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Opec+ agrees modest output hike after market jitters over larger increase
VIENNA (Realist English). Opec+ has agreed to raise oil production by a modest 137,000 barrels per day starting in November,...
Oil prices extend losses on OPEC+ output outlook and Kurdistan export restart
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Oil prices fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, pressured by expectations of a fresh OPEC+...
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...
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...
Biden’s reaction to OPEC+ decision to cut oil production
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Joe Biden called the decision of OPEC+ to reduce oil production quotas "shortsighted" at a...
Expensive crude oil benefits bigwigs from Wall Street
NEW YORK (Realist English). Goldman Sachs analysts doubt that OPEC members will be able to increase production to replace Russian...
Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
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...
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