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Energy Transition
Tankers risk everything to exit Hormuz: crew deaths, seizures and millions in losses
LONDON (Realist English). The small tanker Akti A, carrying 300,000 barrels of diesel fuel, made a risky transit through the Strait...
Australia to provide households three hours of free solar power daily from 2026
SYDNEY (Realist English). Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power each day to households — including...
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...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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