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July 23, 2024
The U.S. Small-Cap Stocks are experiencing a long-awaited moment. This is due to the expectation of rate cuts, and improved prospects of Donald Trump's election as Republican Presidential candidate, who advocates policies that benefit smaller domestic companies.
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July 23, 2024
Australia announced Tuesday new offshore gas exploration licenses for its east coast and west coast markets, in an effort to ease concerns about long-term supply shortages as the country rapidly moves away from its dependency on coal-fired electricity stations.
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July 23, 2024
Soldiers and police sealed the headquarters of Uganda’s largest opposition party on Sunday in a move that a police spokeswoman called a precautionary measure ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations scheduled for Tuesday, despite an official ban.
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July 23, 2024
On Saturday, Defence Minister Yoav Galant stated that Israel had struck the Houthis after they injured an Israeli. Gallant stated in a press release that "the fire currently burning in Hodeidah is visible across the Middle East, and its significance…
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July 23, 2024
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that on Saturday, it received a report about two attacks against a vessel that caused minor damage. The attack took place 64 nautical miles (118.5 km) north of Yemen's Mokha. The captain of the ship…
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July 23, 2024
Ukraine has launched a new stamp to show its support for its Olympic athletes. It sent the smallest national team ever to the Paris Games, despite the ongoing war with Russia. The number of Ukrainian athletes competing at the Olympic Games is the lowest in history.
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July 23, 2024
Bernice Johnson Reagon was an American civil rights advocate who used her stirring alto to fight racism. Her daughter announced on Wednesday that she died at the age of 81 on Tuesday. Toshi Reagon announced her mother's death on Facebook. She is also a musician.
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July 23, 2024
On Thursday, thirteen people were killed in Dhaka as thousands of students with sticks and stones clashed violently with police armed with guns. This was the worst day yet of violence in Bangladesh's protests against a government policy which sets quotas to allocate jobs.
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July 23, 2024
Spain's Merchant Fleet reported on Monday that Spanish authorities had detained a German cargo ship after it caused a spill while refuelling near the Spanish enclave Ceuta. It added that the owner of the Tony Stark-flagged ship, which is registered in Antigua & Barbuda…
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July 23, 2024
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that on Saturday, it received a report about two attacks against a vessel at 64 nautical miles north of Yemen's Mokha. One of the attacks caused minor damage to a ship. The captain reported that "two attacks" had taken place: first…
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July 23, 2024
Authorities and a tanker operator reported that two large oil tanks caught fire after colliding on Friday near Singapore, which is the world's largest refuelling station. Two crew members were airlifted from the scene to the hospital, while others were rescued using life rafts.
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July 23, 2024
Victor Bomfim, the chief executive officer of Vast Infraestrutura (a terminal operator), announced on Thursday that Vibra Energia had signed a deal for a 20-year terminal to be built at Porto do Acu in Rio de Janeiro. Vibra Energia will use…
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July 23, 2024
Officials said that Indonesian rescuers were searching for a cargo vessel with 12 people aboard, which has been missing off the coast of Papua since last week. The cargo ship is carrying the equipment needed to build towers for telecommunications…
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July 23, 2024
The Greek coast guard has denied the Turkish Defence Ministry's accusations that it had forced migrants to leave the island of Lesbos and enter Turkish territory. The Turkish defence ministry had earlier uploaded a video of a Greek coastguard operation on the plaftform. X platform.
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July 23, 2024
Harland & Wolff, a Belfast-based shipbuilder, announced on Friday that it had been in urgent discussions with its principal lender to address its near-term funding needs as well as explore strategic options for the future. The shipyard that…
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July 23, 2024
European traders reported that Tunisia's state grain agency purchased approximately 100,000 metric tonnes of animal feed barley with optional origin in a Friday international tender. They said that the agency believed to have purchased four consignments of 25…
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July 23, 2024
Initial assessments by European traders indicate that the lowest price offered at Friday's international tender for around 100,000 metric tonnes of animal feed barley from Tunisia was $216.89 per tonne, c&f. Trading house Casillo was thought to have made the offer for 25,000 tonnes.
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July 23, 2024
Shipping data from LSEG & Kpler revealed that a tanker involved in a collision last week near Singapore entered the Bertam floating oil storage terminal area on Monday morning, after being intercepted on Sunday by local authorities. On Friday…
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July 23, 2024
The Russian Defence Ministry reported that Russian warships had conducted routine combat training in the White Sea, involving a convoy of ships and defending them. Two small anti-submarine vessels, the Onega, and the Naryan Mar, practiced the…
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July 23, 2024
Malaysia's Coast Guard said Sunday that it had intercepted and located a large tanker involved in an exploding collision with another vessel just two days earlier off Singapore. The Coast Guard said that on Saturday, the tanker Ceres I flying…
