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Papua New Guinea welcomes UAE-backed takeover of Australian oil and gas giant
Papua New Guinea has expressed excitement about the prospect of Dubai-owned investment firms taking over Australian oil and gas giant Santos Limited.

We asked Gamers Nexus: Should PCs smell good?
Computers aren’t really known for smelling like…anything. Maybe a whiff of new device plastic, or a bit of burning dust if you don’t have good cleaning habits. But at Computex 2025, we’re finally getting scented thermal paste. Adam already checked it out with a hands-on (nose-on?) investigation, but now we’re getting input from Steve of Gamers Nexus. So apparently the idea is that scented thermal paste won’t just smell when you apply it to the CPU. It’ll off-gas (oof, what an unappealing term) when the PC heats up. So the more you’re pushing it, the more it’ll smell…in a good way. That’s the theory, anyway. But it’s not just for CPUs anymore — Yeston, of the anime waifu graphics card designs, apparently makes a Radeon RX 9070 XT with an “ocean-themed fragrance module.” I suppose it could have been worse. Hyte is thinking about doing something similar for packaging, apparently. Adam’s all for this. But however you feel about scents in your PC parts, it’s not going to be free — the extra hardware and engineering in this stuff will cost extra. Should you pay for it? Steve says no. Adam says he wants a scratch-and-sniff PC case. Well okay then. For hot, smelly takes like that, be sure to subscribe to PCWorld on YouTube and watch our weekly podcast The Full Nerd.

Russian naval ship 'disguised' itself while passing through English Channel
The Boikiy emitted a fake ID signal while sailing through the waterway alongside two sanctioned oil tankers.

Nicola Willis rules out fuel subsidies for New Zealand amid global oil price surge
The previous Labour government cut 25 cents a litre off fuel prices in 2022, in the aftermath of Russia invading Ukraine.

Gas exploration fund 'clear breach' of international trade agreement - Green Party
Last month resources Minister Shane Jones revealed a $200 million fund had been set aside over four years for co-investment in new gasfields.

The double-whammy bill natural gas users have to pay
New Zealand is running out of gas and prices are rising - but that hasn't stopped some households from hooking up.

Nelson Hospital's heating fully powered by landfill gas
Nelson Hospital is not burning coal this winter for the first time since the late 1800s, with its hot water and heating now fully powered by landfill gas.

US stocks hang near record
US stocks are hanging near their all-time high, bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil.

Watch: How prosecutors went after Diddy in his sex trafficking trial
From a hotel video to baby oil – the BBC's Nada Tawfik breaks down the evidence and testimony heard on the stand so far.

Nelson Hospital's heating fully powered by landfill gas
Nelson Hospital is not burning coal this winter for the first time since the late 1800s.

Devon Funds Morning Note - 25 June 2025
US stocks surged on Tuesday while oil prices fell heavily again as investors took the view that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran will be an enduring one. After being frustrated by some initial breaches

Why haven't KiwiSaver warnings proved true?
When the United States attacked Iran's nuclear sites at the weekend, it prompted predictions oil prices could soar and financial markets could be shaken.

Legal advice argues NZ is breaching new trade deal with gas fund
The Government insists it isn’t putting any trade deals at risk with its new $200 million investment fund targeted at gas exploration.

US stocks rally on hopes Iran will not disrupt global flow of crude oil
Iran has the ability to block access to much of the world’s oil, but it would also hurt its own economy by doing so.