Energy
United Airlines to cut more flights as it eyes oil above $100 through 2027
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from Orlando on January 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images United Airlines is cutting more unprofitable flights over the next two quarters as it prepares for a prolonged period of high jet fuel […]
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Tim Cook’s China visit reinforces country’s importance to Apple as global frictions rise
CHENGDU, CHINA – MARCH 18: Apple CEO Tim Cook attends a special event marking Apple’s 50th anniversary at the Apple Taikoo Li Chengdu store on March 18, 2026 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. VCG | Getty Images Tim Cook touched down in Chengdu, China, this week for an Apple Store event tied to the […]
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Trump admin unveils national AI policy framework to limit state power
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on artificial intelligence at the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The Trump administration on Friday issued a legislative framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence, aiming to create uniform safety and security guardrails around the nascent […]
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Work from home, drive slower and don’t use gas cookers: IEA advice on weathering the global energy crisis
FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, appearing to run out of space to contain a historic supply glut that has hammered prices, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. Nick Oxford | Reuters Supply measures alone won’t be enough to mitigate “the […]
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U.S. says Cuba is prohibited from taking Russian oil as two tankers head to island
An old Soviet-era Lada car drives past a truck belonging to a private Cuban company (mipyme) parked in front of a gas station with an IsoTank of imported fuel in Havana on March 19, 2026. Adalberto Roque | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department has said Cuba won’t be allowed to take delivery […]
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Tesla in talks with Chinese firms to buy $2.9 billion worth of solar equipment, sources say
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is looking to buy equipment worth $2.9 billion for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese suppliers including Suzhou Maxwell Technologies, two people familiar with the matter said, as CEO Elon Musk aims to add 100 gigawatts […]
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China leaves March benchmark lending rates unchanged for 10th straight month
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. The PBOC serves as the country’s central bank, overseeing monetary policy, financial regulation, and currency issuance. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty […]
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Netanyahu says Iran no longer has uranium enrichment capacity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026. Ronen Zvulun | Reuters Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of U.S.-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on […]
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BP offloads German refinery to Klesch, boosts cost savings target
BP said on Thursday it would sell its German oil refinery site in Gelsenkirchen to investment firm Klesch Group for an undisclosed sum and raised its cost reduction target, in the latest move to simplify its portfolio and shore up its balance sheet. The transaction forms part of the British oil major’s $20 billion divestment […]
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Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks represent ‘significant shift’
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, during a party leaders’ debate at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Takaichi said she hadn’t intended to get into any details of a Taiwan contingency in recent remarks that have been fiercely criticized by China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan […]
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