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China continues to buy Iranian oil despite US sanctions as shadow supply chain thrives
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s imports of Iranian oil have nearly doubled in the past two years, defying stringent US sanctions...
Kuwait extends bidding deadline for major oil infrastructure tender in strategic southern fields
KUWAIT CITY (Realist English). Kuwait’s Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has extended the bidding deadline for a key Kuwait...
Israel–Iran conflict threatens China’s oil security and regional influence
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s energy security and Middle East ambitions are under growing pressure as Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten...
Tanker charter rates surge amid rising tensions in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI (Realist English). The cost of chartering large oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz — a vital chokepoint for...
Strait 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...
US 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...
Norway’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...
Carney 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...
Saudi Aramco cuts dividend by $10bn as oil revenues drop and fiscal pressure mounts
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Aramco has cut its dividend payout by $10bn after reporting a decline in first-quarter profits, reducing...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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