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January 7, 2025
Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, declined to rule out any military or economic action on Tuesday as part of his stated desire for the U.S. to regain control of the Panama Canal. He also aspires to acquire the Danish territory Greenland.
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January 7, 2025
Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, declined to rule out any military or economic action on Monday as part of his stated desire for the U.S. to regain control of the Panama Canal. He also vowed to acquire Danish-controlled Greenland.
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January 2, 2025
The national guard reported on Thursday that the Tunisian coast guard had recovered the bodies 27 African migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean by two boats. The boats went down in the waters near Sfax, which is a popular departure point for African migrants.
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January 1, 2025
Rio Tinto, a miner in Australia, said that a deckfitter aboard its bulk carrier traveling from China to Western Australia had been reported missing the previous week. The Philippine Coast Guard is leading a search-and-rescue operation. Rio Tinto…
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January 1, 2025
The mayor of Lampedusa, an Italian island, said that seven migrants had been rescued but that at least twenty were still missing. Their boat was en route from Libya to Italy when it sank. One of those who survived was an eight-year-old Syrian child, who hoped to join his German-based father.
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December 30, 2024
The Finnish Coast Guard said Monday that it would deploy one of its patrol boats and a towboat to help an oil tanker in the Gulf of Finland after its engine failed. It was trying to avoid environmental damage. The coast guard reported that the 183-metre-long (600-foot-long) M/T Jazz…
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December 26, 2024
U.S. President elect Donald Trump appointed Miami-Dade County commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as ambassador to Panama, after threatening to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal that it handed over to Panama 25 years ago. Cabrera was…
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December 25, 2024
The owner of the Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, which sank into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, said that the ship was a victim of an "act of terrorism". This statement came from the state news agency RIA. Two of the 16 crew members were reported missing after an explosion in the engine room.
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December 23, 2024
Mosaic Fertilizer said that its sales of phosphates and potash fell in the first two quarters of the fourth year compared to the previous one. The company reported that the phosphate sales volume for October and November fell 7.2%, to 946 000 tonnes…
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December 22, 2024
These are the most popular stories from the Financial Times. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports. The British Chambers of Commerce have called on the Prime Minister Keir starmer to agree…
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December 20, 2024
TotalEnergies announced on Friday that it had completed the planned purchase of a majority stake in two offshore wind project in Denmark which recently received construction permits. The French energy company now owns an 85% stake in a 240 megawatt (MW)…
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December 19, 2024
The British government announced that the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia would acquire the shipyards owned by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, a company most famous for its Titanic-building work. The British government announced that the deal is subject…
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December 19, 2024
The Italian Economy Ministry announced on Thursday that a consortium led by it has submitted a 700-million-euro ($733-million) binding bid for Telecom Italia (TIM)'s Sparkle submarine cable unit. The Ministry is bidding against Retelit, a Spanish…
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December 17, 2024
A spokesperson for Thyssenkrupp said that a spinoff was the best option to divest its defence business. This came after a German paper reported on Tuesday that several bidders had submitted offers for the unit. Carlyle, the German state lender…
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December 17, 2024
Prysmian, an Italian company, signed a framework deal on Tuesday with French electricity grid operator Reseau de Transport d'Electricite to connect two offshore turbine farms to the French transmission network. The deal could be worth up to 700 million euros.
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December 17, 2024
Fincantieri, an Italian company, and Sparkle, a unit of Telecom Italia that deals with submarine cables and surveillance systems for telecommunications cable networks in the oceans have agreed on developing solutions to monitor and protect these cables.
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December 17, 2024
Developer European Energy announced on Tuesday that the Danish Energy Agency had granted a permit for construction of the 240 megawatt (MW), Jammerland Bugt, offshore wind farm. The project is scheduled to begin operating in 2029. The project…
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December 16, 2024
Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor, said that the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership between Australia and the United States will be beneficial to the United States. It is also the type of "burden-sharing" deal Donald Trump talked about.
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December 16, 2024
The EU's crop-monitoring service reported on Monday that cereal fields are in general good condition in Europe after a mild, dry spell helped them recover from an autumn soggy. However, grain belts near the Black Sea lack hardiness for the winter.
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December 16, 2024
Dec 16 - The shattered mast of British sailor PipHare has ended his bid to complete a second Vendee Globe, a 24,000-mile race. The 50-year old woman dismasted the 60ft boat Medallia, about 800 nautical miles south-west of Australia. This ended a solo trip that began on November 10.
