By Jake JOHNSON

"We're running out of words to describe the obscenity of these numbers."

The London-based oil behemoth Shell reported Thursday that its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2025 as the Iran war pushed up energy prices, causing pain for consumers in the United Kingdom and around the world.

"These profits have been built on an energy crisis that's left households across the country struggling with high energy bills at home and expensive fuel at the pumps," Danny Gross, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth UK, said in a statement.

Strategic Infographics

Natural gas powers more than a third of America - 36.52% of all U.S. electricity in March 2026 came from gas-fired plants. But that national average tells only half the story. In some states, gas isn't just a piece of the mix - it's the entire backbone of the grid. This infographic ranks the top 10 states that lean hardest on natural gas, reveali

Le Royaume-Uni a annoncé son intention d'investir 8,4 milliards de livres (9,8 milliards d'euros) dans la prochaine phase de son programme de sous-marins nucléaires de la classe Dreadnought.

Dans un communiqué, le bureau du Premier ministre Andy Burnham a annoncé un investissement majeur de 8,4 milliards de livres sterling dans le programme nucléaire du Royaume-Uni.

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