Energy

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What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil Economy

What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil

A 22-square-kilometre coral outcrop in the Persian Gulf handles roughly 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Here is how Kharg Island works, why it became...

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EU Summit: Fico Heads to Brussels with Oil Ultimatum Economy

EU Summit: Fico Heads to Brussels with Oil Ultimatum

European leaders will meet in Brussels on March 19-20 to address three intertwined crises: a damaged Druzhba oil pipeline, a blocked €90 billion EU lo...

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How Tidal Energy Works—and Why It Matters Science

How Tidal Energy Works—and Why It Matters

Tidal energy harnesses the gravitational pull of the moon to generate reliable, carbon-free electricity—but high costs and limited sites have kept it...

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How Power Grids Work—and Why They Fail Technology

How Power Grids Work—and Why They Fail

Power grids are among civilization's most complex engineered systems, constantly balancing electricity supply and demand in real time. Understanding h...

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Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline Economy

Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline

Slovakia and Hungary have signed an agreement to construct a 127-kilometer pipeline between the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava and the Hungarian MOL....

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Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime Economy

Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime

Cuba marks its tenth consecutive day of mass protests on March 16, 2026, with pot-banging demonstrations, barricades, and fires erupting amid blackout...

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Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean Economy

Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean

France has deployed its sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Horm...

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Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens Economy

Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel and triggerin...

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Orbán Blocks EU's Ukraine Aid Ahead of Brussels Summit Economy

Orbán Blocks EU's Ukraine Aid Ahead of Brussels Summit

Hungary is withholding the EU's €90 billion aid package for Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package, citing the Druzhba oil pipeline dispute. The Bruss...

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Fico Conditions Ukraine's EU Accession on Druzhba Pipeline Restart Economy

Fico Conditions Ukraine's EU Accession on Druzhba Pipeline Restart

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to block Ukraine's path to EU membership unless Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline is resto...

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Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy Economy

Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since a US-Israel military campaign against Iran began has sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel, paralyz...

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Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Fail: Dendrites Explained Science

Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Fail: Dendrites Explained

Microscopic metal spikes called lithium dendrites grow inside batteries during every charge cycle, causing capacity loss, short circuits, and fires. N...

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