means something.
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[2026-05-20 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto gestures before delivering his address during a House of Representatives plenary session in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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[2026-05-20 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A seized suspected Russian oil taker by the French navy is photographed in the Mediterranean Sea in Fos-sur-Mer, southern France, on Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni, File)
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[2026-05-20 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The British government has relaxed sanctions on Russian energy imports, allowing it to buy jet fuel and diesel refined from Russian crude oil in third-party countries as the war in the Middle East continues to roil energy markets.
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[2026-05-20 18:41 UTC+10:00] [Bees] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vibrating flowers uses huge amounts of energy, forcing bees to choose which plants to visit and affecting which ones are pollinated
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[2026-05-20 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lower gas and electricity bills were behind a bigger than expected drop in the UK's inflation rate, but inflation is widely expected to rise from here due to the ongoing impact of the Iran war.
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[2026-05-20 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prices are rising as demand for Russian supply spikes amid Middle East instability
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[2026-05-20 17:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prices are rising as demand for Russian supply spikes amid Middle East instability
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[2026-05-20 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two Chinese oil tankers have left the Strait of Hormuz after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months, as the United States president and vice president claim a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran is imminent.
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[2026-05-20 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – On a day when Caliraya Springs turned into a wind-swept crucible, Harmie Constantino stood tall against the elements, weathering a brutal midday heat to stand on the cusp of ending a year-long title drought.
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[2026-05-20 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Energy security and supply chains topped the summit’s formal agenda. The subtext was a fear of ‘alliance abandonment’, analysts say
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[2026-05-20 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Richard Nixon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Energy security and supply chains topped the summit’s formal agenda. The subtext was a fear of ‘alliance abandonment’, analysts say
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[2026-05-20 17:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump says he could strike Iran again as Tehran threatens ‘new fronts’ in war if an attack takes place
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[2026-05-20 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Deforestation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
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[2026-05-20 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Workers walk near coal barges in Palembang, Indonesia: Commodity producer shares fell on May 20, after the government announced new export controls. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. inflation eased to 2.8% in April, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Inga Simpson’s latest book comprises 11 stories and one poem: the skein that connects them all is a dedication to the natural world. Simpson has often written about the environment in her fiction: The Thinning explores extinctions and a solar eclipse; Nest is set in a subtropical hinterland, The Last Woman in the World surveys a burning world and Where the Trees Were touches on Indigenous land rights and conservation.
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[2026-05-20 15:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: China and Russia's leaderslauded on Wednesday the progress in their strategic ties, as they met in Beijing for summit talks where Moscow is expected to push for stronger energy links.
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[2026-05-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, The UAE tells a UN Security Council meeting that an attack on its Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is a "red line" that constitutes a dangerous escalation.
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[2026-05-20 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Donald Trump's presidential approval rating fell to nearly its lowest level since he returned to the White House, hit by a drop in support among Republicans, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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[2026-05-20 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A proposed US pact with Saudi Arabia on its development of nuclear power lacks the strictest guardrails that Democratic lawmakers had urged, according to a US State Department letter sent to one of the senators.
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[2026-05-20 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline on the agenda, as the Iran war disrupts energy supplies.
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[2026-05-20 13:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson will unveil a plan to tear up Australia’s offshore gas tax system and replace it with a production royalty and taxpayer equity in LNG projects, in a major interventionist proposal aimed at lifting production and returning profits to the public purse.
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[2026-05-20 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output expanded 2.6 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2026, driven mainly by semiconductors, machinery and energy-related businesses, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Mining and Metals Industry
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[2026-05-20 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russian president has travelled to the Chinese capital just days after US leader Donald Trump’s visit
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[2026-05-20 12:39 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russian president has travelled to the Chinese capital just days after US leader Donald Trump’s visit
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[2026-05-20 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss economic cooperation, energy security and geopolitical issues during talks in Beijing, amid continuing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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[2026-05-20 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Liquefied petroleum gas cylinders inside a truck outside a gas agency in Manesar in India's state of Haryana on April 7. India faces a severe shortage of the key cooking gas. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK government has loosened strict sanctions on Russian oil refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries as prices rise
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[2026-05-20 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: QUITO (AP) — Un vehículo cargado con cilindros de gas de uso doméstico explotó el martes en un populoso sector de la ciudad de Guayaquil, dejando daños en viviendas del sector pero sin informes inmediatos de víctimas, en momentos en que Ecuador enfrenta una arremetida de bandas criminales, informó la policía.
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[2026-05-20 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shipping data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Kpler showed that two Chinese supertankers carrying about 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Middle East departed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after remaining in the Gulf for more than two months.
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[2026-05-20 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year.
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[2026-05-20 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5 percent from an estimated 3 percent last year, citing rising energy costs and weaker trade linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-20 10:44 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exemption for Russian oil refined elsewhere then sold on; funeral in Kyiv for two of Russian bombing’s young victims. What we know on day 1,547
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[2026-05-20 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: North Asian markets are outperforming those in the south of the continent, thanks to tougher insulation from energy shocks, stronger fiscal ability and AI developments, according to a senior Goldman Sachs strategist.
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[2026-05-20 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that six drones had been launched against it from Iraq in the past 48 hours, including one that caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the Gulf state on Sunday.
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