Category: Energy News Beat

Why Iran is willing to pay any price for resisting Israel

Energy News Beat In the eyes of many, the Islamic Republic remains the last bastion in the Muslim world against unchecked Israeli aggression Apart from flexing its military muscle as a power to reckon with in the Middle East, Iran is showcasing a robust foreign policy by becoming a full-fledged BRICS+ member. Tehran is likely […]

Israel bombs Beirut airport area as passenger plane taxis to take-off (VIDEO)

Energy News Beat Footage recorded by a Sputnik Arabic reporter shows an Israeli bomb leveling a building just meters from the runway The Israeli military bombed a target dangerously close to Beirut’s airport at the moment a large passenger jet was taxiing nearby, a video published by Sputnik Arabic on Thursday shows. A massive Israeli […]

Milei and Trump to announce Argentina-US pact – media

Energy News Beat Argentine President Javier Milei intends to announce a new pact with the US while visiting President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence, according to the media in Buenos Aires. The Libertarian politician has made major cuts to Argentina’s government apparatus in less than a year since he’s been president. He arrived at […]

Texas man arrested for plotting ‘9/11 style attack’ – FBI

Energy News Beat A Houston resident told an informant about his plans to become a suicide bomber, officials have said A man in Houston, Texas has been indicted for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State (formerly ISIS) terrorists, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Anas Said, 28, has admitted to planning […]

Musk secretly met with Iran’s UN envoy – NYT

Energy News Beat The Trump-friendly businessman is reportedly working to “defuse” tensions between Washington and Tehran Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, met with the Iranian ambassador to the UN earlier this week, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed Iranian officials. According to the NYT, […]

Ukrainian state-run agency scrubs posts bashing Trump’s intel chief pick

Energy News Beat Kiev’s “anti-disinformation” body has accused Tulsi Gabbard of working “for Kremlin money” Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) has quietly removed its news bulletins accusing former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of spreading fake news on behalf of Russia. The change came after US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel of […]

Petronas, CNPC strengthen LNG ties

Energy News Beat Malaysia’s Petronas and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in various fields, including LNG. The two companies signed the MoU in Shanghai on November 6. According to a statement by Petronas, the MoU for strategic partnership will strengthen collaboration, among others, in the upstream […]

Far-right Vox urges centre-right PP to torpedo all Spanish socialist candidates in Brussels

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Minimum wage in Romania set to increase

Energy News Beat   Romania is ready to raise the minimum wage to 4,050 lei (about €800) from 1 January, following President Klaus Iohannis’ promulgation of the European minimum wage law on Wednesday, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday. Ciolacu stressed that there were no electoral or other obstacles to implementing the wage increase […]

Slovak Interior Minister faces mounting pressure after police brutality incident

Energy News Beat   Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (leader of Hlas-SD/NI) has come under fire after the death of a detainee exposed cases of police brutality, despite claiming it was an isolated incident, while the opposition is demanding accountability, including his resignation. On 5 November, police in the eastern Slovak city of Košice […]