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July 15, 2024
Ship tracking data revealed on Monday that a Chevron chartered oil tanker, seized by Iran over a year earlier, has anchored near the United Arab Emirates Port of Khor Fakkan. In April 2023, the Iranian military boarded the Marshall Islands-flagged…
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July 15, 2024
Ukraine's Navy said on Monday that Moscow’s last naval patrol vessel had left Russian occupied Crimea. It was "most likely," to rebase somewhere else after Kyiv’s coordinated military campaign to combat the Black Sea Peninsula as it battles Russian invaders.
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July 13, 2024
Gunfire broke out at a Donald Trump rally in New York on Saturday. The event caused panic among the crowd, and the Republican presidential nominee was spattered with blood. He then emerged, pumped his fist into the air, and appeared to say "Fight!" Fight!
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July 13, 2024
Multiple media outlets, including ABC News, TMZ, and TMZ reported that fitness guru Richard Simmons died at the age of 76. Los Angeles Police were called after his housekeeper discovered him unconscious on Saturday morning. TMZ reported the police treated it as a "natural death".
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July 13, 2024
Officials said that Russian forces launched "double tap" rocket attacks on Saturday against a small village near Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Two people were killed, including an official from the emergency services and a policeman.
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July 13, 2024
The Great Britain SailGP Team of Hannah Mills and Ben Ainslie won the Impact League season four for its sustainable efforts. Denmark, last year's champions, came in second and Switzerland third. The Impact League, which measures how SailGP teams are reducing their carbon footprints…
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July 13, 2024
Officials said that Russian forces launched "double tap" rocket attacks on Saturday against a small village near Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Two people were killed, including an official from the emergency services and a policeman.
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July 13, 2024
State media reported that landslides caused by torrential rainfall in the mountains of northern Vietnam have buried a van with 16 seats, killing 11 and leaving others missing. The state-run Vietnam News Agency said that rescue teams, including soldiers and civilians from Ha Giang Province…
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July 12, 2024
According to a new venue plan released for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028, golf will be played in the Riviera Country Club while sailing and water-polo will take place in Long Beach. The USTA Training Center at Dignity Health Sports Park will host tennis in Carson.
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July 12, 2024
The German government announced on Friday that Berlin takes reports of an assassination plot against the head of Rheinmetall arms manufacturer very seriously. It will not be intimidated by Russian threats. CNN and The New York Times reported on Thursday that U.S.
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July 12, 2024
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, told reporters Friday that Russia has not ruled out any scenario regarding a possible resume of the now defunct Black Sea Grain Deal. After a meeting on Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
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July 12, 2024
On Friday, Eneco Ocean Winds, and Otary, wind developers, announced that they had formed a consortium in order to compete for an offshore wind tender. The tender is to develop wind energy in the Princess Elizabeth Zone in the Belgian North Sea.
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July 12, 2024
The Feed Leaders Committee of South Korea (FLC) purchased approximately 65,000 metric tonnes of animal feed wheat late Thursday in a private transaction without issuing a tender to the international market, European traders reported. Wheat was estimated to have cost $264.80 per ton, c&f.
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July 11, 2024
A group of environmentalists sued the U.S. Government on Thursday over its approach in examining the harm that ageing offshore oil-and-gas infrastructure causes. They cited the risks to the environment and people if decommissioning is delayed.
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July 11, 2024
PGG, the mine owner, said that one miner was dead and another was trapped underground following a tremor in a mine in southern Poland. The mine representative said that earlier, one of the workers was brought to the surface but did not give any information about his condition.
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July 11, 2024
A senior U.S. official announced that the U.S. will be forming a consortium with Canada and Finland to build icebreakers. This move is intended to boost shipbuilding among allies and to counter Russia and China's increasing influence in strategic polar regions.
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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.
