The Department of Energy says it has closed what it calls the largest loan package in its history, approving $26.5 billion in financing for subsidiaries of Southern Co. that is projected to deliver more than $7 billion in electricity cost savings to customers in Georgia and Alabama.[#item_full_content]

Hundreds of Russian shadow tankers trigger military alarm transiting NATO waters: report
Russian-operated shadow tankers carrying millions of dollars in sanctioned oil are transiting the English Channel, raising warnings of a potential military confrontation in NATO waters,