The Virtual Tribune
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OPEC Meeting and U.S. Strategic Reserve Release Ahead
VIENNA — The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets next week, and the mechanics here are worth…
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U.S.-Iran Tensions Drive Oil Market Volatility Since 1979
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The relationship between Iran and the United States has long been one of the…
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How the Strait of Hormuz Became a Global Economic Chokepoint
DUBAI, July 8 — The Strait of Hormuz, a 33-kilometer-wide waterway between Iran and Oman, connects the Persian…
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The Strait of Hormuz: World’s Most Critical Oil Chokepoint
WASHINGTON, July 8 — A 21-mile-wide maritime chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, carries roughly 17 million barrels of…
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Richard Glick Shapes Wholesale Power Markets and Grid Reliability
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Richard Glick, who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, remains a…
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Granholm Drives U.S. Grid Modernization and Clean Energy Storage
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has spent the last several years steering the Department of…
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Strait of Hormuz: Key Chokepoint for 20% of Global Oil
MANAMA, July 8 — The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply…
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OPEC’s Production Capacity and Iran’s Role in Global Oil Markets
VIENNA, July 8 — The global oil market is facing a fresh moment of uncertainty, and for communities…
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How the Power Grid Works: Transmission, Distribution, and Frequency
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The United States electric power grid, a sprawling network that the Department of Energy…
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How the Modern Power Grid Works and the Future of Energy Storage
WASHINGTON, July 8 — By the numbers, the U.S. electric grid is a sprawling machine: over 600,000 miles…
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Physicist John Preskill coined ‘quantum supremacy’ in 2012
PASADENA, July 8 — On the Caltech campus, John Preskill is a theoretical physicist. He has spent decades…
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Vasco da Gama’s India Voyage Opened Spice Trade Route
LISBON, July 8 — It is 529 years to the day since Vasco da Gama departed Lisbon with…
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Ferdinand Magellan’s Voyage: First Around the Globe
LISBON, July 8 — Against this backdrop of a world still charting its own uncertain seas, the legacy…
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Moderate 5.4 earthquake strikes south of Tonga with no tsunami warning
NUKU‘ALOFA, July 8 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck approximately 245 kilometres south of ‘Ohonua, Tonga, according…
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Study Shows Daughter’s Influence On Gender Equality Views In Japan
TOKYO, July 8 — A study published in the journal Political Behavior examines how having a daughter shapes…
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Trump’s Iran ceasefire end sends oil prices surging
WASHINGTON, July 8 — President Donald Trump’s declaration on March 30, 2025, that the ceasefire with Iran is…
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U.S. Power Grid Faces Reliability Challenges as Aging Infrastructure Rises
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The United States electricity grid is a sprawling, aging machine, and the numbers tell…
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How Oil Markets React to Geopolitical Shocks
NEW YORK, July 8 — By the numbers, the oil market’s memory is long and its reflexes are…
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 strikes near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
KIMBE, July 8 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck approximately 110 kilometers southeast of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea,…
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Spanish Allies and Local Enmities Toppled the Aztec Empire
MEXICO CITY, July 8 — A new assessment of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire has drawn…
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History of U.S. Power Grid: Edison to Regional Links
NEW YORK, July 8 — The figure that matters: 59. That was the number of customers Thomas Edison’s…
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Richard Feynman: The Nobel-Winning Physicist Who First Proposed
PASADENA, July 8 — The intellectual architecture of the modern world rests on foundations laid decades ago, often…
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Global Oil Inventories Hit Five-Year Low, Markets Vulnerable
SINGAPORE, July 8 — Global oil inventories are sitting at their lowest level in five years, a fact…
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OPEC’s 64-year influence wanes as OPEC+ extends 2025 output cuts
TEHRAN, July 8 — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group that began with five founding…
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