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Licensed from Adobe Stock Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2025. Robert Lyman’s bio can be read here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On June 26, 2025 the Energy Institute published the latest version of the Statistical Review of World Energy. It includes data up to the end of 2024. This article covers the highlights of the review from the
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Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear programme, the parties said Friday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions. The Islamic republic suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in July in the wake of its 12-day war with Israel, citing the
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The Boeing 737 is often seen as a symbol of American aerospace excellence. But peel back the fuselage and you’ll discover a much more intricate story—one of international collaboration, supply chain complexity, and global interdependence. The aircraft’s thousands of components are sourced from at least two dozen countries and multiple continents. While Boeing leads final
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Japan experienced a contraction in exports for the first time in four years this July. Exports declined 2.6% on an annualized basis, falling beneath the median forecast of a 2.1% contraction, according to the Ministry of Finance. As with Canada, tariffs have caused a downturn in the auto sector. Autos, auto parts, and steel saw
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Via The Cradle Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed 12 cooperation agreements during Pezeshkian’s official visit to Minsk on Wednesday, strengthening ties between the two nations in defiance of US sanctions. A joint statement was signed alongside the dozen cooperation agreements which cover politics, international law, health, pharmaceuticals, industry, environment, tourism, art, media
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With the tariff trade truce extended to November 10, U.S. and Chinese negotiators are working toward a trade deal ahead of a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping later this year. Key issues include the flow of critical Chinese rare earth minerals to the U.S. and Beijing’s access to advanced Nvidia
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Britain’s oldest ever person is celebrating her 116th birthday today, spending the special day quietly with family at her Surrey care home. Ethel Caterham, who’s believed to be the world’s oldest living person, has turned down all media interview requests, though she’d welcome any birthday wishes from King Charles. Her carehome in Lightwater, Surrey released
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Samantha Granville Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. Archbishop Paul Sayah, deputy to Lebanon’s highest-ranking Catholic leader, told the BBC the Vatican was “studying” the trip but
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