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Australia’s Santos flags delay in finalising $18.7 billion ADNOC-led buyout
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 19, 2025
Santos said on Tuesday the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)-led consortium will not be able to finalise its $18.7 billion bid for the Australian gas producer for at least a month, well past the exclusive due diligence deadline. Shares in...
Trends & Growth Strategies Shaping The Global Scooter (Electric, Gas Powered, Manual Kick) Market 2025-2030 - Featuring Key Players Xiaomi Corp., Ninebot Co., Razor USA, Yadea Group, NIU Technologies & More
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Scooter Market by Propulsion Type (Electric, Gas Powered, Manual Kick), End User (Adults, Kids), Distribution Channel, Application - Global Forecast 2025-2030" has...
Russia confirmed it will continue supplying oil to India despite Western sanctions
Cryptopolitan
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August 20, 2025
Russia is not pulling the plug on oil to India anytime soon. On Wednesday, a senior official at the Russian embassy in New Delhi confirmed that oil exports to India will continue as usual. President Vladimir Putin also plans to visit Prime...
First commercial port site in Taiwan ready for wave energy pilot
Offshore Energy
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August 20, 2025
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power Global and its partner I-KE International Ocean Energy, a subsidiary of Lian Tat Company, have obtained the official land use tender from Suao Port Company for a wave energy pilot station in Taiwan. Source: Eco...
India’s oil shuffle triggers China surge: What’s really going on with Russia’s crude?
Business Today
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August 20, 2025
Russian crude oil exports to India have collapsed by nearly two-thirds in August, while China has nearly doubled its intake, agency data shows. According to commodity tracker Kpler, India’s imports of Russian crude have dropped to no more than...
Russia vows uninterrupted oil supply to India
Daily Times
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August 20, 2025
Published on: August 20, 2025 4:52 PM Russia will continue supplying crude oil to India through a special mechanism, despite global tensions and sanctions. A top Russian embassy official in New Delhi confirmed this during a press briefing on...
Spam is back at Rutter’s for a limited time
Convenience Store News & Petroleum
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August 19, 2025
Spam features in eight different options in all dayparts. | Rutter's Spam has made its way back onto Rutter’s menu for a limited time. Customers can enjoy the taste of Spam through the end of October, the convenience-store retailer said. This year...
Russia has ‘special mechanisms’ to supply oil to India, embassy official says
Business Recorder
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August 20, 2025
NEW DELHI: Russia will continue supplying oil to India and the country’s President Vladimir Putin will meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi by the end of year, a Russian embassy official in India said on Wednesday. Russia has a...
China Buys Up Russian Oil Cargoes as Indian Demand Slows – Reuters
The Moscow Times
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August 20, 2025
Chinese refiners have purchased 15 cargoes of Russian crude for delivery in October and November, analysts told Reuters, as weakening Indian demand for Moscow’s exports opens the door for China to take on more supply. India has emerged as the...
Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 8/20/2025
InsiderNJ - New Jersey
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August 20, 2025
Below is Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: QUOTE OF THE DAY: "As the nation witnesses the tearing apart of families, inhumane treatment of human beings, and unlawful detention of children, Hoboken will not bend its knee in response to...
Federal solar funding canceled as Kentuckians feel burden of summer energy costs
WUKY - Kentucky
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August 20, 2025
In 2023, the Commonwealth created a proposal aimed at reducing participating households' monthly energy bills by up to 20%. It mainly reaches low-income households and communities who do not often have access to renewable energy. Julia Finch,...
Argeo’s bankruptcy estate sells three ‘core’ technologies to Kongsberg Discovery
Offshore Energy
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August 20, 2025
Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery, Kongsberg Gruppen’s business area for robotics and sensor technology, is set to acquire active and passive electromagnetic sensing capabilities from Argeo’s bankruptcy estate. To remind, it was reported on July 7 that...
Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE:AGRO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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August 20, 2025
Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE:AGRO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript August 19, 2025 Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for waiting. At this time, we would like to welcome everyone to Adecoagro’s Second Quarter 2025 Results...
Wednesday's 9 Things to Know: KCPD seeks shooting suspects on ATV's and motorbikes- Aug. 20, 2025
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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August 20, 2025
Wednesday's 9 Things to Know: KCPD seeks shooting suspects on ATV's and motorbikes- Aug. 20, 2025 Officers say a pack of ATV and motorbike drivers shot at a car, Russia is slow to agree to peace talks with Ukraine, a radioactive shrimp recall, and...
Taiwanese court sentences ex-legislator’s son for illegal fuel transfers to North Korea
Associated Press
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August 20, 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The son of a former Taiwanese legislator has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for a scheme that illegally supplied thousands of tons of fuel oil to North Korea. Huang Chung-wei was sentenced to 28 months in...
Clean energy heating transformation paves way for warmer, greener winters
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 16:54, August 20, 2025 LHASA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Even in August, herder Mikyo Dorje always puts on his thick Tibetan sheepskin robe when going out in Tsochen County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The county sits at an...
A month after passing resolution to suspend cooperation with IAEA, Iran takes a U-turn
The Print
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August 20, 2025
Dubai: Iran cannot completely cut cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, after passage of a law requiring high-level security approval for future inspections of its nuclear sites. International Atomic...
Commentary: Regional ethnic autonomy drives Xizang's all-round progress
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 16:21, August 20, 2025 BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Over the past six decades, Xizang has achieved historic milestones in its economic and social development, showcasing the remarkable success of China's system of regional ethnic autonomy...
Editorial: Chicago’s pension investments likely are doing worse than your 401(k). Big problem.
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 20, 2025
Chicago’s woefully underfunded employee pension plans are demanding more from taxpayers each year. City leaders, starting with Mayor Brandon Johnson, point to the need for hundreds of millions if not billions in new revenue to stabilize Chicago’s...
Jacksonville police looking for missing mother of five, family fears she’s in danger
104.5 WOKV - Florida
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August 20, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Family of a Jacksonville woman who was reported missing is speaking on her disappearance. They said 34-year-old Kayla Bailey, a Jacksonville mother of 5 and a photographer was last seen at her home on Maxville Boulevard....