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Heavy Rain Likely In MP's Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh And Chambal Region
(MENAFN- IANS) Bhopal, Aug 3 (IANS) After two days of relative recess, the skies over Madhya Pradesh are once again stirring with monsoon energy. On Friday, the state saw only a drizzle, but by Saturday, scattered showers returned to several...

Group Warns Against Plot To Disrupt Energy Sector
0 The Situation Room on Positive Reforms has raised alarm over a malicious fake campaign targeting the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Bashir Ojulari. The group alleges that...

Iran MP calls recent energy sector fires abnormal, hints at Israeli sabotage
“The pattern of fires this year in oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities is abnormal,” Mohammad Bahrami, a member of parliament’s energy committee, told the Iranian news outlet Didban Iran. “Some of these incidents have occurred repeatedly and...

Syria to boost energy cooperation with Saudi Arabia
2025-08-03T16:55:28+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bashir is planning an official visit to Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks to explore potential collaboration in oil, gas, and...

Cyprus–Egypt energy deal for ‘Cronos’ enters key phase
Cypriot Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou The energy cooperation between Cyprus and Egypt for the development of the “Cronos” natural gas field is moving to the next phase, with the completion of significant technical and commercial agreements...

Saudi-Syrian partnership signals economic and political support
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a plan: it's called Vision 2030. The underlying infrastructure of his visionary project calls for regional stability. Syria...

Trump’s tariffs are a political and economic threat
The August deadline for the US’ ‘reciprocal’ tariffs has come, but the dangers to international relations and world trade remain as real as ever US President Donald Trump’s Friday tariffs deadline did what it was always intended to do. It kept the...

Nuclear energy an option for Peninsula and Sabah, says DPM
Fadillah Yusof said the government’s study into nuclear power would examine the most suitable technology, safety aspects, environmental impact and development of local expertise. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Nuclear energy may be a viable future...
Pakistan, Iran agree to set USD 8 billion trade goal, nearly 2 years after cross-border conflict
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Nearly two years since the cross-border conflict, Pakistan and Iran on Sunday agreed to set their annual bilateral trade at USD 8 billion, aimed at the advancement of economic cooperation and regional...

Regional blocs emerging against US tariff regime
The White House has just announced a new global trade regime, effective 7 August. It impacts every nation. What we are seeing unfold is not just a change in policy; it is a new global order being written by the United States. Once the lead...

PM expects Petrovietnam to rank in region's top 5 enterprises
Addressing the 4th Party Congress of Petrovietnam for the 2025-2030 tenure in Hanoi on August 3, PM Pham Minh Chinh praised the group for meeting and surpassing all 12 targets set out in its third Party Congress’s Resolution, attributing its...

Dhaka-Delhi tensions hinder regional co-op: ICCB
International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) has said Bangladesh, as the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec), needs to focus on boosting trade among member...

World News | Pakistan, Iran Agree to Set USD 8 Billion Trade Goal, Nearly 2 Years After Cross-border Conflict
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Nearly two years since the cross-border conflict, Pakistan and Iran on Sunday agreed to set their annual bilateral trade at USD 8 billion, aimed at the advancement of economic cooperation and regional...

PM, Amit Shah call on President Murmu amid political turbulence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. No official details of the meeting were disclosed. In a post on X, the Rashtrapati Bhavan stated, “Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called on...
'There is no Plan A' for our growing energy crisis
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government's plan to fix our energy crisis with renewed oil and gas exploration is risky. What if it doesn't work? Six months ago, Taranaki businessman John Burling received an abrupt call: his gas company was...

‘Bangladesh can work closely with wider region’
At the 6th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Bangladesh assumed the chairmanship for the 2025-27 term which allows the country to push forward the implementation of the 'Bangkok...

Police Log: Car Mistake, Cyberthreats & 2 a.m. Chainsawing
From the East Greenwich police logs and reports, July 21-27 Monday, July 21 5:51 p.m. – Police responded to Main Street for a missing car, where a woman left the keys in the car and came back to find it gone. While they were talking, a man pulled...

Coach Tommy Tuberville criticizes foreign student admissions and praises energy bill in new posts
Coach Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Senator from Alabama, posted a series of statements on his social media account on August 2, 2025, addressing issues related to higher education admissions, energy policy, and Senate confirmations.In a post made at...

Fuse Energy: From startup to unicorn in three years
InvestmentHow do you go from startup to unicorn in three years? Two people who know better than most are Fuse Energy’s founders Alan Chang and Charles Orr. The pair made their names at FinTech Revolut before launching Fuse (previously Tesseract)...
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This 'American dream' energy source is helping the US economy boom: '[It] equals energy independence'
Cleaner solar energy technology is increasingly being made stateside with wide-reaching economic benefits, according to industry experts. Their comments were part of an EnergySage report that highlighted optimism in the industry — shared among...