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Energy Transition
Iran accelerates solar push amid crippling power shortages and sanctions
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is accelerating the rollout of solar energy projects in an effort to curb severe electricity shortages...
Vestas halts plans for major wind turbine factory in Poland amid weak European demand
COPENHAGEN (Realist English). Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has suspended plans to build what would have been its largest factory...
Trump administration halts $10bn Esmeralda solar complex, citing new energy priorities
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has cancelled what would have been the largest solar project in North America, deepening...
Brookfield raises $20bn for record energy transition fund amid AI-driven power boom
TORONTO (Realist English). Brookfield Asset Management has closed a $20bn fund dedicated to energy transition projects, one of the largest...
Africa’s solar boom driven by Chinese panel imports and large-scale projects
JOHANNESBURG (Realist English). Africa is experiencing a rapid expansion in solar power, fuelled by record imports of Chinese-made panels and...
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest dam amid Nile water dispute
ADDIS ABABA (Realist English). Ethiopia has formally inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric facility in Africa,...
Trump cancels $679m in offshore wind funding, prioritises fossil fuels
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has cancelled $679 million in federal funding for offshore wind...
China 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...
U.S. loses $14 billion in green energy investments amid Trump policy shift
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has seen over $14 billion in clean energy investments cancelled or frozen in 2025...
China’s exports rebound, but U.S.-bound shipments plunge for eighth straight month
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports returned to growth in November, outperforming market expectations, even as shipments to the United States...
Putin’s New Delhi visit signals resilience of India-Russia partnership amid global turbulence
NEW DELHI (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for the 23rd Annual Summit was far more than a...
Maduro confirms phone call with Trump amid rising military tensions between Venezuela and the US
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that he spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump late...
Sudan war fuels expanding arms and mercenary networks across Africa, new report warns
NAIROBI (Realist English). The war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered the growth of a...
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....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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