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OilGasDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Petrobras discovers more oil off Brazil's Amazon coast

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras on Friday announced a new discovery of crude near the mouth of the Amazon river, where it has been drilling for a year despite opposition from environmentalists.

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OilGasDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new cha...

OilGasDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Most equities rise after oil price plunge, US data in focus

Stocks mostly rose on Wednesday following a plunge in oil prices the previous day, while investors prepared for the release of cru...

OilGasDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
EU proposes climate rules delay, warning of 'challenging' winter ahead

The EU proposed to delay new rules to cut planet-warming emissions from methane Tuesday, warning of a tough winter ahead with "ver...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
More on army, less on schools: What we know about Russia's 2027 budget

Russia plans to sharply increase defence spending, cut funding for education and raise taxes next year as costs mount in its war w...

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IndoDaily Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead Rescuers pull nine bodies from landslide in flood-hit Myanmar In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned
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OilGasDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP

Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030 as he prepared to launch a $16 billion refinery on the Ken...

OilGasDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commercialisation of the precious metal in one of the continent's top produce...

OilGasDaily MILITARY Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Justice Alito steps aside from major US climate case

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday recused himself from a major climate case after calls from green groups for him to step aside because of his oil and gas stock holdi...

OilGasDaily MILITARY Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Syria says sending imported petrol to Iraq

Syria said on Sunday that it had begun delivering imported petrol to Iraq this week, months after Baghdad began exporting its oil via Syria when the Middle East war disrupted the S...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort to win voters ahead of Sunday's election in Brazil, where the US suspen...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants over the past day, sources on both sides told AFP ...

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Torrential rains flood towns in western Libya
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PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
China widens military footprint with Laos air base

When China opened its first overseas air force base this week, a joint facility in isolated Laos, it was sendi...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanon PM says scale of war recovery beyond state's capacity

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Friday that rebuilding regions destroyed in the latest Israel-Hezboll...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets

Taiwan received its first F-16V fighter jets made by the United States on Friday, as the island democracy upgr...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
New islands appear after Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

Two new islands have emerged in waters surrounding Mount Anak Krakatau following a major eruption last month t...