Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's greenhouse gas emissions fell 0.9 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, helped by lower output from the industrial and transport sectors, the environment ministry said Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba has suffered another nationwide blackout, leaving millions without electricity amid severe fuel shortages and US restrictions on oil supplies. It is at least the sixth major outage the island has experienced since the start of the year.
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[2026-09-20 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba has suffered another nationwide blackout, leaving millions without electricity amid severe fuel shortages and US restrictions on oil supplies. It is at least the sixth major outage the island has experienced since the start of the year.
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[2026-09-20 08:48 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Oil and liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the past two weeks reached the highest level in six months, signaling that U.S. naval protection and mine clearance efforts are “paying off,” a regional U.S. commander said.
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[2026-09-20 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures eased toward $103 a barrel by the end of the week as mixed Iran headlines and hopes for renewed diplomacy around next week's United Nations General Assembly weighed on energy markets.
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[2026-09-20 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has disputed a claim by US Central Command (Centcom) that it escorted tankers carrying more than a billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-20 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sybil Davis has watched her family's eucalyptus oil business evolve into large-scale production. (ABC Landline: Tim Lee)
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[2026-09-20 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: China has condemned the latest expansion of US sanctions against Russia, including potential tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to safeguard its national interests.
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[2026-09-20 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: China has condemned the latest expansion of US sanctions against Russia, including potential tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to safeguard its national interests.
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[2026-09-20 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Cuba’s power grid collapsed once again this week, this time at a national level, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity. This is the sixth time since the US cut off fuel sources to the island since January that the national grid has collapsed and it's the most utility shutdown events in the country's recent history.
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[2026-09-20 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Okaz, Saudi Arabia, September 5
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[2026-09-20 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Saudi Arabia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities also issued warnings for Jeddah and Yanbu, a major industrial port and home to vital oil facilities
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[2026-09-19 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saudi Arabia issued alerts to its citizens early Saturday amid reports of explosions in the capital Riyadh, as Pakistan's foreign minister stressed to his Iranian counterpart the need for uninterrupted energy supplies as war in the Middle East continued.
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[2026-09-19 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-19 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has signed sweeping legislation expanding the sanctions on Russia and authorizing tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy. Moscow warned that additional sanctions would complicate efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict and could further destabilize the energy markets.
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[2026-09-19 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has signed sweeping legislation expanding the sanctions on Russia and authorizing tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy. Moscow warned that additional sanctions would complicate efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict and could further destabilize the energy markets.
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[2026-09-19 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The price of diesel in the US surged to a record high this week of $6.31 per gallon.
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[2026-09-19 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A student pilot and flight instructor were killed Friday when their small aircraft crashed during a training flight in southern Kenya, police said.
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[2026-09-19 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-19 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Oil spills occur regularly around the world, but large, catastrophic disasters are much less common than small, everyday leaks.
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[2026-09-19 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-19 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The North Korean Foreign Ministry has dismissed a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that criticises Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
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[2026-09-19 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Against a backdrop of resource nationalism, Beijing surrounding Taiwan with a record number of ships and raising blockade risks, an ongoing trade war, and President Trump challenging BRICS, the US military is disrupting China's access to cheap crude oil from countries such as Venezuela and Iran. This is merely the US response after Beijing spent the last 1.5 years depriving the West of rare earths and other critical materials.
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[2026-09-19 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he would convene a G7 meeting in the coming weeks to coordinate responses to the energy crisis caused by the Iran war, while reiterating France was working to facilitate the peaceful reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-19 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the increase in oil prices was a sacrifice worth making in order to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while predicting petrol prices would drop to pre-conflict levels when the war with Iran ends.
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[2026-09-19 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president gives backing to ‘Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’ before next week’s Xi-Trump summit in Washington
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[2026-09-19 08:50 UTC+10:00] [Lindsey Graham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president gives backing to ‘Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’ before next week’s Xi-Trump summit in Washington
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[2026-09-19 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Parallel protests were held in Tehran and Sanaa on Friday - both involving Shia populations expressing defiance at the US-Saudi-Israel axis, at a moment the region is on fire and Iran and its proxies seek to assert dominance and control over global energy transit chokepoints. All the while American bases and forces are largely in retreat, as even Pentagon internal findings confirmed just this week.
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[2026-09-19 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
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[2026-09-19 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump signed a Russian sanctions bill targeting top importers of Russian energy just days before a summit with President Xi Jinping. © Reuters
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[2026-09-19 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping sanctions bill, taking aim at Russia's economy by punishing major purchasers of its oil and gas.
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[2026-09-19 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will not receive crude oil allocations in October, as the war in the Middle East hits global energy markets.
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[2026-09-19 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity in a nationwide blackout.
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[2026-09-19 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will not receive crude oil allocations in October, as the war in the Middle East hits global energy markets.
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[2026-09-19 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wall Street closed out an up-and-down week with a mixed finish for U.S. indexes as bond yields rose and oil prices swung.
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[2026-09-19 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Europe’s oil and gas supply is now disrupted by conflicts in both the Gulf and Eurasia. On Friday, Saudi Arabia told European refineries to not expect any crude oil deliveries next month. The continent will need as much good fortune as foresightful policy to withstand the evolving energy crisis.
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[2026-09-19 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Solar panels operate, April 28, 2026, at a farm in Christiana, Tenn. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
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[2026-09-19 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Europe’s oil and gas supply is now disrupted by conflicts in both the Gulf and Eurasia. On Friday, Saudi Arabia told European refineries to not expect any crude oil deliveries next month. The continent will need as much good fortune as foresightful policy to withstand the evolving energy crisis.
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[2026-09-19 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil on track to remain above $100 for second straight week as Middle East tensions simmer
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[2026-09-19 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Investment banking giant JP Morgan has said it is struggling to predict how oil prices will be impacted by the US-Iran war, telling investors in a rare note that "we simply don't know how to model the endgame".
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[2026-09-19 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump raised eyebrows when on Monday he declared that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking each other's oil and energy infrastructure, amid global crude and diesel supply problems related mostly to the Hormuz Strait crisis.
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[2026-09-19 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The war against Iran is prompting some countries to accelerate their shift away from fossil fuels — but experts say the response has yet to make a significant impact on global greenhouse gas emissions.
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[2026-09-19 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Security forces in Nigeria have opened fire and deployed tear gas during protests over the deaths of 37 miners in custody.
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[2026-09-19 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Saudi Aramco has told at least two European oil refining customers they will receive no Saudi crude shipments next month after an attack on the kingdom’s key East-West pipeline, Bloomberg reported Friday.
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[2026-09-19 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korea has belatedly made a big decision after starting months ago it found itself among key Washington allies directly called upon by President Trump to provide urgent security help for Strait of Hormuz energy transit, amid the war with Iran.
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[2026-09-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A gap looms between the Albanese government’s goal of 82% renewable energy and planned solar and wind projects
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[2026-09-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Greenhouse gas emissions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Credits are treated as a like-for-like swap for emissions, but carbon stored in nature is entirely different to burning millennia-old fossil fuels
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[2026-09-19 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Prices for Russia’s ESPO blend of crude oil bound for China surged past $120 per barrel this week, Reuters reported Friday, citing trading sources and market data.
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[2026-09-19 00:57 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he would call a Group of Seven meeting to address skyrocketing global energy prices and look at releasing strategic oil stocks.
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