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US to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, New York Times reports
March 29 (Reuters) - The United States is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, in an easing of the de facto oil blockade that Washington has imposed on Cuba, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing a U.S. official briefed on the matter.Washington has effectively blocked ...Reuters
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US to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, New York Times reports
March 29 (Reuters) - The United States is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, in an easing of the de facto oil blockade that Washington has imposed on Cuba, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing a U.S. official briefed on the matter.Reuters
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Electricity cut in parts of Tehran after attacks on infrastructure, energy ministry says
March 29 (Reuters) - Electricity was cut in parts of the Iranian capital Tehran and in Alborz province after attacks on infrastructure, Iran's state media cited the country's ministry of energy as saying on Sunday.Shrapnel hit a part of the electricity grid in Alborz province, causing power ...Reuters
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Russia's Ust-Luga port damaged by more Ukrainian drones, fire under control
MOSCOW, March 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Baltic Ust-Luga port, one of its largest petroleum export hubs, was damaged again on Sunday by a Ukrainian drone attack which sparked a blaze later brought under control, Russian officials said.It followed several Ukrainian drone strikes last week on Russia’...Reuters
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Egypt secures Libya oil imports after war cuts off Kuwaiti flows, Bloomberg News reports
March 29 (Reuters) - Egypt is set to import at least 1 million barrels of Libyan crude oil per month to offset a halt in Kuwait oil supplies, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The agreement follows a request by...Reuters
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Ukraine says it struck Russia's Ust-Luga port for second time in a week
KYIV, March 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal at Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga for the second time in a week, Kyiv's SBU security agency said on Sunday.It added in a statement that the strike caused "serious damage" and a fire at the port, one of Ru...Reuters
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Ethiopia's Ethio Engineering orders fuel-saving measures amid supply fears
NAIROBI, March 29 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Ethio Engineering Group has asked its more than 3,000 employees to switch to virtual meetings to reduce fuel usage following government guidance to avert a full-blown energy crisis.Like other countries in the region, landlocked Ethiopia faces fuel supply ...Reuters
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Chevron says repairs to Wheatstone gas facility to take weeks
By Helen Clark PERTH, SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - Chevron's CVX.N Wheatstone liquefied natural gas facility in Western Australia is unlikely to resume full production for several weeks as it repairs damage caused by last week's tropical cyclone, the company said on Sunday.Cyclone Narelle...Reuters
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Adviser to UAE president says political solution for Iran attacks should include reparations
CAIRO, March 29 (Reuters) - Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE's president, said on Sunday that any political solution addressing Iranian attacks on Gulf states should include Iranian reparations for targeting vital facilities as well as civilians. The solutions should include cle...Reuters
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Chevron says repairs to Wheatstone gas facility to take weeks
SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - Chevron CVX.N said on Sunday it would likely take several weeks to return its Wheatstone gas facility in Australia to full production following damage to equipment by severe weather.“While damage assessments continue at both the onshore Wheatstone plant and offshore Whea...Reuters
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Bahrain's Alba assesses damage after Iran strikes aluminium plants
UAE's Emirates Global Aluminium also sustained damageMiddle East supplies about 9% of world's aluminiumProducers already face shipping disruption due to Iran war March 29 (Reuters) - Aluminium Bahrain ALBH.BH, which runs one of the world's largest smelters, said on Sunday it was asses...Reuters
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Oman says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks on its territory
March 29 (Reuters) - Oman's foreign ministry said on Sunday that it condemns attacks on its territory, adding that no party has claimed responsibility.It said authorities were investigating the attacks' "sources and motives" without providing further details or specifying any specifi...Reuters
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Australia LNG disruptions continue after Narelle, thousands without power
SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - Australia's liquefied natural gas production remained disrupted and thousands were without power in the remote northwest on Sunday, more than a week after the Narelle storm system hit the country.The impact of Narelle, downgraded from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, ...Reuters
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Australia LNG disruptions continue after Narelle, thousands without power
SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - Australia's liquefied natural gas production remained disrupted and thousands were without power in the remote northwest on Sunday, more than a week after the Narelle storm system hit the country.The impact of Narelle, downgraded from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, ...Reuters
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WRAPUP 9-Yemen's Houthis enter Iran war with attack on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region
Yemen had, until now, stayed out of the Iran warUS military operations in Iran expected to conclude within weeks, Rubio saysWar strains US alliances, Trump questions NATO supportIranian attack on base in Saudi Arabia injures 12 US service personnelBy Menna AlaaElDin, Nayera Abdallah and Humeyra Pamu...Reuters
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Two Iraqi police officers killed in airstrike targeting Shi'ite PMF site in Mosul
BAGHDAD, March 28 (Reuters) - At least two Iraqi police personnel were killed and two wounded in an airstrike that targeted a Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters in Mosul, which was located adjacent to a police facility, security sources told Reuters on Saturday.The PMF, known in Arabic as Hash...Reuters
Sat, Mar 28
Saudi pipeline pumping 7 million bpd of oil, bypassing Hormuz, Bloomberg News reports
March 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, which circumvents the Strait of Hormuz, is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter.Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port on th...Reuters
Sat, Mar 28
Kuwait airport hit by drones, radar system damaged, no casualties reported
March 28 (Reuters) - Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple drone attacks on Saturday that caused significant damage to its radar system but resulted in no casualties, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the country's Civil Aviation Authority.The authority's spokesperson l...Reuters
Sat, Mar 28
Egypt to slow down some state projects for two months amid Iran war, prime minister says
March 28 (Reuters) - Egypt will slow down large state projects that involve high fuel and diesel consumption for at least two months, while fuel allocations for all government vehicles will be cut by 30%, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Saturday.Madbouly also said that both the public an...Reuters
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