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EU backs ending new oil and gas drilling

The war in the Middle East may have driven up oil and gas demand, but the world should still ditch new fossil fuel drilling, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra has said, insisting on "affordable, reliable, homegrown clean energy."

UAE’s OPEC exit signals new global oil order

The reported decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave OPEC and OPEC+ is more than a dispute over oil production. It is a sign that the old architecture of oil power is being reshaped by national strategy, Gulf competition and Asian energy vulnerability. For years, OPEC+

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1,000 years of Japanese swords

From weapon to icon – a riveting history lesson in the many meanings of the samurai sword that’s also just plain cool to see - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon