Breakfast News Recap: Middle East tensions jolt oil markets as border strike, protests and elections dominate
Oil prices surged as escalating Middle East tensions threatened key supply routes, with Brent crude moving above $107 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate topping $102, a move that quickly fed through to global risk sentiment. πThat backdrop also sharpened concern around diplomacy and energy security, as Iran and Oman delayed planned Gulf talks and the United States opened G20 energy meetings in Houston promoting what it called energy abundance amid the disruption to fuel markets. π πOn the ground, Poland and Ukraine denounced Russian strikes close to the Polish border after a Kyiv Warsaw passenger train was hit about... [Continue Reading]
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South Australia confirms first H5 bird flu case in a pelican amid multiple animal detections
South Australian authorities have confirmed the first known case of H5 bird flu in a pelican in Australia. The infected bird was found at Edithburgh on the Yorke Peninsula, adding to a series of animal detections reported across the state on Monday. Officials said the case is part of a wider biosecurity situation that has now produced 295 confirmed H5 bird flu cases in animals in South Australia.Environment Minister Emily Bourke said a dead sea lion found near Victor Harbor had been sent for testing. She said the report followed confirmation the previous day that another sea lion had been... [Continue Reading]

