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September 14, 2024
China's military condemned Saturday the transit of two German Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait, saying that it increased security risk and sent the "wrong signal". Chinese forces also monitored and warned vessels. China, which claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its territory…
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September 12, 2024
Market sources say that the crude oil loading plan for Russia from the Baltic port of Primorsk & Ust-Luga has been revised up by 0.2 million metric tons in September to 6.2 millions tons. Rosneft is Russia's biggest oil company. It has added 200…
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September 12, 2024
Calculations based on data and industry sources showed that Russian rail exports of liquefied gas to China increased by almost 40% in the period January to August, to 184,000 tons. Russian Railways imposed restrictions to ease bottlenecks in May and early June…
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September 8, 2024
Italian media reported that the Italian coast guard had recovered six bodies near the coast of Sicily. The bodies are believed to be among the 21 people who were missing after a shipwreck involving migrants earlier in the month. Italian Coast Guard said that on Wednesday…
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September 5, 2024
Ukraine announced that 75 countries and organizations have agreed on a "shared view" of the measures needed to guarantee an uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural goods and contribute to global food security. This is a major concern after Russia's invasion in 2022.
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September 4, 2024
Italian media and U.N. officials reported on Wednesday that seven people had been rescued, and 21 were still missing after a shipwreck of migrants off the coasts of Lampedusa and the Italian island. Reports said that the survivors were Syrians…
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September 2, 2024
According to the non-profit organization that monitored the whale, a beluga whale suspected of spying on behalf of Russia and discovered in Norwegian waters 5 years ago was found dead. A father and son were fishing in southern Norway when they…
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August 28, 2024
Analyst APK-Inform reported on Wednesday that Ukrainian sunflower oil exports fell by 45% in August compared to July due to a limited supply of sunseeds for refineries. According to the consultancy, about 200,000 tons of sunflower oil was exported between Aug. 1 and 25.
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August 25, 2024
The International Organization for Migration said that 13 people were killed and 14 are still missing after a boat capsized near Yemen on Tuesday. IOM reported that the boat carrying 25 Ethiopians, two Yemenis and two Yemenis was sailing off the coast in Yemen's Taiz Governorate, southwest.
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August 23, 2024
Authorities said that a 39-year old migrant died after the Greek Coastguard opened fire at a vessel transporting migrants near the island of Symi, in the eastern Aegean. The coastguard stated that the man "probably died from a bullet". It also…
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August 23, 2024
Local media reported that the death toll had risen to 11 after a boat of migrants capsized as it tried to cross from Serbia into Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zlatan Simic, the head of the local firefighting team in the eastern Bosnian city of Bratunac told Srna…
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August 23, 2024
A company spokesperson revealed that Norway's state controlled energy giant Equinor had cancelled plans to invest into Vietnam's offshore sector. This is a blow for Vietnam's green energy ambitions. According to the World Bank Group's report…
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August 23, 2024
The Ukrainian Navy confirmed Friday that it destroyed a ferry that was being used to transport fuel and weapons into occupied Crimea. Local authorities said earlier that the ferry had been damaged and set on fire in the attack Thursday in the southern Krasnodar Region of Russia.
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August 23, 2024
The defence ministers from Australia, Britain, and the United States announced that a U.S. nuclear-powered sub will undergo maintenance for the first-time in Australia on Friday. This is a crucial step taken by AUKUS partner countries to deter aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific.
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August 22, 2024
Mike Lynch, a tech tycoon, who drowned when his luxury yacht capsized off Sicily spent over a decade creating Britain's largest software company. He also fought for almost the same amount of time against charges that he inflated its value to get a multibillion-pound deal.
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August 22, 2024
On Thursday, during a trip to Meyer Werft to meet with workers, Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, assured them that the German government was working on a deal for the shipyard, which is 229 years old and is one of the largest cruise ship builders in the world.Scholz…
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August 22, 2024
A vessel reported a minor explosion near it after a collision with an uncrewed ship 57 nautical mile south of Yemen's Aden port, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Thursday. The ship and crew were in good health and the vessel was moving to its next destination.
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August 22, 2024
Local media, citing an official, reported that at least three migrants drowned, and others were still missing, when their boat capsized on Thursday morning as they attempted to cross the Drina River from Serbia into Bosnia and Herzegovina. Civilian Defense Director Boris Trninic…
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August 22, 2024
Sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday that the German government intends to buy a majority stake in Meyer Werft - one of the top cruise ship builders in the world - as part of its support for the company. Sources said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
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August 21, 2024
Human rights activists reported that Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko had freed 13 prisoners who were convicted of political crimes, including an old trade unionist, and a former journalist for state television suffering from a tumor in the brain.
