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September 9, 2024
Euronext Wheat Futures eased Monday, as brisk Black Sea Exports and Chicago weakness encouraged Paris prices from their three-week high. The grain markets also consolidated as they awaited the widely anticipated U.S. government's crop forecasts, which are due later this week.
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September 9, 2024
On Monday, France lost their chance to compete for the coveted America's Cup trophy. Britain, however, won key matches in the round-robin, putting them at the top of the leaderboard. Ben Ainslie and the British team are the leaders in the Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals.
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September 9, 2024
France was eliminated from the America’s Cup challenger series on Monday. Their dream of competing for this coveted trophy ended when they were beaten convincingly by Britain off Barcelona in light winds. The Louis Vuitton Cup double round-robin…
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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 6, 2024
the U.S. have softened, experts said. gasoline and diesel utilizing secondary units. But loadings of those items to the Gulf Coast, America's. biggest refining hub, fell by a 3rd in August from the previous. month to 260,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to information from.
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September 5, 2024
The Office of Special Counsel stated on Thursday that U.S. Navy Sec. Carlos Del Toro had violated a federal law which limits political activity of federal employees by publicly urging people to vote for President Joe Biden, and criticizing former President Donald Trump.
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September 5, 2024
Euronext Wheat Futures fell on Thursday, after reaching a three-week high. A rally to cover shorts in Chicago failed and the competition from Black Sea wheat supplies was still strong. December wheat, which was the most active position on Paris' Euronext exchange…
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September 5, 2024
According to judicial sources, the initial examinations conducted on four of those who died when British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s family yacht sank in Sicily last month showed that they had suffocated as the oxygen on board the vessel ran out.
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September 5, 2024
The Royal Navy of Britain announced on Thursday that one person was killed after a helicopter forced to ditch in the Channel during an exercise. The Navy released a statement saying that a Royal Navy member died after a training accident last night.
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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 3, 2024
The officials had to stop racing for the day after a lightning storm during a qualifying match between New Zealand, the defending team, and Italy in form on Tuesday. A bolt hit the sea as Italy was leading New Zealand. As holders of the "Auld Mug"…
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September 3, 2024
VTTI’s oil storage facility in the Europoort region of the Port of Rotterdam is back to normal after a power failure at the port impacted it for a few hour earlier on Tuesday. Sources close to the issue said that the Service Terminal Rotterdam…
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September 3, 2024
The Netherlands' electricity grid operator TenneT reported that a power outage at the Rotterdam Port area affected the major petrochemical industries located there on Tuesday morning for several hours. However, the problem was resolved shortly after 1000 GMT.
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September 2, 2024
Vattenfall announced in a Monday statement that it had decided to suspend the development of the Swedish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Power Project until further notice because "unviable Swedish investment requirements". Vattenfall was granted…
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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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September 1, 2024
After a tragedy that claimed the lives of Mike Lynch and six others, crew members from Mike Lynch's yacht spoke about the moment a storm submerged the vessel near Sicily. They also described their efforts to save passengers. According to Ansa…
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August 31, 2024
New Zealand, the America's Cup defenders, were back in the water Saturday after repairing damage to their AC75 that was sustained when they pulled it out of water two days earlier. New Zealand's monohull foiling boat suffered serious damage…
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August 31, 2024
A crew member of Mike Lynch's yacht spoke about being thrown in the water as well as efforts to save passengers when a storm submerged the vessel near Sicily last month. The British tech tycoon was also killed, along with six others. According to Italian news agency Ansa…
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August 29, 2024
New Zealand's AC75 America's Cup vessel sustained damage when it was lifted out of the water at Barcelona. They will not race on Friday until they have assessed its full extent. New Zealand confirmed that all members of its team were safe after the incident on Thursday…
