20 August 2026

First gas from Australia's Beetaloo puts shale ambition to the test

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Deep in Australia's Red Centre, gas is set to start flowing next month from the sprawling Beetaloo basin to Darwin 500 km (310 miles) north, in what developers hope kicks off the country's own...

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Russian fleet launched missile drill near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the largest island in the disputed archipelago, simulating an attack on enemy vessels, hitting all of its targets approximately 300km away.

Source: The Guardian WorldOriginal source