Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 12:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Summit eases worst-case concerns over supply chains and energy imports, but offered few substantive agreements
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove each other to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [Swatch] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove each other to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces
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[2026-05-17 11:58 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: When it comes to Japan’s bid to reduce greenhouse emissions, the latest data shows a positive trend — with emissions dropping by 1.9% in 2024, the third straight annual fall and the lowest level since 1991, according to government data. Overall, emissions have dropped by 28.7% since 2013.
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[2026-05-17 10:57 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: No renewal notice posted on US Treasury website so far for waiver that had allowed countries such as India to buy Russian seaborne oil. What we know on day 1,544
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[2026-05-17 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-17 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You don’t have to look far to find good pizza in Sydney. Whether you prefer thin and blistered Neapolitan pies, something light and leopard-spotted, or doughier and enriched by olive oil, there is a decent version in almost every direction. There isn’t anything quite like this pizza, though, and you’ll need to make a special trip to Little Italy to try it.
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[2026-05-17 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 17, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-05-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Some of the tricks I use to combat insomnia at three in the morning is to wind back my memory clock to particular nostalgic moments of my youth. One night, I found myself in the Jerusalem of 60 years ago when I visited the city with my uncle and aunt.
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[2026-05-17 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This California town wants to reverse its woke policy on new and expanded gas stations so it can attract a Costco store, lawmakers signaled last week.
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[2026-05-17 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An early Friday drone strike triggered a major fire at the Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of Russia's largest fuel production facilities, according to local residents and Russian monitoring channels.
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[2026-05-17 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN many wet markets across the Philippines today, ordinary conversations no longer revolve around elections, ideology, or constitutional theory. They now revolve around rice prices, transport fares, tuition, electricity and water bills, and whether salaries can still be stretched until the next payday.
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[2026-05-17 01:48 UTC+10:00] [Andy Burnham] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Greater Manchester mayor says programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM
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[2026-05-17 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An oil tanker sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-16 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global oil inventories are falling at a record pace to compensate for the big supply disruption in the Middle East and they will approach critical levels if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen.
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[2026-05-16 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The UK government will introduce legislation banning new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences as part of its Energy Independence Bill.
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[2026-05-16 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates' decision to leave OPEC and OPEC+ was based on the country's economic vision and not on politics, the country's energy minister said on Saturday.
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[2026-05-16 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just when it seemed as if the European energy landscape couldn't get any more fractured, Ankara is stepping up with a massive, off-grid proposal. Bloomberg reports Friday that Turkey has "proposed building a $1.2 billion (€1 billion) fuel pipeline for military use to help meet the energy needs of allies on NATO's eastern European flank, according to people familiar with the matter."
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[2026-05-16 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Solar Irrigation Trailer Unit (SITU) is a mobile, solar-powered solution that addresses irrigation challenges in remote agricultural areas with limited electricity and high fuel costs.
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor is launching his first attack in Australia’s Climate War 3.0, switching the Liberal’s focus from nuclear energy to coal power, declaring that fossil fuels are an essential element of cutting power bills.
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[2026-05-16 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Win Gatchalian is pushing to ease the tax burden on micro businesses through the Ginhawa measure amid continuing economic uncertainty brought about by the Middle East tensions and high oil prices.
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[2026-05-16 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The US stock market fell from its records Friday and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. Stocks that had been caught up in the euphoria around artificial-intelligence technology led the way lower.
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[2026-05-16 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President says three days of strikes will not ‘go unpunished’ and points to Ukrainian attack on Russian oil refinery. What we know on day 1,543
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[2026-05-16 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HAVANA, Cuba — Power was restored across Cuba on Friday following a large-scale blackout, but the island's energy crisis remained acute, with oil supplies tapped out.
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[2026-05-16 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Irina Slav of OilPrice.com
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[2026-05-16 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several systems monitoring fuel levels in storage tanks in the US have been breached by suspected Iranian hackers, CNN reported, citing multiple sources.
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[2026-05-16 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: NANO Nuclear's founder and chairman Jay Yu was on Fox Business to discuss the company's opportunity with data centers, space, and uranium enrichment.
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[2026-05-16 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ike Kiefer via RealClear Energy,
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[2026-05-16 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expanding energy exports is part of PM Carney’s strategy to reduce reliance on the US under Trump
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[2026-05-16 07:24 UTC+10:00] [Pacific Coast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expanding energy exports is part of PM Carney’s strategy to reduce reliance on the US under Trump
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[2026-05-16 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: India's trade deficit soared in April by more than analysts expected, as the surge in oil and gas prices hiked the Indian energy import bill.
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[2026-05-16 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Taiyo Oil tanker that arrived in Japan in March, having taken on Middle Eastern oil off the coast of Malaysia. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-16 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market fell from its records and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market.
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[2026-05-16 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Wall Street’s rally hit a wall Friday as investors dumped stocks amid a sharp jump in Treasury yields, another surge in oil prices and ongoing fears about the Iran war.
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[2026-05-16 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI — India raised fuel prices by 3 rupees ($0.03) per liter Friday as the government moved to offset losses due to higher global oil prices.
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[2026-05-16 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A wind farm touted as the biggest in the southern hemisphere has been given the green light by the Victorian government, with the 219-turbine facility receiving state environmental approvals.
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[2026-05-16 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chris Gotterup lines up his ball on the 12th green during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Club, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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[2026-05-16 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE says it will double the amount of oil it can export by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz via a new pipeline set to be operational in 2027.
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[2026-05-16 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ananym Capital is urging BWXT to commercialize its reactor production capabilities. The investor is looking for BWXT to bring back one of their old small modular reactor (SMR) design, mPower, that was abandoned in 2017.
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[2026-05-16 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Investors sold American stocks on the morning of May 15 as concerns over higher oil prices and stickier inflation dampened sentiment. © Reuters
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[2026-05-16 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says strikes targeting Russia’s oil industry and military production facilities are “entirely justified” after Moscow flattened an apartment block in Kyiv, killing at least 24 people.
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[2026-05-16 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mortgage rates defied expectations by ticking down slightly this week, even as the latest inflation data revealed that surging oil prices resulting from the ongoing war in the Middle East have now bled into the costs of other goods and services.
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[2026-05-16 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is fast-tracking the construction of a new pipeline which will double the export capacity through Fujairah, a port city in the country’s east, as Gulf nations seek to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates and India have signed pacts on defence, energy and shipping during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Gulf state on Friday, as both countries seek to deepen their relationship amid heightened tensions between Abu Dhabi and Tehran.
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