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July 11, 2024
Authorities said that salvage operations were in full gear on Thursday, to prevent an oil spill or pollution along South Africa’s west coast due to a grounded general cargo ship. The Panama flagged "Ultra Galaxy", which started to list badly…
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July 11, 2024
Major Feedmill Group in South Korea (MFG) issued a tender for the purchase of up to 140.000 metric tons animal feed corn, which must be purchased from South America or South Africa alone, European traders reported on Thursday. The deadline to submit price bids in the tender is on Friday, July 12th.
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July 11, 2024
European traders reported on Thursday that Jordan's state grain buyer had issued an international tender for the purchase of up to 120,000 tons of animal feed barley. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 17 July. Jordan's failure to purchase 120…
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July 11, 2024
Max Maeder, Singapore's gold-medal hopeful, is the poster child of sailing's sea changes since the last Olympics. 'Foiling' classes, such as his Kiteboarding discipline, will make up half the 10 events at the 2024 Olympics, compared to only one event in Tokyo.
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July 11, 2024
On Thursday, sources in the market reported that Indian private refiner Nayara Energy had issued a very rare tender for vacuum gasoil loading (VGO). Sources said that the refiner had offered 70,000 metric tonnes of VGO, with a maximum of 3% sulphur.
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July 11, 2024
Japanese media reported that a Japanese destroyer entered China's territorial water near Taiwan without informing Beijing. This sparked "serious concern" from Beijing. Kyodo News Agency, citing diplomatic sources, reported that the destroyer…
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July 10, 2024
Authorities said that more than 150 animals drowned, including nine rare rhinoceros with one horn, in the floods in India's Assam state, located in northeastern India. Assam has been hit by flash floods caused by heavy rainfall over the last two months.
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July 10, 2024
Euronext Wheat Futures dropped on Wednesday, reaching a new two-week low. Improved harvest prospects and lower prices in the top exporter Russia continued weighing on sentiment. Euronext's front-month September wheat settled at 220.75 Euros…
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July 10, 2024
Authorities said that more than 150 animals drowned, including nine rare rhinoceros with one horn, in the floods in India's Assam state, located in northeastern India. Assam has been hit by flash floods caused by heavy rainfall over the last two months.
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July 10, 2024
Three Palestinian men who were released from Israeli custody and found handcuffed have been discovered near Gaza's border. An uncle of one of the men and a witness both said that Israeli forces attacked them shortly after they were released. Abdel Hadi Ghabayen is the uncle of Kamel Ghabayen.
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July 10, 2024
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that Israeli forces had killed a 13 year-old Palestinian boy Tuesday near Ramallah, a West Bank city. The Israeli army said that its forces fired at Palestinians who hurled rocks at their vehicles. Ghassan Gharib was killed in Deir Abu Massh'al…
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July 10, 2024
Two power substations, an oil depot and one person were killed after Ukraine launched drone attacks in several regions on Tuesday, Russian officials reported. The attacks come after Russia bombed the main children's clinic in Kyiv in broad daylight with a rocket on Monday…
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July 10, 2024
Officials said that at least 10 people were killed and 40 others are still missing following torrential rainfall which caused a landslide on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The bad weather has hampered the rescue efforts. Heriyanto said that the landslide which occurred on Sunday morning…
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July 10, 2024
European traders reported that a group of South Korean mills purchased an estimated 90,000.00 metric tons milling wheat from the United States of America and Canada on Wednesday in an international auction. They said that the purchase included 50…
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July 10, 2024
Jordan's national grain buyer issued an international bid to purchase 120,000 metric tonnes of milling wheat that can be sourced in a variety of origins. European traders confirmed this on Wednesday. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 16 July.
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July 10, 2024
Union Pacific announced on Tuesday that it had mostly resumed its operations in Texas, which were impacted by Hurricane Beryl. However, the company expects some interruptions until commercial power and road access are fully restored. Hurricane Harvey slammed the coastal town of Matagorda…
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The rowing competitions at the Paris Games will see Britain trying to get back on top after a disappointing performance in Tokyo ended their recent reign of Olympic dominance. The British rowers won the gold medal in 2008, 2012, and 2016, but…
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July 9, 2024
China's coastguard said that it "allowed" for humanitarian reasons the Philippines to evacuate an individual who fell ill aboard a rusting ship beached at the Second Thomas Shoal, located in waters claimed jointly by the two countries. In a late-Tuesday statement…
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July 9, 2024
The Navy confirmed on Tuesday that a U.S. Navy Sailor attempted to access President Joe Biden’s health records “out of curiosity” but failed. Biden’s medical records had never been compromised. The Navy released a statement in which it said that…
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July 9, 2024
Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian premier, met General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of Sudan's army on Tuesday. He was the first foreign leader since the beginning of the conflict in Port Sudan between the army forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
