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November 16, 2025
Kim Yong Ho, a South Korean Kim, thought he was going to die in seconds when a 200 kilogram (441 pound) industrial presses at a Hyundai steel plant exploded during maintenance. The press crushed Kim's legs and his back. Kim, in 2019, said that…
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November 16, 2025
On Sunday, ten amateur crews participating in the fourth Stage of the 2025/26 Clipper Around the World Race left the safety of Cape Town and headed to the notorious "Roaring Forties". The race organizers acknowledge that the leg from Western…
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November 15, 2025
China Coast Guard ships passed by the Senkaku Islands Sunday as part of a "rights-enforcement patrol", according to a China Coast Guard statement. This comes at a time when tensions between Japan and Beijing are rising over the remarks made by Japan's prime minister about Taiwan.
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November 15, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard reported that four people were killed and four more hospitalized when a suspected migrant-smuggling boat capsized late Friday night in rough waves off San Diego. The Coast Guard reported that in addition to eight deaths, one person has been taken into custody by U.S.
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November 15, 2025
Navy defeated No. 24 South Florida 41-38 on Saturday in Annapolis, Md. On Saturday, South Florida defeated Navy 41-38 in Annapolis. The Midshipmen (8-2 and 6-1 American) improved their position in the conference, despite the fact that starting…
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November 15, 2025
Navy quarterback Blake Horvath was forced to leave the game during the second quarter of an at-home match against No. South Florida suffered an apparent leg injury on Saturday. Horvath, whose team was ahead by 24-16, ran a quarterback's keeper…
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November 15, 2025
The Libyan Red Crescent reported on Saturday that at least four people died when two boats with 95 irregular migrants capsized near the Libyan city of Al Khums, on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the Red Crescent confirmed that four migrants on board the first boat died.
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November 15, 2025
China began preparing to send its Shenzhou spacecraft ahead of schedule to the permanently inhabited station, reported CCTV on Saturday. Shenzhou-22 will be sent to Tiangong Space Station without any astronauts six months before its scheduled…
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November 15, 2025
European traders reported on Saturday that the Iranian state-owned animal feeding importer SLAL had issued international tenders for up to 120,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn, and 120,000 metric Tons of soymeal. They said that the deadline for submitting price offers to tenders is November 19.
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November 14, 2025
Ben Ainslie, a British sailing ace, expects to reveal within a few weeks who is funding his next America's Cup bid, and the team he will be bringing along for the event in Naples, Italy, scheduled for 2027. Ainslie has set himself the goal of "bringing the Cup home" from the United States…
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November 13, 2025
The White House announced that the U.S. released details of a deal with South Korea on Thursday. It included a Korean investment of $150 billion in the shipbuilding industry, which Washington had approved, and an additional $200 in Korean investment through a Memorandum of Understanding.
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November 13, 2025
In a Thursday statement, the United States Coast Guard reported that it detected a Russian naval ship approximately 15 miles south of Oahu (24 km), near U.S. territory waters. The Coast Guard reported that a Coast Guard aircraft and cutter responded…
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November 13, 2025
Documents viewed by reveal that Alphabet’s Google and SUBCO are quietly connecting Australia's AUKUS submarine fleet base, and the area around it, to three powerful undersea cables. HMAS Stirling, a naval base located on Australia's western coast, will be home to four Virginia submarines under U.S.
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November 13, 2025
At the COP30 conference in Brazil, a Canadian activist against whaling who had avoided arrest in Japan for over a decade vowed to continue his fight for marine protection – focusing on deep-sea mines and Norway's krill industries. Paul Watson, a U.N.
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November 13, 2025
European traders reported that the Tunisian state grain agency purchased approximately 125,000 metric tonnes of soft wheat, and about 100,000 metric tons durum at an international tender on Thursday for the same volume. Traders said that the…
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November 13, 2025
Initial assessments by European traders indicate that the lowest price offered at Thursday's international tender for 125,000 metric tonnes of soft wheat from Tunisia was $257.46 per ton, including freight. They said that Bunge was thought to have made the lowest offer for three consignments of 25…
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November 13, 2025
Initial assessments by European traders indicate that the lowest price offered at Thursday's international tender for 125,000 metric tonnes of soft wheat from Tunisia was $257.46 per ton, including freight and cost. They said that Bunge was…
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November 13, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd, a German container shipping firm, said on Thursday that it has noted calmer conditions around the Suez Canal following a ceasefire during the Gaza conflict. However it will not reopen sailings until the canal is safe. In a conference call with analysts…
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November 13, 2025
The traders estimated that the lowest price in the tender for Bangladesh's state grain buyer to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of rice, which closed on Friday, was $354.19 per metric ton CIF liners out. They said that offers are still being considered, and no purchases have yet been reported.
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November 13, 2025
The Turkish defence ministry stated on Thursday that it is too early to determine what caused a military cargo aircraft crash in Georgia this week, in which 20 soldiers were killed. Inspections are continuing. The C-130 cargo plane had left Azerbaijan to Turkey when it crashed on Tuesday…
