Somebody's on time: Turkey’s First Couple hosted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (middle) at COP31.

Turkey buries COP31 in traffic hell

REM - Renewable Energy
By Akin Nazli in Belgrade 10 November 2026
Billion-dollar climate summit hit by gridlock, administrative incompetence and overpriced catering. Event’s operational tempo severely compromised.

South Africa’s municipal reforms fall behind schedule as councils’ Eskom debt hits $7.4bn

AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor
By Newsbase 10 November 2026
South Africa’s flagship reform unit says two of its four municipal priorities, professionalising senior appointments and overhauling the local government fiscal framework, are behind schedule.
The supermajor that fought Caracas through a decade of arbitration is coming back, on terms set by a hydrocarbons law rewritten after Maduro's fall and with the oil money still flowing through US Treasury accounts.

Reluctant Exxon takes first step into Trump’s Venezuela oil push

LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
By IntelliNews Latam desk 10 November 2026
ExxonMobil signed a memorandum with Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on November 9 to return to the country's oil industry, 19 years after Hugo Chavez nationalised its projects.
Russian miners shipped 63% more thermal coal to India in the first ten months of 2026, filling the gap left by falling Indonesian and South African supplies as Europe stays shut to them.

Russia doubles its share of India's thermal coal imports to 8.2%

AsiaElec - Asia Power
By Ben Aris in Berlin 10 November 2026
Russia doubled its share of India's thermal coal imports to 8.2% in January-October as shipments rose 63% to 10.4mn tonnes.
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