Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US Navy was acting “like pirates” in seizing Iranian ships and cargo near the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-02 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukrainian drones are flying deep into Russia to strike oil facilities, sending up plumes of smoke that can be seen from space and bringing toxic rain to tourist destinations on the Black Sea.
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[2026-05-02 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Department of Defense estimates that Iran has lost nearly five billion dollars in oil revenue as a result of the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported early Saturday morning.
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[2026-05-02 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom walked into friendly territory — and still got hammered.
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[2026-05-02 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The US stock market set more records Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. Easing oil prices also helped steady the stock markets around the world that were still open on the May Day holiday.
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[2026-05-02 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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[2026-05-02 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A telecommunications tower stands in Kajiado, Kenya, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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[2026-05-02 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The cost of petrol and diesel is set to climb again in coming weeks after Australia’s regional oil prices hit a new wartime high, piling pressure on the federal government to extend its 26¢ cut to the fuel excise beyond the June 30 deadline.
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[2026-05-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides are expected to discuss cooperation in areas such as energy and artificial intelligence
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[2026-05-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [East China Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides are expected to discuss cooperation in areas such as energy and artificial intelligence
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[2026-05-02 12:50 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian drone attacks on refinery in Black Sea port cause toxic clouds and oil slicks on resort’s coastline; Kyiv to reform army. What we know on day 1,529
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[2026-05-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ismat Awan is Sydney-based multimedia culinary creative who blends her cultural heritage with modern cooking techniques. She works across a number of food publications and brands. She's on Instagram as @MadeByIsmat
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[2026-05-02 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany’s finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, said oil companies must pass on the benefits of a government fuel tax cut to consumers, as Berlin moves to cushion the impact of rising energy costs.
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[2026-05-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of State said it has imposed sanctions on multiple entities, an individual and a vessel involved in the trade of Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical products.
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[2026-05-02 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia has become Syria's leading supplier of oil since the collapse of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government and the rise to power of former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa, according to Reuters.
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[2026-05-02 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A tale of two gas stations drives home a point: It’s Sacramento policy –– and not the Iran war –– that make fuel costs so onerous in California.
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[2026-05-02 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sylvia Xu, Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-02 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from OPEC and the OPEC+ format effective May 1, 2026, ending nearly six decades of membership. This marks the largest institutional disruption to the oil production coordination system since the establishment of the expanded OPEC+ format in 2016 and is perceived by the market as a step towards weakening the group’s ability to influence global oil prices.
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[2026-05-02 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia has emerged as the main supplier of oil to Syria, Reuters reporting shows, despite the new government's alignment with the West and widespread distrust of Moscow over its military support for fallen leader Bashar al-Assad.
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[2026-05-02 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
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[2026-05-02 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
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[2026-05-02 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-02 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been stranded since the US blockade began two weeks ago. (Reuters)
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[2026-05-02 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has said that he is “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the war which has killed thousands and triggered a global energy crisis.
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[2026-05-02 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: China’s ambassador to the UN said on Friday that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was "wreaking havoc" on global oil markets and the wider economy, as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows.
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+, ending nearly six decades in the oil producers’ cartel. The move removes the alliance’s third-largest producer just one day before members were set to meet in Vienna, and it comes as the war between Iran and the US-Israeli coalition enters its ninth week.
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[2026-05-02 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gas prices in Los Angeles County have surged further into nightmare territory, topping costs per gallon not seen in nearly three years.
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[2026-05-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Army is proposing developing a gargantuan, 3-gigawatt data center complex on Fort Bliss property that within a few years would consume more electricity than all of El Paso Electric’s 460,000 customers combined – even as questions about its development, water usage and air pollution remain unanswered.
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[2026-05-02 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Cameron LNG, a U.S.-based joint project with Japanese trading houses Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co., is planning to boost production. (Mitsubishi Corp.)
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[2026-05-02 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods warned Friday that the market has not absorbed the full impact of the unprecedented oil supply disruption triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-02 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As we covered earlier this week, Goldman Sachs analysts now say the fertilizer disruption is larger than expected, with nitrogen markets taking the brunt. Urea prices have risen 50% to 70% since the conflict began. Goldman’s Duffy Fischer wrote that “nitrogen fertilizer is the most impacted chemical chain,” adding that the scale of disruption is “greater than we originally expected.”
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[2026-05-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Gavin Newsom took a beating online after announcing a multimillion-dollar solar-power plan — as he continues to catch flak for state projects that have ballooned into the billions of dollars.
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[2026-05-02 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiyo Oil is buying crude from the Sakhalin-2 project in the Russian Far East. © Kyodo
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[2026-05-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Atsushi Mimura, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on May 1. (Photo by Jo Ishibuchi)
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[2026-05-02 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opted out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel that controls the ebb and flow of oil in the global market.
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[2026-05-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, its own oil industry is increasingly being threatened by an American blockade.
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FOR most of the past week, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest distribution utility, has been fighting a wildfire of complaints spreading on social media about high electricity bills. The volume of public grumbling has become loud enough that even some members of Congress have chimed in to call for inquiries into how bills are structured, and whether the charges that appear on them are fair and reasonable.
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[2026-05-02 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: This morning, most of the world's energy giants including Exxon and Chevron, reported stellar earnings as surging oil prices more than offset curtailed output. They also issued several loud warnings about the ongoing Hormuz blockage which is no closer to resolution.
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [Persian Gulf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The world’s economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them?
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[2026-05-02 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq, Opec's second biggest oil producer, has started work on an pipeline linking Basra to Haditha with a planned capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day, as the country seeks new routes to export crude globally.
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
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[2026-05-01 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday, marking the fourth attack targeting the region's oil infrastructure in just over two weeks.
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[2026-05-01 23:53 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India raised on Friday the prices of commercial liquified petroleum gas and jet fuel for international airlines, according to a state-run energy firm, as supply pressures from the Iran war mount.
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[2026-05-01 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire in a residential building following a Russian drone attack in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-01 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Olexandr Mischenko said Ukraine is "not happy" with some countries' move to import crude oil from Russia amid the oil crisis but the Philippines managed to explain its situation.
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[2026-05-01 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher, set for a new all time high, as the rally that’s pushed Wall Street to record highs on strong megacap tech earnings continues, after the S&P posted its best monthly increase since November 2020. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% (spiking moments ago on a report that Iran submitted its latest response to US amendments on the ceasefire agreement), while Nasdaq futures are modestly in the red and the Russell underperforms.
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