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Video: 'Mushroom Cloud' Over Mexico As Tanker Carrying Stolen Fuel Explodes
The tanker was allegedly transporting smuggled gasoline at the time of the explosion.
"GASOLINE" · 총 66건
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최근 7일 기준 86,397건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.2(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,345건(5.0%)·중립 79,923건(92.5%)·부정 2,129건(2.5%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 14.7(중도 균형)입니다.
The tanker was allegedly transporting smuggled gasoline at the time of the explosion.
[Economy] : The average prices of gasoline rose while those of diesel fell on Friday. According to the Korea National Oil Corporation’s price information system, Opinet, as of 9 a.m. Friday, the average price of gasoline at gas stations nationwide stood at two-thousand-ten-point-26, or slightly over one U.S. dollar ... [more...]
Authorities in the annexed peninsula did not say when they expected sales to resume at local gas stations.
Authorities in the annexed peninsula did not say when they expected sales to resume at local gas stations.
The overnight strikes forced a major gas station chain to suspend the distribution of gasoline vouchers amid a fuel shortage in the region.
Police arrested three people on Wednesday on suspicion of being involved in illicit fuel activity in Kwai Tsing District. Police seized about 1,600 litres of gasoline, with a suspected market value of HK$50,000, at a suspected illicit fuel station near Kwai Tai Road. At a press briefing on Thursday, officers said two arrestees were loading fuel into a private vehicle when police carried out their raid, while the third arrestee allegedly helped with operations at the facility. One reportedly entered Hong Kong on a two-way exit permit and police suspect that this person violated their conditions of stay. Chief Inspector Koo Man-kai called on residents not to use illicit fuel. "According to the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, both buying and selling illicit fuel is a serious crime. Offenders are subject to two-years imprisonment and a HK$1 million fine upon conviction, and the vehicle involved will be confiscated," he said. The operation unfolded after a fire broke out on Tuesday night due to suspected illicit fuel activity at an industrial building in the district. The Fire Services Department received reports of the blaze at around 10.30pm, and deployed two hoses and two breathing apparatus teams to handle the incident at Kwai Tak Industrial Centre. It said the fire started from an oil tank which spread to a light goods vehicle as well as the building's exterior walls. Firefighters carried out an investigation afterwards and believed the site was used as an illicit fuel station after finding traces of flammable materials, burnt marks, and reviewing surveillance camera footage. The department said it is actively pushing for relevant legislative amendments, which includes higher penalties, expanding the legal liability to include buyers of fuel, and strengthening enforcement powers. Public consultation regarding the suggestions will continue until June 25. Edited by Tony Sabine
The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting growing concern among members of his party about the three-month-old conflict. The House voted 215 to 208, as four Republicans voted with Democrats in favor of the war powers resolution, which directs Trump to withdraw US troops from Iran unless Congress declares war or authorises the use of military force. The move marked the first time the Republican-controlled House had approved a measure seeking to force Trump to wind down military operations against Tehran since the war began three months ago. It was the latest setback for Trump in Congress despite his party’s slim majorities in both the House and Senate. For now, the vote is largely symbolic, as legislation must pass the Senate as well as the House to become effective, and there is debate over whether war powers resolutions would be constitutional even if they are approved by Congress. The vote, nonetheless, reflects unease among some Republicans over Trumps handling of the conflict and marks a rare bipartisan effort to curb presidential war powers as the war has entered a fourth month. Three previous war powers resolutions had failed in the House by increasingly slim margins and the chamber’s Republican leaders abruptly postponed a vote on this one last month when it looked likely to pass. The Senate advanced a separate, but similar resolution last month in a procedural vote, after seven previous attempts had failed. Further votes on the Senate measure have not yet been scheduled. The four House Republicans who voted for the war powers resolution were Representatives Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. No Democrats voted against it. Seven House members did not vote. Recent pushback against Trump Trump recently has faced some opposition from members of his party in Congress, after months in which very few Republicans pushed back against his policy initiatives. Separately on Wednesday, the House approved a procedural motion that clears the way for a vote on the Ukraine Support Act, which would provide security aid to Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion. The act reached the floor only after a petition reached a 218-signature threshold last month to move ahead. Six Republicans and one independent who normally votes with Republicans voted in favor of the Ukraine measure. Republicans recently have revolted against Trump’s plans to create a “weaponisation” fund to pay his political allies who said they had been the subject of government abuse. Republican lawmakers on Wednesday also criticized Trump’s pick of loyalist Bill Pulte — a mortgage regulator with no national security experience — to serve as acting director of national intelligence. Separation of powers Democrats have called on Trump to come to Congress for authorisation to use military force in the Iran conflict, noting that the US constitution says only the legislature, not the president, can declare war. They warned that Trump may have pulled the country into a long conflict without setting out a clear strategy and also railed against higher prices for gasoline, food and other products since the joint US-Israeli air strikes on Iran began on February 28. “The passage of this WPR today signals a significant turning point: more and more Republicans are listening to their constituents who do not want another open-ended war in the Middle East,” Representative Gregory Meeks, who sponsored the war powers resolution and serves as ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement after the vote. “This is a loud and unambiguous message to Donald Trump on behalf of the American people: it’s time to end his deeply unpopular and illegal war of choice in Iran,” the House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats posted on X. Democrats have made affordability a central theme of their economic message ahead of midterm elections in November that will decide whether Republicans keep control of Congress. US producer prices posted their biggest increase in four years in April, boosted by soaring costs for goods and services since the war began. The Trump administration insists that the war on Iran is necessary for US national security, citing an urgent need to prevent the Islamic republic from developing a nuclear weapon. Republican critics of the war powers resolutions call them political grandstanding by Democrats who want to weaken the United States and score points against Trump.
[Economy] : The average price of gasoline nationwide rose while that of diesel fell slightly on Thursday. According to the Korea National Oil Corporation’s price information system, Opinet, as of 9 a.m. Thursday, the average price of gasoline at gas stations nationwide rose zero-point-13 won compared to the ... [more...]
As global disruptions drive up Americans’ grocery and gasoline prices, lawmakers need to take a stand.
Destiny Wilson, 34, poured gasoline on herself and set herself ablaze around 7am on Monday at a home in Hampton, Virginia. Her three-year-old disabled daughter, Jamie Lee, also died in the fire.
The Kremlin has acknowledged that gasoline production decreased “in some areas” of the country, but said it saw “no risks” of nationwide shortages.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he had lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the latter’s escalation in Lebanon in a recent expletive-laden phone call. On Monday, American news outlet Axios reported citing sources that Trump called Netanyahu “crazy” and accused him of ingratitude during the phone call. The report quoted a US official as saying that Trump told Netanyahu “you’re f****** crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your a**. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this”. Trump confirmed to New York Post’s Miranda Devine during ‘Pod One Force’ podcast that he called Netanyahu “f****** crazy”, but also insisted that they have “worked very well together”. Asked if the Axios report was true and whether he spoke to Netanyahu in those terms, Trump replied, “I did. I wouldn’t say angry, I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. “At some point, I said Bibi, we’re gonna stop this. We got to stop it,” he added. At the same time, Trump said, “But I have a very good relationship. […] We’ve worked very well together. I like Bibi a lot. And I work very well with him,” Trump insisted after confirming his expletive-laden outburst demanding that Netanyahu cease attacks. “I’m a wartime president,” the commander in chief said. “He’s a wartime prime minister.” Trump further said that although he was frustrated by the possibility of Lebanon-Israel conflict derailing a larger peace, he remained optimistic about having a deal with Iran “fairly quickly”. The delicate diplomatic process keeping hopes for peace between Iran and the US seemed to teeter on Monday after Tehran and Washington offered diverging assessments of the status of negotiations, with Israel’s expanding front in Lebanon proving to be the main spoiler. The US-Iran conflict is currently stalemated in a shaky ceasefire more than three months after initial US and Israeli strikes on Iran. After Netanyahu ordered attacks on Beirut on Monday, Tehran said it considered the ceasefire violated “on all fronts” and accused the US of violating the truce. Iran also said it had suspended indirect negotiations with the US. The announcement was initially shrugged off by Trump, but he alter moved to allay Iranian concerns over Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Not only did he speak to his ally Netanyahu, but he also claimed to have exchanged views with Hezbollah through intermediaries — a first for a US president — to stop the fighting. “There will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way have already been turned back”, he posted on Truth Social, adding that Hezbollah had also agreed to stop attacking Israel. Trump voiced optimism regarding talks with Iran during his interview with The Post, saying that they were “rapidly evolving”. He also insisted that Iran was not going to have a nuclear weapon and “lots of other good things are going to happen”. Since mid-March, Trump has repeatedly said he is close to a deal to end the fighting and allow negotiators to tackle thorny issues, including the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Trump has said his top priority is to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran denies it is developing a nuclear bomb and says its atomic program is for peaceful purposes. Trump also said during the interview that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “involved, absolutely” on decisions to end the war. “I’d like to meet him,” he said, adding that the two would “probably meet at some point, depending on how it all works out”. Moreover, he said that gas prices in the United States would come down when the Iran conflict ends and that inflation at the moment is not “very much”. “We don’t have very much inflation. Look, if you take away just the price of gasoline, the energy, we have very little inflation,” Trump said.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest tournament in soccer history, spread across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For millions of fans, getting to the games may prove almost as challenging as the matches themselves.With airfares climbing, gasoline prices rising and airport security lines stretching patience to the limit, North America's rail and bus operators see the month-long tournament as a rare opportunity: a chance to persuade travelers to swap planes and cars for trains, buses and public transit.For transportation providers, the World Cup is more than a sporting spectacle. It is a high-stakes audition before a global audience."We want you to be able to use our system seamlessly from the minute you decide to come to the World Cup, all the way into the games, and after that to get home," said Conan Cheung, chief operations officer for LA Metro, the public transportation authority serving the Los Angeles region.Los Angeles, which will host eight matches including the U.S. team's opening game, hopes the tournament will help reshape perceptions of a city often synonymous with traffic jams and sprawling freeways.For Cheung, the objective extends beyond impressing foreign visitors. The World Cup is also an opportunity to convince more Angelenos to embrace a public transportation system that has expanded significantly in recent years.That challenge resonates across much of the United States and Canada, where public transit networks are often less extensive than those found in Europe or Asia and where private vehicles remain the preferred mode of transport."Transit providers have an opportunity to provide service to a group of people who do not typically use transit on a day-to-day basis," said Yonah Freemark, a principal research associate at the Washington-based Urban Institute."Many of the World Cup fans coming from the U.S. or Canada do not necessarily use transit services regularly."The impressions those travelers form during the tournament could have lasting consequences."They should be making sure that the services they provide are high quality and not too expensive, because the people who are riding them are going to form an impression of those transit agencies — and there's a chance to really prove that they can provide a good service," Freemark said.Opportunity meets realityYet attracting new riders may prove easier than accommodating them.The World Cup's 104 matches will unfold across four time zones and thousands of miles, placing enormous demands on transportation networks already operating close to capacity.Ground transportation companies are eager to capitalize on soaring airline costs, but many are also wrestling with higher operating expenses of their own, particularly fuel prices.That leaves operators balancing competing priorities: attracting new customers while avoiding disruptions or price increases that could alienate the commuters who rely on them every day.For intercity bus giant FlixBus, the tournament represents a significant growth opportunity.Together with sister brand Greyhound, the company operates one of North America's largest transportation networks and says demand between host cities is already accelerating, with some departures sold out and others filling rapidly.Ahead of the tournament, the company has invested heavily in new buses and technology while placing renewed emphasis on punctuality."What is critical here is every Flix experience needs to be a happy one. That's how we actually grow our business. And this is a great opportunity," said Flix North America CEO Kai Boysan."We will welcome all the new customers and we want them to see what a change we've done and what a great experience they're going to have."Boysan believes buses are well-positioned to benefit from frustrations increasingly associated with air travel."Airports are congested and the costs are rising. And clearly travelers are naturally looking for alternatives. And there we come into effect," he said.The price problemWhile operators hope to lure travelers away from planes, some transit agencies have faced criticism for sharply increasing fares during the tournament.Few examples generated more backlash than New Jersey Transit, whose train service between Manhattan and MetLife Stadium — venue for eight matches including the July 19 final — initially carried a round-trip fare of $150 for a journey that normally costs less than $13.NJ Transit argued that the increase was necessary to cover approximately $48 million in additional costs related to security, crowd management and World Cup operations.Public criticism forced a rethink.The agency subsequently lowered the fare to $98 after securing additional advertising revenue, while shuttle bus prices on the same route were cut to $20 from the originally proposed $80 after organizers arranged additional capacity through local school buses.Boston has also announced higher event-day transportation prices. Round-trip rail tickets between downtown Boston and the stadium hosting seven World Cup matches will cost $80, compared with the usual $20 to $30, while a bus ride will cost $95.The fare hikes have drawn criticism from politicians, including U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer."Charging more than 11 times the normal fare for a train ride is a ripoff, plain and simple. FIFA is making billions from this World Cup," Schumer said after the original New Jersey fare was announced."FIFA should cover the ride, not stick New York fans with the bill."FIFA has countered that high transit costs could encourage fans to seek alternative ways to reach stadiums and noted that comparable international sporting events have generally not required organizers to fund transportation impacts.Different approachesNot every city has opted for higher prices.In Los Angeles, riders heading to World Cup matches will pay standard fares."Our regular fare is $1.75, so people will be able to pay that," said Cheung. "We will honor all of the discounts we have."Philadelphia is going a step further.Fans attending matches in the city will pay just $2.90 to travel to the stadium by train and receive a free ride home, courtesy of tournament sponsor Airbnb.National rail operator Amtrak is also preparing for increased demand as supporters move between host cities throughout the month-long competition."We are fully committed to running a world-class railroad ... and ensuring our infrastructure is ready to accommodate new and returning guests," said W. Kyle Anderson, Amtrak's director of communications.For transportation providers across North America, the World Cup offers a fleeting but valuable chance to showcase what their systems can do.The tournament will crown a world champion on the field. Away from the stadiums, trains, buses and transit networks will be competing in a contest of their own — to convince millions of travelers that public transportation can be fast, reliable and worth returning to long after the final whistle.
Analysts have slashed their estimates of India’s oil demand growth this year, with the consumption uptick to be the weakest since the Covid pandemic as the supply crunch and higher fuel prices slow gasoline and diesel demand. Analysts Kpler and Rystad Energy have slashed their gasoline and diesel demand growth estimates for this year by between 30% and 90%, according to figures cited by Bloomberg. Despite the major downward revisions to fuel demand growth in the world’s third-biggest crude oil importer, analysts don’t see this…
Japan will spend an additional $19.4 billion to cushion the inflation blow to Japanese households resulting from the oil and gas export flow disruption in the Middle East. The package, approved by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week, includes a $16-billion reserve fund specifically created for controlling energy commodity prices through additional subsidies, Bloomberg reported. The publication added that the fund will first be used to cap the price of gasoline at the pump. Reuters reported that the money for the additional budget would come…
While the government has yet to specify the usage of that fund, it is expected to be used initially to cap costs for gasoline.
[Economy] : The average prices of gasoline and diesel both decreased on Wednesday. According to the Korea National Oil Corporation’s price information system, Opinet, as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, the average price of gasoline at gas stations nationwide stood at two-thousand-ten-point-33 or slightly over one U.S. ... [more...]
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 6.75 million barrels in the week ending May 29. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories fell by 2.8 million barrels. Analysts had expected a 3.6 million draw. Despite the sharp dropoff of the last several weeks, US crude inventories have risen by 16 million barrels so far this year, according to API data. Inventories in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) continue to draw down in an attempt to alleviate the pressure on prices. For week…
Rosneft gas stations across several districts of Russia’s Belgorod region have stopped filling jerrycans with AI-92 gasoline (the Russian equivalent of U.S. regular). Residents of the Korochansky, Alekseyevsky, and Yakovlevsky districts, among others, told the Telegram news channel Pepel about the restrictions.