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Kyiv, Ukraine – A flight from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok takes almost nine hours – a domestic flight that covers two-thirds of Russia’s span between the Baltic and the Pacific. There are about 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) from east to west in Russia, which is 17 million square kilometres (6.6 million square…
Crude oil prices jump more than 4 percent amid fears the US may join Israel’s offensive against Iran. Oil prices have spiked amid fears that the Israel-Iran crisis could spiral into a broader conflict involving the United States. Brent North Sea Crude and West Texas Intermediate – the two most popular oil benchmarks – rose 4.4…
Sao Paulo, Brazil – In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River collides with the sea, an environmental dilemma has awakened a national political debate. There, the Brazilian government has been researching the possibility of offshore oil reserves that extend from the eastern state of Rio Grande do Norte all the way to…
British security firm Ambrey says the incident involving an oil tanker was not security related. Two oil tankers have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil checkpoint just off the coast of Iran. British maritime security monitor Ambrey said that the collision on Tuesday of the Adalynn and the Front Eagle…
Estonia redirects maritime traffic to prevent future incidents after Russia’s detention of the Green Admire oil tanker. Russia has detained a Greek oil tanker sailing under the Liberian flag as it left the Estonian port of Sillamae on a previously agreed route through Russian waters, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. In a statement…
Brussels is drawing up plans to use trade tariffs and capital controls to maintain financial pressure on Russia, even if Hungary decides to use its veto to block an extension of the European Union’s sanctions regime, which lapses in July of this year. The European Commission has told ministers that a large part of the…
These are the key events on day 1,134 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. These are the key events from Wednesday, April 2: Fighting One person was killed and two others injured in a Russian overnight attack on southeast Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said. A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih…
A group of African countries is set to launch a bank to fund oil and gas projects amid growing reluctance by Western institutions to further invest in fossil fuels. The long-planned “Africa Energy Bank” that is expected to take off soon was announced last June as a joint initiative by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)…
Here are the key developments on the 1,090th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 18: Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched a barrage of 147 attack drones against Ukraine overnight. Out of this, the Ukrainian Air Force reported shooting down 83, while 59 did not reach their…
Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 12: Fighting A Ukrainian drone attack damaged an industrial facility in the Saratov region of Russia, regional Governor Roman Busargin said. A Ukrainian Security and Defence Council official, Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, said the…
