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A Florida dive bar is miraculously still standing after a good Samaritan stopped an irate patron from burning the whole place down.

A man accused of breaking into a home Friday drank gasoline when law enforcement tried to handcuff him at the residence in Seattle.

A California man allegedly walked into the the kitchen of a pizzeria and threw lighter fluid on one of the workers. 

A man has been accused of tossing gasoline on another man then lighting him on fire Sunday outside a gas station in Tampa, Florida.

China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency announced on Tuesday that the Communist Party would lower gasoline and diesel prices nationwide, a move following growing purchases of cheap Russian petroleum products and of American gasoline leftist President Joe Biden released from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Grateful drivers were excited to line up and participate in a gasoline giveaway in Chicago, thanks to one man’s generosity.

A 53-year-old man died in Sri Lanka’s western town of Aluthgama on Tuesday while waiting in line for gasoline, which has been strictly rationed in the country since March because of a dire financial crisis, Sri Lanka’s News First website reported Wednesday.

Soldiers in Sri Lanka opened fire this weekend in response to at least two situations in which mobs formed around gasoline stations, either seeking to buy fuel or protesting the shortages.

Gas prices have surged to a new record high across the United States, causing sticker shock at the pump and prompting many Americans to reconsider summer travel plans.

Still no help on the supply side from U.S. oil producers.

Petrol stations in Hungary were sites of chaos this week as foreign vehicle owners rushed to buy fuel before the country raises prices for foreigners, with some even being turned away. Hungarian petrol prices are much cheaper than in many

The Minister of Power and Energy of Sri Lanka announced on Thursday that the socialist government would implement the use of a mobile phone app to monitor how much gasoline, diesel, and other fuel citizens purchase to prevent hoarding.

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced on Monday that it would remove José Mauro Ferreira Coelho as president of Petrobras, the state oil company, after 40 days of holding the position.

Texas to the rescue!

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared “war” on government oil company Petrobras during a live broadcast online on Thursday evening over what he called “absurd” profits that were tantamount to the “rape” of the Brazilian people.

Hundreds of protesters – reportedly armed with clubs, iron rods, stones, and other rudimentary weapons – attempted to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house in the Mirihana district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday night, demanding his government address the chronic shortages of fuel, food, medicine, and electricity the country is experiencing.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte reminisced on Tuesday about days in his youth when the country endured gasoline rationing, suggested he may impose such a policy due to skyrocketing prices and low demand he blamed on the “stupid war” between Russia and Ukraine.

Sri Lanka’s military deployed troops to hundreds of gas stations across the island nation this week after fuel shortages caused massive lines at the sites, with some crowds reporting murders and deaths among the masses, Reuters reported Tuesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari apologized “to all sections of the society” in a statement Wednesday for Nigeria’s increasingly critical shortages of gasoline and other petroleum fuel products, as well as a rotting electric grid that collapsed twice this week, leaving the entire country in the dark.

Permits for oil and gas development “have been coming out of the Biden administration slower than” during the Trump years, oil executive Dan Eberhart said.

Up, up and you pay. The average U.S. price for regular-grade gasoline at the pump soared a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to hit a record $4.43 per gallon on Sunday.

“Put drop boxes next to the pump and see who gets elected,” Andrew Wilkow said, adding, “Start voting at gas stations.”

Annual U.S. imports of oil from Russia rose 40.6 percent during Joe Biden’s first two years when compared to the Trump administration’s years.

A gallon of gas is now costing buyers $5 on average in San Diego as the national average recently climbed to $3.72.

Gas prices have spiked again and may continue as the national average hit $3.72 and President Joe Biden’s stance regarding fossil fuels drives surging oil costs. 

Oil prices surged as fighting continued in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden’s energy policies are driving up oil prices, which will result in Americans paying the most for gasoline in nine years.

Californians saw gas prices soar to $4.72 a gallon Wednesday, even as President Joe Biden vowed to keep working to cut the price of gasoline.

Gasoline prices have surged higher as winter weather has enveloped much of the U.S. and escalating tensions with Russia have helped push up the price of oil. The price of Brent, the global benchmark fell by nearly half a percentage

Higher oil prices are closely associated with higher inflation.

A fire broke out overnight at the Baytown, Texas, ExxonMobil plant, which left four people injured, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesday.

A Kentucky woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly doused a store clerk in gasoline and tried to set her ablaze.

Biden tries to pass the buck for inflation to gas stations. The data do not support his claim.

Oil prices headed toward $85 a barrel Monday, indicating gasoline prices will likely keep climbing.

The Islamic regime in Iran blamed a massive cyberattack for disrupting Iran’s fuel distribution network on Tuesday, leaving puzzled motorists stranded in long lines as gas stations mysteriously shut down.