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Oil prices stay firm despite forecasts of global surplus
LONDON (Realist English). Predictions of a major oil glut have so far failed to depress global prices, with Brent crude...
Chevron moves to boost Israeli gas supplies to Egypt amid soaring demand
MILAN (Realist English). Chevron Corp. is working to expand Israeli natural gas supplies to Egypt, as the North African nation’s...
ConocoPhillips CEO admits acquisitions hurt competitiveness as mass layoffs loom
HOUSTON (Realist English). ConocoPhillips chief executive Ryan Lance acknowledged on Thursday that the U.S. oil and gas producer’s aggressive acquisition...
ConocoPhillips to cut up to 25% of global workforce amid falling oil prices
HOUSTON (Realist English). ConocoPhillips announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 20–25% — equivalent to 2,600–3,250 jobs — by...
Goldman Sachs forecasts Brent crude to drop to low $50s by late 2026
LONDON (Realist English). Goldman Sachs expects Brent crude oil prices to fall to the low $50s per barrel by the...
Weatherford expands Russia operations despite U.S. sanctions pressure
HOUSTON (Realist English). U.S. oilfield services group Weatherford International has deepened its presence in Russia despite sweeping sanctions aimed at...
Global oil market faces late-2025 surplus amid weaker Asia demand, IEA warns
PARIS (Realist English). A sharp increase in global oil production, led by Saudi Arabia, will begin to collide with softening...
East African Crude Oil Pipeline nears completion despite years of delays, investor exits, and mounting opposition
KAMPALA (Realist English). The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), more than a decade in the making, is entering its...
Eight OPEC+ producers to cut oil output by 547,000 bpd in September to support market stability
RIYADH (Realist English). Eight key OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
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...
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