Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president said he would consider an opt-out for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close Trump ally who has maintained good relations with Russia...
Day: November 8, 2025
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The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions.
This year has seen waves of bad news for the global fight to halt catastrophic climate change. Fossil fuel production is still increasing, driving up planet-warming pollution; the United States is in climate denial mode; and turbulent geopolitics have pushed the climate crisis down the agenda and into the culture wars. But there’s another, more...
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Energy Consortium Secures $50 billion to Build Africa’s Second-Largest Refinery in Nigeria
Nigeria is set to consolidate its dominance in Africa’s oil refining landscape as an international energy consortium secured over $50 billion for the construction of a 500,000-barrel-per-day refinery and a 1,471-hectare free trade zone in Ondo state.Before this project, Algeria’s Skikda Refinery, with a capacity of about 356,500 barrels per day, held the title of...