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• Il Pakistan ha ricevuto una proposta di pace emendata dall'Iran, agendo come cruciale mediatore nei canali riservati nei negoziati in corso tra USA e Iran, riflettendo gli sforzi diplomatici per risolvere le tensioni crescenti. • Questo sviluppo indica un continuo impegno diplomatico di alto livello nonostante lo stallo dei negoziati formali e i precedenti tentativi di cessate il fuoco, con il Pakistan che svolge un ruolo di intermediario strategico nella crisi del Medio Oriente. • Il successo degli sforzi di mediazione potrebbe avere implicazioni significative per i mercati globali, i prezzi del petrolio greggio e la stabilità regionale, influenzando direttamente la sicurezza energetica dell'India e le prospettive di crescita economica.

Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025The US’s top utilities’ CEOs enjoyed a 16% pay raise last year – to an average of $12.3m – even as consumers shoulder the pain from high bills spurred by continuing inflation, the Iran war and datacenter growth, a new review of industry financial documents shows.Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions since 2021, and, nationwide, utilities shut off power to customers 13m times last year, federal data shows. Continue reading...

Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the publicGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn “independent, community-driven association” that ran anti-Labor adverts during the last federal election was entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group, the Guardian can reveal.Energy for Australians accepted more than $1m from Coal Australia – a group advocating for coal whose members include major miners Yancoal, Peabody, New Hope and Whitehaven. Continue reading...

Two deportees sent to Eswatini were from Somalia, one was from Sudan and another was from TanzaniaThe government of Eswatini announced on Thursday it received four more “third country” deportees from the United States, as part of the Trump administration’s multimillion-dollar deal with the small African nation.Now a total of 19 deportees from the US have been sent to Eswatini even as they hail from other countries, amid the Trump administration’s continued anti-immigrant crackdown and changes to immigration policy. Continue reading...