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Europe running low on jet fuel, stoking fears of flight cancellations
Europe has “maybe 6 weeks or so [of] jet fuel left”, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Thursday in a wide-ranging interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocke...
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Malaysia and Australia strike energy supply pledge to bypass Iran war disruptions
Malaysia and Australia pledged on Thursday to keep oil and gas flowing between them as the Iran war’s continuous squeeze on global fuel supplies compels regional countries to deepen energy trade cooperation. Across Asia,...
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The fluff stops here: Beijing’s battle against the green wall ‘snowstorm’
Beijing residents are once again bracing for a seasonal nuisance that has become something of a tradition: the city’s annual “snowstorm” of willow and poplar catkins. The catkins are essentially seeds from female willow...
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Fire at Australian refinery fuels petrol shortage fears amid global oil crisis
A fire at one of Australia’s two operating oil refineries could hit petrol production more than diesel and aviation fuel, authorities said on Thursday, as emergency crews worked overnight to extinguish the blaze. Firefig...
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By voicing their needs, Chinese women are normalising them
I heard an audible gasp in the audience, just as a gynaecologist on the movie screen tries to shove a speculum – a hollow cylinder used to open up a woman’s cervix – into the lower body of the protagonist. The film’s mai...
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Soft power ‘win’ for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG
Floating hospital Silk Road Ark’s 220-day goodwill humanitarian mission ends with Port Moresby port call
