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July 26, 2024
Canoeists from Hungary have been winning Olympic medals for years and will be starting their quest to win more this Saturday. Hungarians sent an impressive 16-member team, including Olympic sprinter Tamara Csipes twice and gold medalist Balint Kopasz from Tokyo.
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July 26, 2024
Mark Robinson, the leader of Britain's sailing squad, said that new events will be introduced in 2024 and present a new challenge to defend their Olympic crown. The British team has won more medals than any other nation since 1900, when sailing made its debut at the Olympic Games.
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July 26, 2024
The companies announced on Friday that Leonardo, a defence group, and Immsi’s Intermarine naval unit had signed a contract worth up to 2.6 Billion Euros ($2.82 Billion) for the supply of 5 minehunters to Italy's Navy. The contract includes logistic…
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July 26, 2024
M exico wants to import more motor oil than originally planned for the next year to compensate for delays with its new Olmeca refining plant, according to a half dozen traders, marking a U-turn from state energy company Pemex. The purchases…
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July 26, 2024
Local officials and medical personnel confirmed that a fire at a Bulgarian fireworks factory set off a series dramatic explosions on Thursday evening. One person died and another was seriously injured. Around 6.30 pm, the blasts started in Elin Pelin, near Sofia.
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July 25, 2024
A shipping source said on Thursday that Iran had released the oil cargo of the Greek owned, Marshall Islands flagged tanker, which it seized earlier this year in the Gulf of Oman. Source: Iran still holds the vessel M/T Saint Nikolas. The vessel was loaded with 1…
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July 25, 2024
Luca Chiumento, an Italian rower, is currently in Paris preparing to compete in the quadruple sculls event at the Olympic Games. His father, who arrived by bike from Italy on Thursday and raised money for charity, has also been training. After 12 days…
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July 25, 2024
In a Thursday televised address, the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group said that a response to Israeli airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeidah was coming. A drone fired on a crowd near Yemen's Hodeidah port, killing nine and injuring 87 people, just a day after the Houthi attacked Tel Aviv…
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July 25, 2024
The water quality has been cleared for sailing off Marseille, Olympic organizers announced, despite the French city's officials banning swimming on beaches earlier this week due to heavy rains. A Games spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that…
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July 25, 2024
According to data provided by financial firm LSEG, and a filing made with Texas environmental regulators, the U.S. liquefied gas (LNG), company Freeport LNG is on track to resume service Thursday following a shutdown on Wednesday. Freeport is one the most watched U.S.
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July 25, 2024
Royal Caribbean increased its profit forecast for the third consecutive year on Thursday, citing the continued demand for cruise holidays and the higher ticket prices. The cruise operator's share price was down about 2% just before the bell…
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July 25, 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 offers is the 31st of July. Jordan's failure to purchase 120…
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July 25, 2024
The U.N. Refugee Agency in Yemen reported on Thursday that a boat carrying at least 45 refugees capsized on the coast of Yemen’s Taiz Wednesday night. There are only four survivors. The agency said that the boat capsized due to strong winds and overloading.
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July 25, 2024
United Nations says that violent attacks on three villages in Papua New Guinea (PNG)'s north have likely resulted in the deaths of 26 people, including sixteen children. In a statement issued on Wednesday, U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk…
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July 24, 2024
Local officials reported that on Wednesday, Russia launched a number of attacks against the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine and its surrounding area, killing at least three people and wounding six others. The office of an NGO for mine clearance from Switzerland was also damaged.
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July 24, 2024
The government announced on Thursday that GB Energy, Britain's newly created state-backed power company, will work with Crown Estate to increase investment and develop clean energy projects. According to the terms of the deal, the Crown Estate…
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July 24, 2024
Power services company GE Vernova said on Wednesday that a manufacturing defect led to a failure of a turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind project offshore off the coasts of Massachusetts in early this month. On July 13, the blade of the turbine…
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July 24, 2024
A local official and hospital worker reported on Wednesday that suspected islamist rebels had killed at least seventeen people during an attack on civilians who were working in the fields in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The attack was on residents of Oicha…
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July 24, 2024
Venezuela granted a license for a long time to British energy company BP and the state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago to develop Venezuela's side of a large gas field which extends into Caribbean waters. There are approximately…
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July 24, 2024
Euronext's front-month wheat futures eased Wednesday, as the Black Sea export supply competed with Euronext and traders looked for more information about the losses from a wet harvest in Western Europe. The price of September wheat traded on…
