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President Tokayev meets ExxonMobil CEO to discuss Kazakhstan’s energy cooperation
ASTANA (Realist English). President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Darren Woods, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil, on...
Read moreStrait of Hormuz at risk as Middle East tensions mount over potential Israeli strike on Iran
DUBAI (Realist English). Global maritime operators are on high alert amid growing fears that a military confrontation between Israel and...
Read moreSilver and platinum rally as investors seek alternatives to gold and dollar hedges
LONDON (Realist English). Investors are rapidly shifting into silver and platinum as concerns mount over the US dollar’s stability and...
Read moreUS oil output to decline in 2026, raising doubts over Trump’s energy agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States will see its oil production fall next year for the first time since the...
Read moreWorld Bank slashes 2025 global growth forecast amid deepening trade tensions
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The World Bank has significantly downgraded its global economic growth forecast for 2025, warning that persistent trade...
Read moreNorway’s $1.9tn oil fund urges deep reform of EU capital markets to reverse competitiveness decline
OSLO (Realist English). Norway’s $1.9tn sovereign wealth fund is calling for sweeping reforms to European capital markets, warning that without...
Read moreChina leads global energy investment as solar PV becomes top-funded technology, IEA reports
PARIS (Realist English). Global energy investment is expected to hit an all-time high of $3.3 trillion in 2025, driven by...
Read moreCarney pledges support for oil sector and emissions cuts as Canada repositions for Trump-era trade
SASKATOON (Realist English). Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to work closely with Canada’s oil industry to increase production and...
Read moreChina accuses U.S. of breaking trade truce, threatens retaliation over rare earths dispute
BEIJING (Realist English). China has accused the United States of “seriously violating” a recently agreed trade truce, warning of retaliatory...
Read moreChina slams U.S. chip export curbs as Trump accuses Beijing of trade deal violations
BEIJING / WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Chinese government has sharply criticized the United States for what it calls “discriminatory restrictions”...
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Russia boosts gas exports to China as Europe’s loss weighs on revenues
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is expected to increase its pipeline exports of natural gas to China by around 25% this...
Lula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Putin says Russia has no plans for new military operations, blames West for tensions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is not planning any new special military operations,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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