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More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T09:32:13+00:00

Ed Miliband insists only clean power will provide ‘energy sovereignty’ amid opposition calls for oil and gas expansionUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have said expanding North Sea drilling would put the UK at further risk of volatile fossil fuel markets, amid calls from the Conservatives and some Labour MPs to breach the manifesto pledge of no new oil and gas licences.The energy minister, Michael Shanks, said the UK was “learning the right lessons from this conflict so that we’re not exposed to fossil fuels in the same way again, because this isn’t the first time that households acr

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Заступник Рубіо розкритикував ООН за нездатність зупинити війну в Україні

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-24T09:30:00+00:00

У Вашингтоні сподіваються, що головування Штатів у Раді Безпеки цього місяця допоможе організації перейти від заяв до реальних кроків для досягнення миру.

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Government Cuts Gut the Memory of Argentina’s Dirty War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-24T09:01:04+00:00

Fifty years after the military dictatorship, Argentina’s government is defunding human rights groups and promoting a revisionist account of the junta’s crimes.

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No fuel shortage in Britain, says minister, as Reeves prepares to set out economic response to Iran war – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T08:56:12+00:00

Energy minister Michael Shanks reassures drivers ahead of chancellor’s statement to MPsGood morning. At lunchtime Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will give a statement to MPs that will cover what the government is doing, and (more tentatively) might do, in response to the soaring global energy prices caused by the Iran war. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, also creating a global energy shortage, the Conservative government ended up spending £40bn supporting families and firms with energy bills over the following winter. Reeves’s problem is that she has not got £40bn spare. With spring upon

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Internal buyers, blenders push tea sales in Coonoor Auctions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T08:46:35+00:00

Global Tea Auctioneer said that the offered quantity in leaf was 9,64,835 kg, with a 78 per cent sales, while for dust, it was 2,86,009 kg with a sale of 87 per cent in Sale 12

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Government calls all-party meeting on West Asia crisis on March 25

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T08:44:25+00:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make a statement in the Rajya Sabha today on several aspects of the ongoing conflict and India's energy security

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