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A display featuring Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
United States

Global sell-off in stocks slams Wall Street as oil prices leap even higher on war woes

Oil prices made the leap as Iran struck the US embassy in Saudi Arabia.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Opinion | US war on Iran isn’t likely to go as planned

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Science

China team mulls hitting typhoons with an energy beam from space

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US, Israel war on Iran

How is the conflict in Iran affecting Europe’s energy supply and prices?

Analysts urge EU to accelerate green energy transition and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports.

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QatarEnergy’s operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City on Monday, when Qatar suspended liquefied natural gas production. Photo: AFP
India

India’s 100GW nuclear push was missing one thing. Canada just provided it

India needs to triple its uranium supply to meet its nuclear targets. Canada, with mines already in the pipeline, is well placed to deliver.

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War and conflict

Editorial | Strikes on Iran may complicate US-China ties

No significant impact expected on China’s, or Hong Kong’s, economy from the most recent conflict in the Middle East.

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US-China relations

Will Iran attack derail Trump’s high-stakes China visit to meet Xi Jinping?

China has condemned killing of Iranian leader as a grave violation of sovereignty and called US incitement of regime change ‘unacceptable’.

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US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping when he travels to Beijing later this month, the first such visit by an American leader since his own trip in 2017. Photo: AP
China energy security

Why the Iran war will accelerate China’s push to become an ‘energy powerhouse’

The conflict does not pose an immediate threat to China’s oil supply, but will spur on the country’s energy security drive, analysts say.

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China energy security

How China is using a massive ‘electron gap’ to pivot the AI race with US

Ex-finance official Zhu Guangyao says abundant energy supply gives the nation a critical edge in AI, as ‘electricity is computing power’.

Middle East

Asia’s main oil artery is all but blocked. What happens now?

Oil has surged by the most in four years. Tankers are fleeing the Gulf and up to 10 million barrels a day may be stripped from global supply.

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A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran. An estimated 20 million barrels of oil per day pass through the chokepoint. Photo: Reuters
European Union

Belgium special forces seize Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker

The European Union has blacklisted hundreds of vessels in a bid to sap Moscow’s war chest.

The tanker ‘Ethera’ docked at the naval base in Zeebrugge, Belgium, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Belt and Road Initiative

China poised to earn vast profits from global energy transition: analysts

Chinese firms are in pole position to benefit from a wave of investment in clean energy infrastructure that could be worth trillions of US dollars.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | The high price of Hong Kong’s slow switch to electric buses and taxis

Slow electrification undermines the city’s green ambitions and squanders a chance to secure its role as a Greater Bay Area innovation hub.

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War and conflict

Opinion | US-Israeli strike on Iran signals new phase of global escalation

This is deterrence fatigue: escalation thresholds weakened by repeated testing and retaliation. The risk is not only war but systemic strain.

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People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on February 28. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Trump says US discussing ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba: ‘they’re in big trouble’

‘They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,’ the president says, as the US puts pressure on the Communist-run island.

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Student activists Tampa, Florida, protest against the US oil embargo on Cuba on Thursday. Photo: AFP
India

India in limbo over Russian oil imports as talks with US on trade deal continues

Washington has previously tied lower tariffs on Indian exports to the US to New Delhi’s commitment to curb its purchases of Russian oil.

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Artificial intelligence

Outside In | Everyone agrees that AI is big. No one agrees on what comes next

Job fears, environmental strain and security threats are fuelling the botlash, yet experts remain divided over its net impact – and our ability to contain the risks.

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Indonesia

Pertamina corruption trial: 9 jailed over US$17 billion state loss in Indonesia

Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of ‘gasoline godfather’ Riza Chalid, was given 15 years’ jail and ordered to pay US$173 million in restitution.

Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, a former vice director at Kilang Pertamina Internasional, arrives for his sentencing hearing on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

US forces board third Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean

The US military says it tracked the vessel from the Caribbean Sea, before placing it under American control.

China energy security

How China’s 5-year energy plan could change the way it powers its economy

Beijing will prioritise energy security through large-scale projects and greater regional self-reliance, as risks mount at home and overseas.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s biggest state wants its energy wealth back – and it’s going to court

Sarawak state is challenging oil giant Petronas’ dominance in the highest court, in a test for the prime minister’s unity coalition.

An oil and gas platform off the coast of Malaysia’s Sarawak state. Photo: Shutterstock
Ukraine war

‘Brutal terrorist act’: twin blasts rock western Ukrainian city

A police officer was killed, 25 other people were wounded in bomb explosions in Lviv.

The aftermath of an explosion that rocked a shop in Lviv on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Hungary

Hungary spoils EU attempt at Russia sanctions package over oil flows

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who maintains close ties with the Kremlin, has long argued that Russian fossil fuels are indispensable for his economy.

US-China relations

Opinion | US and China can again find common ground – in AI’s risks

If Beijing and Washington could meet in 1972 to manage a shared threat, today’s leaders can cooperate to shape the rules of AI.

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Britain

Trump slams clean energy deal between California and the UK, calls Newsom a ‘loser’

The agreement pledged cooperation on technologies such as offshore wind. Trump said it was ‘inappropriate’ for the UK to ‌deal with Newsom.

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS
Indonesia

Crude business for Indonesia amid West’s squeeze on Russian oil

Analysts say Indonesia’s energy demand could draw scrutiny as Moscow seeks new buyers, potentially complicating US trade talks.

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A Pertamina worker climbs on a gauge at a crude oil well on Bunyu island in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. Photo: Reuters
Accidents and personal safety

Power restored after 4-hour outage plunges 760 Hong Kong flats into darkness

CLP says suspected equipment fault disrupted supply at Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate on Sunday evening, ahead of Lunar New Year’s Eve.

India

High tension in India as banks, utilities resist solar shift

India’s efforts to nearly double clean energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030 are being met with reluctance from banks and state utilities.

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