Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 11:20 UTC+10:00] [Romania] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cernavoda shutdown poses immediate problems for Moldova, which relies on Romanian power to cover its own electricity shortages
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[2026-08-14 10:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Import prices fell for the second consecutive month in July due to a stronger Korean won and a decrease in oil prices amid the protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Enerbility Co., a major South Korean plant builder, said Friday it has secured a contract from U.S. nuclear energy firm TerraPower to manufacture key equipment for its small modular reactor (SMR) project currently under construction in the United States.
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[2026-08-14 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has condemned Iran for attacking two ships linked to the UAE’s national oil company in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 14 August 2026 2:24pm
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[2026-08-14 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Madeleine Stuchbery
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[2026-08-14 09:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CARACAS (AP) — La multinacional de petróleo y gas BP, en asociación con XRG de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y el conglomerado UCC Holding de Qatar suscribió el jueves un acuerdo con el gobierno de Venezuela para la explotación de yacimientos de gas natural en alta mar como parte de los esfuerzos del país sudamericano para ampliar su producción de hidrocarburos.
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[2026-08-14 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned an Iranian attack it said targeted two vessels linked to state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency WAM reported.
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[2026-08-14 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Import prices fell for the second consecutive month in July due to a stronger Korean won and a decrease in oil prices amid the protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has branded Israeli settlers besieging three Palestinian families in their West Bank homes “terrorists.” The days-long siege has targeted several properties, including one owned by a dual US citizen.According to the UN, the blockade in the village of Qusra began last Sunday, leaving approximately 15 Palestinians, including at least two children, trapped in their homes without access to electricity or water supplies.
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[2026-08-14 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has branded Israeli settlers besieging three Palestinian families in their West Bank homes “terrorists.” The days-long siege has targeted several properties, including one owned by a dual US citizen.According to the UN, the blockade in the village of Qusra began last Sunday, leaving approximately 15 Palestinians, including at least two children, trapped in their homes without access to electricity or water supplies.
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[2026-08-14 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift Thursday from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
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[2026-08-14 06:14 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Thursday cast doubt on a deal struck by his predecessor that would see Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom expand Hungary’s nuclear power capacity.
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[2026-08-14 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is ticking toward an all-time high following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
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[2026-08-14 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
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[2026-08-14 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-14 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Salvors with specialist vessels and other equipment are heading to waters off Oman to try to contain the environmental damage from a spill of Russian crude that has spread for weeks, the risk management firm coordinating the operation said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-14 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in June 2020 shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, displayed on a television screen. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP, File)
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[2026-08-14 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Welsh star died aged 75 after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal earlier this year
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[2026-08-14 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Authorities in Greenland are forcing a US oil company linked to President Donald Trump to postpone drilling plans in the Arctic territory.
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[2026-08-14 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Manuel Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has energized the new Bustos Substation in Bulacan to support the province's growing power demand. The project involved the installation of a new 50-megavolt-ampere (MVA) power transformer bank, three 69-kilovolt (kV) gas circuit breakers, six 69-kV disconnect switches, the construction of a 69- kV sub-transmission line, and a control house equipped with a 13.8-kV indoor modular switchgear.
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[2026-08-14 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Several injured people were taken to hospital, according to police, while forensic investigators and the Dutch labour inspectorate were sent to the scene. A damaged wall and signs of an explosion on a storage tank could be seen in the area as emergency services secured the site. Police spokesperson Daan Valkenburg said investigators were considering all possible causes and had not yet reached a conclusion.
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[2026-08-14 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — European Union (EU) Ambassador to Manila Massimo Santoro expressed gratitude to Filipino businessmen for donating 40 generator sets to provide backup electricity to communities affected by Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
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[2026-08-14 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A blast at a storage facility for petroleum products at the Netherlands' Rotterdam port killed one person and wounded several others on Thursday, officials said, adding that the cause was unknown.
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[2026-08-14 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This satellite photo taken Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026, shows the tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded and partly submerged off the coast of Oman, leaking crude oil into the sea. (Pléiades © CNES 2026, Distribution Airbus DS via AP)
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[2026-08-14 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A vast oil spill from a leaking tanker reached Oman’s coastline on Wednesday, its environment agency said.
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[2026-08-14 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kyiv targeted an oil refinery in Moscow in June. (Reuters )
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[2026-08-13 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and comprises oil refineries, liquefied natural gas terminals and multiple petrochemical facilities
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[2026-08-13 23:57 UTC+10:00] [Charlotte Van Campenhout] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and comprises oil refineries, liquefied natural gas terminals and multiple petrochemical facilities
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[2026-08-13 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Powerball lottery tickets are sold at a convenience store, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-08-13 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following yesterday's cooling (in-line) consumer price inflation data (driven in large part by energy deflation), US producer prices were expected to rebound modestly in July from a 0.3% MoM decline (headline) in June.
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[2026-08-13 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Jeep vehicles are parked outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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[2026-08-13 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A Texas-based oil company with links to President Donald Trump has delayed plans to drill for oil in Greenland, after the Arctic island's government issued a "strong warning" to its joint venture partner for bringing equipment ashore without permission.
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[2026-08-13 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Day briefly turned to night in Spain on AUG. 13, 2026, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one of nature's greatest spectacles. The spectral glow of the Sun's outer corona, shimmering out of the edges of the shadowy Moon, drew gasps and cheers from huge crowds, just 90 minutes after it first appeared in the remote Arctic region of northern Russia.
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[2026-08-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, although trading in a narrow range for the past week just below all time highs, with Tech flat following disappointing earnings from CSCO. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures add 0.2% while Nasdaq futures are unchanged as Cisco shares dropped 6.4% in premarket trading after earnings failed to impress.
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[2026-08-13 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Millions of people used special safety glasses to avoid eye damage as the solar eclipse passed over western Europe
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[2026-08-13 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: On hearing that new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will be embarking on a monthlong “cost of living” tour across the United Kingdom, one user of the social media chat platform Reddit commented: “Housing is too expensive, energy is too expensive, food is too expensive etc. There you go, Andy, I’ve saved you some fuel (very expensive).”
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[2026-08-13 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures held near recent highs of $90 a barrel before fading to around $87 early Thursday morning, as traders awaited progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Stalled US-Iran negotiations and tightening global fuel supplies continued to support prices and concern some top energy experts, who warn of a looming supply shock.
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[2026-08-13 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.
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[2026-08-13 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image provided by Vantor shows smoke in an overview of port infrastructure in Novorossiysk, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)
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[2026-08-13 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage released by Russian state television showed President Vladimir Putin aboard the missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, watching live‑fire naval exercises and an underwater explosion off Russia’s Far East. He later travelled to one of the archipelago's four main islands, marking the first visit to the Kurils by a Russian president since Dmitry Medvedev went there in 2010.
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[2026-08-13 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dark oil residue collects in shallow coastal waters on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-08-13 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, which had to close one of it’s reactors due to extremely low water levels on the Danube River, is seen in Cernavoda, Romania, Monday, Aug. 3 2026. (AP Photo/ Andreea Alexandru)
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[2026-08-13 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A major international salvage operation has been launched to prevent an environmental disaster off Oman by stabilising a stricken oil tanker and limiting an oil spill that has begun reaching the country's coastline.
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[2026-08-13 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A large crowd gathered at a beach in the northern Algerian town of Tenes on Wednesday night to witness the partial solar eclipse.
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