Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-03 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NAGA CITY, Cebu — As the Visayas grapples with recurring yellow alerts, Aboitiz Power Corp. has begun building a battery storage facility in Cebu aimed at strengthening the region’s power reserves.
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[2026-07-03 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Europe capitulates at a moment Washington and Tehran (and possibly Oman) continue to be directly at odds over how future shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz energy chokepoint will be administered.
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[2026-07-03 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com
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[2026-07-03 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cancer patient Irisleydis Trista Calzadilla cries during an interview at her home in Batabano, Cuba, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-07-03 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States’ Cooper Lutkenhaus runs to win the men’s 800m race at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
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[2026-07-03 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-03 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett warned Thursday that artificial intelligence has become a national-security infrastructure comparable to electricity, saying Israel cannot afford to depend on foreign powers while its international standing deteriorates and Iran continues to recover.
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[2026-07-03 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America’s need for inverters is growing amid a boom in renewable energy demand driven by the AI race – and China is the dominant global supplier
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[2026-07-03 00:30 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America’s need for inverters is growing amid a boom in renewable energy demand driven by the AI race – and China is the dominant global supplier
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[2026-07-03 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-03 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Maritime monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said on Thursday that a ship which Iranian media reported had run aground in the Strait of Hormuz has in fact been stuck in the same spot since March and is part of an operation managed by the notorious Iranian oil magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani.
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[2026-07-03 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi pose for photos ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, July 2. © Reuters
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[2026-07-03 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s biggest gas producers are poised to cash in on an expected $18 billion revenue surge over the next year due to the fallout from the Iran war, intensifying calls for the government to levy a 25 per cent tax on their exports.
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[2026-07-02 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz is reopening faster than expected, after the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and launched indirect talks in Qatar to discuss the flow of shipping.
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[2026-07-02 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Gasoline prices in the port city of Sevastopol surged by a dizzying 30% last week, according to new government data, though Russian media reported that actual prices at the pumps are rising far higher than official statistics show, as annexed Crimea bears the brunt of a deepening fuel crisis triggered by Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and supply lines.
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[2026-07-02 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone believes former UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player Mike Phillips is a "difference maker" given his athleticism, energy and youthful zeal.
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[2026-07-02 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Climate change is turning up the heat — literally. Across the continent, rising temperatures are driving a surge in demand for cooling and water, pushing already fragile electricity grids to the breaking point.
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[2026-07-02 21:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies.
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[2026-07-02 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi pose for photos ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, July 2. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Georgia’s only oil refinery said Wednesday that it plans to stop processing Russian crude by the end of this summer in order to avoid being hit by European sanctions.
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[2026-07-02 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's largest oil refineries sustained far heavier damage from Iranian missile strikes during the US-Israeli war on Iran than authorities previously acknowledged, Israeli media reported.
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[2026-07-02 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of Israel’s first dedicated energy-efficiency companies, ESCO Israel, announced last week that it's participating in a NIS 25 billion plan to address the rise in energy consumption associated with the development of artificial intelligence data centers in the country.
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr. We discovered a saga involving the Trump administration’s tariff policy, sanctioned Russian oil and an Indian billionaire family’s private zoo.
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-07-02 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-02 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ORACLE Petroleum Corp. (OPC), the Philippines' number one toll blender and one of the country's leading lubricant manufacturers, reinforced its commitment to the local automotive industry through its participation as the Official Oil Partner and Presenting Sponsor of Meet & Drift 2, one of the country's premier motorsports and automotive lifestyle events.
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[2026-07-02 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian oil exports are seeking to build momentum after Washington temporarily eased restrictions, giving Tehran a 60-day window to find buyers and bring in badly needed revenue.
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[2026-07-02 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-07-02 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia, whose refining capacity has come under significant strain in recent months, has started seaborne imports of gasoline from India (the same country it exports millions of barrels of oil to), Reuters reported citing industry sources, in an effort to mitigate fuel shortages triggered by Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure.
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[2026-07-02 16:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chairman Jang In-hwa unveils 'triple-core' strategy spanning steel, lithium and energy to strengthen Korea's industrial supply chains
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[2026-07-02 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE's oil exports rose about 30 per cent last month to more than 3.9 million barrels per day, according to tanker-tracking data from Bloomberg, Vortexa and Kpler, just shy of the highest level on record since 2017.
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[2026-07-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Consortium led by Michał Sołowow planning enough SMRs to power equivalent of 8m homes for more than 60 years
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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A semiconductor designer and mainland China’s biggest hog producer are among the companies behind the largest deals
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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Eastroc Beverage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A semiconductor designer and mainland China’s biggest hog producer are among the companies behind the largest deals
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[2026-07-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent oil prices slid to nearly $70 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since the days leading up to the start of the US-Iran war, as supply worries continue to ease and the market monitors the progress in peace talks.
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[2026-07-02 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German federal prosecutors have filed charges against a 50-year-old Ukrainian national over a series of explosions that destroyed two Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe in 2022.
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[2026-07-02 13:22 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Chubu Electric Power Co. overwrote data following a regulatory investigation into its fraudulent earthquake risk data involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, the secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The big number for the Islanders on the first day of free agency was $26.53 million, as in the player payroll scheduled to come off their books one year from Wednesday, which is the date now crucial to the franchise’s future after general manager Mathieu Darche hit the gas on a short-term retool this week.
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[2026-07-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — France’s far-right National Rally was hoping it could put its legal woes behind it next week — with the conclusion of a long-running embezzlement case against its leader Marine Le Pen — and finally concentrate all its energy on the 2027 election.
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[2026-07-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On July 1st, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced microreactor developer Deployable Energy had achieved criticality on their Unity reactor design at Idaho National Labs (INL).
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[2026-07-02 11:48 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: TMK Energy’s plan to pioneer Mongolia’s first major coal seam gas project has kicked up a gear, posting an eight per cent jump in average daily gas production for June. The company has now locked in an August start for a new drilling and workover campaign.
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[2026-07-02 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: China’s Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use. Despite the growth of solar and wind farms, coal remains essential. Inner Mongolia aims to replace coal-fired electricity with renewables while meeting rising power demand. (Video by Olivia Zhang and Wayne Zhang. Produced by Brittany Peterson)
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[2026-07-02 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Inflation is expected to ease in July from the previous month, supported by the government's efforts to stabilize consumer prices and lower crude oil prices following eased tensions in the Middle East, the central bank said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Wednesday after talks between Washington and Tehran concluded.
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[2026-07-02 10:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's consumer prices rose more than 3 percent from a year earlier for two straight months in June, reflecting the lingering impact of the Middle East war on supply chains and oil prices, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose more than 3 percent from a year earlier for two straight months in June, reflecting the lingering impact of the Middle East war on supply chains and oil prices, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German prosecutors have charged the Ukrainian suspect in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines with a “war crime,” according to local media reports.
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[2026-07-02 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German prosecutors have charged the Ukrainian suspect in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines with a “war crime,” according to local media reports.
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[2026-07-02 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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