Guy Birchall

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Chevron, Exxon Decline to Boost Oil Production Despite Trump Admin Requests

A Chevron gas station in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 28, 2026. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesExxonMobil and Chevron…

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Global Oil Price Retreats After Hitting 4-Year High as Iran War Deadlock Continues

Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj, just south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 15, 2019. Fayez Nureldine /AFP via Getty…

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US to Create 4000-Acre High-Tech Economic Security Zone in the Philippines

President Donald Trump (L) greets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on July 22, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty…

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Lebanon Ceasefire Appears to Hold as Trump Tells Hezbollah to Act ‘Nicely’

Citizens in the city fire bullets into the sky to celebrate the ceasefire agreement in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 16,…

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Europe Has ‘Maybe 6 Weeks’ of Jet Fuel Left, IEA Boss Says

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol in Brussels on March 6, 2026. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty ImagesInternational Energy Agency…

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Chevron Agrees on Asset Swap in Venezuela to Focus on Heavy Oil Projects

The oil giant has secured a greater stake in the South American country’s vast Orinoco Belt, which sits atop the…

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Trump Says He’s ‘Fine’ If Iran Doesn’t Come Back to Negotiating Table

Milad Tower, the tallest tower in Iran at 435 metres, is pictured along the Tehran skyline from a park overlooking…

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North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Missile, Electromagnetic Weapon: State Media

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test of a long-range strategic cruise…

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North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Missile, Electromagnetic Weapon: State Media

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test of a long-range strategic cruise…

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North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Missile, Electromagnetic Weapon: State Media

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test of a long-range strategic cruise…

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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles, Dismisses Seoul’s Diplomacy Hopes

What the North Korean regime said is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch drill at the Sunan international airport…

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Oil, Gas Crisis ‘More Serious Than 1973, 1979, 2022 Together,’ IEA Chief Says

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol in Brussels on March 6, 2026. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty ImagesInternational Energy…

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