Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-08 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Communities across the United States are already grappling with soaring electricity demand, opaque utility agreements, environmental concerns, and questions over promised jobs. Before Pax Silica breaks ground, if ever, Filipinos should learn from those experiences.
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[2026-08-08 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said on Friday it continued to be significantly impacted by what it described as unprovoked attacks, but was taking measures to protect its people, assets and operations while meeting customer requirements as much as possible.
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[2026-08-08 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's Adnoc has said it will continue to prioritise the safety of its manpower and assets, and called for safe and free navigation in international waters affected by the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-08 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The billionaire founder of Rockstar Energy has purchased millions of shares of Celsius Holdings and is calling for the ouster of that company's CEO after its earnings miss this week.
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[2026-08-08 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired ballistic missiles at the NCC Wafaa, a Saudi oil tanker, off the coast of Yanbu, a major Saudi port city in the northern Red Sea.
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[2026-08-08 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays — and it sometimes comes at 3 a.m.
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[2026-08-08 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired ballistic missiles at the NCC Wafaa, a Saudi oil tanker, off the coast of Yanbu, a major Saudi port city in the northern Red Sea.
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[2026-08-08 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum deny breaching any agreement in supplying natural gas from the Khor Mor field to Iraq's electricity ministry.
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[2026-08-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) said it continued to be significantly impacted by what it described as "unprovoked attacks", but was taking measures to protect its people, assets and operations while meeting customer requirements as much as possible.
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[2026-08-08 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Oil major Eneos Holdings is looking for opportunities in the U.S. chemical market, which is eight times larger than the one in Japan. (Photo by Takashi Miyazaki)
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[2026-08-08 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Solar stocks are shining in premarket trading in New York after the Trump administration announced a new 15% tariff and a price floor on imports of polysilicon derivatives, including silicon wafers, photovoltaic cells, and solar modules. The move is intended to secure the domestic solar supply chain after years of cheap Chinese panels flooding the country, making it uneconomical for domestic manufacturers to compete.
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[2026-08-07 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new bout of violence in Yemen cannot be viewed in isolation. The Houthi rebels' decision to escalate attacks on government forces, Saudi ships in the Red Sea and oil sites in Saudi Arabia is interlinked with the US-Iran war, experts told The National.
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[2026-08-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's latest Iran comments came Thursday night, after a prior day wherein Iran and Oman unveiled their 'finalized' Hormuz management scheme, which most notably includes a ban on all US and Israeli vessels in the energy transit waterway.
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[2026-08-07 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-07 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures grind higher in a European session devoid of newsflow ahead of nonfarm payrolls. As of 815am ET, S&P futures rose 0.2% while Nasdaq futures gained 0.4%, with some of yesterday’s beaten up tech names such as Sandisk and Western Digital getting some reprieve in the premarket. Asian stocks swung between a loss of as much as 0.5% and gain of 0.4%.
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[2026-08-07 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices steadied after rising early on Friday, following an escalation in attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi rebels that renewed supply fears in the market.
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[2026-08-07 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: There's less than a week left until the highly anticipated total solar eclipse in Spain. We've got all the info you need to prepare for this unique event on August 12th, from the likelihood of clear skies in your area to apps to find the best viewing location.
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[2026-08-07 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Day’s latest album Halo is all high-energy exhaustion, injected with a crushing electroclash chaos that illuminates her insecurities in bright neon
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[2026-08-07 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. solar stocks jumped in premarket trading Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump opened a new front in his trade war with China, imposing new tariffs on imported products made from a key material used to make solar panels.
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[2026-08-07 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Central Europe has seen record-breaking temperatures amid a sweltering heatwave, as energy and transport systems across the continent face disruption.
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[2026-08-07 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cubans are using every last second of electricity as the U.S blockade continues. (AP/Ariel Fernández and Milexsy Durán)
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[2026-08-07 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: German energy company RWE has said it will abandon its offshore wind projects in the US after reaching a $1.2bn (£892m) payout deal with President Donald Trump's Department of the Interior (DoI).
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[2026-08-07 19:11 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer
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[2026-08-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s complaint industry ‘making too much money’ comes after his policies boosted corporations
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[2026-08-07 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Samantha Dart, co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs, began the week by telling Bloomberg TV that the global diesel-supply crunch is "what keeps her up at night." She followed up Wednesday with a client note warning that European natural gas storage levels are also lagging the seasonal average ahead of the winter heating period.
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[2026-08-07 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc Logistics and Services has acquired 11 new vessels for a combined amount of about $1.3 billion as it expands its oil and gas shipping capacity.
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[2026-08-07 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China's crude oil imports climbed to the highest level in three months in July, though the recovery may be short-lived with the waterway shut again and domestic demand still soft.
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[2026-08-07 15:39 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Climate change activists faced up to two years in prison if convicted over blockade of world’s largest coal port
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[2026-08-07 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A vendor puts price tag on the ear rings for sale at her store in Beijing, China on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-08-07 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Life and style] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: On my TikTok I find trash that’s blowing in the wind, and mimic its movements using what I have to hand
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[2026-08-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Every day, the headlines give us fresh reason to worry about the Middle East. Conflict continues in Gaza, shipping routes through the Red Sea have been disrupted, and tensions involving Iran, Israel and the US have escalated into open conflict. Oil prices fluctuate with every diplomatic statement, and markets react instantly to every new development.
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[2026-08-07 13:12 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: On Wednesday, the Labor government announced environmental and energy safeguards on new datacentres in Australia. Our political editor, Tom McIlroy, speaks to the assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy, Dr Andrew Charlton, about the government’s push for national standards on datacentres.
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[2026-08-07 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Veintiún personas resultaron lesionadas por un fuerte incendio que se desató en una localidad del centro de México tras una fuga de gas en un camión cisterna, informaron el jueves autoridades estatales.
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[2026-08-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart a 60-day ceasefire between the US and Iran could be announced in the coming days. This would be a welcome step, but it is also a too-familiar one. Right now, the Middle East is seeing frameworks and negotiations that once offered space for diplomacy collapsing under the weight of mistrust and competing agendas.
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[2026-08-07 12:19 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 7, 2026 12:19 | News
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[2026-08-07 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A child interacts with a Unitree quadruped robot at the company's store in Beijing on Aug. 1. © Reuters
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[2026-08-07 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: People visit Legazpi Sunday Market in Makati in Manila on Feb. 22: Rising living costs are a drag on consumer spending, on which the Philippine economy relies heavily. © Getty Images
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[2026-08-07 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's chief negotiator has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of staging "theater diplomacy," as Washington and Tehran offer conflicting accounts of bilateral engagement aimed at ending the months-long hostilities.
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[2026-08-07 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Diesel and gasoline prices are projected to go down once more next week, due mostly to recent diplomatic breakthroughs on the conflict in the Middle East, local oil industry sources said on Friday.
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[2026-08-07 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum llega para recibir al presidente suizo Guy Parmelin y a su esposa Caroline Merotto en el Palacio Nacional de la Ciudad de México, el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Eduardo Verdugo)
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[2026-08-07 11:39 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland’s energy minister has doubled down on a scrap with his federal counterpart over data centres, arguing centres shouldn’t be limited to being powered by renewable sources of energy.
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[2026-08-07 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said Friday they have signed an agreement to cooperate in promoting the battery recycling industry.
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[2026-08-07 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose Friday amid worries over supply disruptions after Iran published a restrictive draft plan for the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-07 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Thought Leaders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-07 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com
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[2026-08-07 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Amazon's PP&E assets doubled from three years earlier to $538.7 billion, the largest company in the world by that measure. © Reuters
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[2026-08-07 10:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 오늘날 기후변화(climate change)는 단순히 기온(temperature)이 조금 상승하는 현상이 아니라 인간의 건강(health), 농업(agriculture), 에너지(energy), 경제(economy), 생태계(ecosystem)에 광범위한 영향을 미치는 세계적인 문제입니다. 특히 폭염(heat wave)의 빈도와 강도(intensity)가 높아지면서 세계 각국은 기후변화에 대한 대응(climate action)을 더욱 서두르고 있습니다.
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