Sri Lanka’s 810-megawatt Norochcholai coal power plant will remain disconnected from the national electricity grid for several days following a nationwide blackout on 17 October, with authorities continuing safety procedures before allowing
After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing global energy turmoil the “biggest energy security threat in history” in April, events over the summer vindicated his warning. The United States authorized the
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Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday as escalating military actions between the United States and Iran intensified concerns over global energy flows, with Tehran announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
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In the windswept industrial corridors of northern China, an unusually specialized education system is quietly shaping one of the most strategically important supply chains in the world. In the city of Baotou,
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Singapore, long known as the “Houston of Asia”, is facing one of its most severe tests in decades as a prolonged war in the Middle East disrupts global energy flows and intensifies
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Global oil markets surged more than 2% as escalating military confrontations between the United States, Iran, and Israel deepened fears of a wider Middle East conflict that could disrupt critical energy supply
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Even before the United States and Israel launched their war with Iran, life on the industrial outskirts of New Delhi was already a daily struggle for workers such as Kunta Devi and
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Public resistance to artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from online outrage into a more volatile and confrontational movement, with growing numbers of threats, acts of intimidation, and attacks targeting individuals and institutions
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Sri Lanka’s power sector is facing growing instability after revelations that payments owed to renewable energy producers have been delayed for several months, raising fears of a broader energy supply crisis. Industry
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A deepening energy shock triggered by disruptions in Iranian oil flows has ignited a widespread plastics crisis across Asia, sending prices of key packaging materials soaring and threatening shortages of essential goods
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Within six days of the Russian President Vladimir Putin rendering a forceful advice to the US President Donald Trump to abandon the path of war in Iran — in particular, any wild
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There is a certain irony in seeing some of the world’s richest countries quietly ask the United States for financial relief. For decades, the Gulf monarchies cultivated an image of inexhaustible wealth:
More The global economy is facing one of its most severe energy shocks in modern history as the ongoing war between the United States, Israel, and Iran disrupts oil flows at a scale
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Europe is entering a period of heightened energy uncertainty as the European Union warns of a “long-lasting” crisis triggered by the ongoing war in the Middle East. Dan Jørgensen, the EU’s energy
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The current instability in the Middle East has again demonstrated the extent to which the modern world is interconnected especially in the energy security context. The most recent escalation in the Middle
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Oil prices jumped sharply on Monday, with Brent crude heading for its steepest monthly rise ever, after Yemeni Houthis launched attacks on Israel over the weekend, expanding the conflict that began with
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