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Pacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months, NZ briefings reveal
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RNZ · New Zealand · Oceania
Officials say the fuel crisis triggered in late February due to the war between Iran and the United States of America has cost the Pacific region nearly a billion dollars in its first six months.
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