The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits

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Results from Shell and Exxon this week will be weaker – and Trump’s desire to drill may result in oversupply

Almost three years ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wiped out Europe’s largest source of gas and shocked global energy markets, setting the stage for quarter after quarter of better-than-expected earnings for the fossil fuel producers ready to profit from the volatility. Now those returns are beginning to cool.

But as markets have reduced to a simmer, oil executives have warned that profits are also going off the boil. A glut of new oil and gas projects, stoked by a pro-fossil-fuel agenda from the White House, could mean weaker markets in the future too.

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‘Safe to be a white male again’: how conservative media covered Trump’s first week

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The right is ecstatic about the end of the Biden era – but remains polarized about some of Trump’s decisions

Americans really do inhabit two worlds: some shed tears of sadness at the advent of Donald Trump’s second presidency. Others cried, too – with joy.

Across the conservative, “post-liberal” and alternative media spheres, journalists, pundits and some social media circles celebrated the end of the Biden era with the enthusiasm of rebels toppling the relics of a collapsing dictatorship. As Trump swore his presidential oath, the writer Walter Kirn, a pro-Trump, anti-establishment agitator on X, grandiloquently declared: “This is a revolution against a corrupt ancien regime.”

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Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at US government agencies

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Inspectors general at state, defense and transportation departments removed in apparent violation of federal law

Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at multiple US government agencies on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, eliminating a critical oversight component and clearing the way for the president to replace them with loyalists.

The inspectors general at agencies including the departments of state, defense and transportation were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, the source said on condition of anonymity.

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Slovak protests draw 100,000 denouncing pro-Putin tilt by Fico government – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Slovak protests draw 100,000 denouncing pro-Putin tilt by Fico government  POLITICO Europe
  2. Slovak PM Fico rejects calls to quit amid growing protests  Reuters
  3. Slovakian PM rejects calls to quit as tension grows over shift towards Russia  The Guardian
  4. Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia against PM Fico  Euronews
  5. Slovak Premier Fico Says He Won’t Bow to Popular Pressure and Quit  Bloomberg
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Anne Frank exhibit opening in New York amid US debate over antisemitism

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First full-scale replica of Frank’s attic annexe goes on show next week on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The first-ever full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s attic annex goes on show in New York next week, part of an ongoing effort to maintain awareness of – and combat – antisemitism in the midst of conflict in the Middle East and political tensions in the US.

Eighty years on from Frank’s death, aged 15, in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, the exhibition at the Center for Jewish History in downtown Manhattan aims to introduce new audiences to one of the most famous victims of Adolf Hitler’s “final solution”.

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Ireland and UK clean up after storm brings record winds and damage – NPR

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  1. Ireland and UK clean up after storm brings record winds and damage  NPR
  2. Man, 20, killed during Storm Éowyn in Donegal named  RTÉ News
  3. Storm Éowyn: Travel and power problems to continue across Scotland  BBC.com
  4. Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights  The Associated Press
  5. Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power  The New York Times
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‘Keep moving forward’: Yunupingu leads Australia Day honours

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Late Yolŋu Indigenous rights activist appointed companion of the Order of Australia, along with lawyer Megan Davis and refugee advocate Gillian Triggs

The late Yolŋu Indigenous rights activist Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has posthumously been appointed a companion of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours list, where he is joined by emeritus professor Gillian Triggs, the former head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Cobble Cobble constitutional lawyer and Indigenous advocate scientia professor Megan Davis.

Yunupingu, a key supporter of the Indigenous voice to parliament, died six months before the referendum on constitutional recognition that was the driving force of the final decades of his life.

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Hope for Britain’s loneliest bat after second species member discovered

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Greater mouse-eared bat was declared extinct in the UK but ecologists now believe population recovery is possible

For 21 long winters, Britain’s loneliest bat hibernated alone in a disused railway tunnel in Sussex.

The male greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) was the only known individual of his kind in the country after he was discovered in 2002 – a decade after the rare species was officially declared extinct.

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UK weather warnings remain in place as man killed by falling tree in Ireland named – live

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The young man who died in Ireland after a tree fell during Storm Eowyn has been named as Kacper Dudek

Irish premier Micheál Martin said every effort is being made to restore power and water supplies following Storm Eowyn.

He described the destruction caused by some of the strongest winds on record as “unprecedented”.

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2025 Australian Open: American Madison Keys stuns Aryna Sabalenka to win first-ever major title – Yahoo Sports

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  1. 2025 Australian Open: American Madison Keys stuns Aryna Sabalenka to win first-ever major title  Yahoo Sports
  2. Australian Open final: Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev for third Grand Slam title - The Athletic  The Athletic
  3. USA’s Madison Keys wins first grand slam title at Australian Open, stunning world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in thrilling final  CNN
  4. Major moment: American Keys wins Aussie Open  ESPN
  5. 2025 Australian Open: American Madison Keys stuns Aryna Sabalenka to win first major title  Yahoo Sports
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Jubilant scenes in Gaza City as four Israeli soldiers are released

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Civilians and militants gather amid rubble to watch handover of four women held hostage for 15 months

For the crowds of militants and civilians gathered in a central Gaza square to witness the handover of four Israeli soldiers held hostage for 15 months, the atmosphere was one of triumph and jubilation.

Hundreds of people gathered on the piles of rubble in Palestine Square, Gaza City, among flags of Palestinian militant groups, to watch a painstaking hostage handover, while in Tel Aviv crowds of Israelis gathered in suspense.

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