A month into the war on Iran, Africa is scrambling to keep its engines running. In Kenya, there are reports of shortages of roughly 20% hitting petrol stations; suppliers attribute most of this to panic buying.
The European Commission is calling on its 400-million plus citizens to fly and drive less, work from home and do their bit to conserve energy, with the Iran war now in its second month.
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A Russian oil tanker carrying hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil arrived in Cuba in the early hours of Tuesday, providing a small relief to the US-blockaded island nation. The Anatoly Kolodkin docked in Cuba's port of Matanzas east of Havana, carrying 730,000 barrels of crude oil.
The United States has allowed a Russian tanker loaded with crude oil to sail for Cuba despite a de facto American oil blockade on the energy-starved Caribbean island, the New York Times reported Sunday.
Arguably, no form of technology has sparked both fear and enthusiasm quite the way nuclear energy has. In the 1950s, the peaceful use of nuclear fission boomed, and it remains to this day the ultimate deterrent in military matters.
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Since the Iran war began, the surge in oil prices has stirred memories of the dramatic oil shocks of 1973 and 1979. In 1973, oil-producing Arab countries imposed an embargo against Western nations to punish them for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
Since the Iran war began, the surge in oil prices has stirred memories of the dramatic oil shocks of 1973 and 1979. In 1973, oil-producing Arab countries imposed an embargo against Western nations to punish them for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
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