The UN Security Council has scheduled a vote on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area. The US draft resolution says at least two dozen Houthi attacks are impeding global commerce “and undermine navigational rights and […]
The UN Security Council has scheduled a vote on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area. The US draft resolution says at least two dozen Houthi attacks are impeding global commerce “and undermine navigational rights and […]
The planned demolition of a Paris laboratory used by pioneering scientist Marie Curie has been suspended after an intervention from France’s minister of culture. The Pavillon des Sources, in central Paris, was set to be bulldozed as part of a development project by the Institut Curie, which is responsible for managing the site. However, culture […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would convince Polish carriers blocking the border with Ukraine not to use such methods, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Jan. 3. Since November, Polish truckers have been blocking four crossings with Ukraine in protest of the EU’s liberalization of transit rules for Ukrainian truckers. The blockade […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many […]
The European Union is taking proactive measures in anticipation of the cessation of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, set to occur in a year, Kadri Simson, the EU Commissioner for Energy said on Dec. 20. Simson, addressing reporters in Brussels after the Energy Ministers’ Council of the EU, urged member countries still dependent on Russian […]
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor unit Daihatsu will halt shipments of all vehicles both overseas and in Japan, the Asahi newspaper and other Japanese media said on Wednesday, as it scrambles to respond to a widening scandal over the rigging of safety tests. Daihatsu is expected to report findings by an independent panel […]
(Bloomberg) — The world’s two biggest diamond miners are selling stones again after the industry all but halted supplies in a desperate attempt to stop a collapse in prices. Most Read from Bloomberg This year’s rout that was driven by swelling inventories forced the sector to take radical steps to support the market. Russia’s Alrosa […]
Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has told all its vessels planning to pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea to “pause their journey until further notice” after a missile attack on a cargo ship. German-based shipper Hapag-Lloyd also said it was pausing all its container ship traffic through the Red Sea […]
A judge is scheduled to consider a request by Colorado’s cattle industry to block the reintroduction of gray wolves to the state. State wildlife officials plan to capture up to 10 wolves from Oregon and release them in Colorado by Dec. 31. The Gunnison County Stockgrowers’ Association and Colorado Cattlemen’s Association filed a lawsuit claiming […]
The Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza has pushed into the limelight an issue that’s been seething on the back burner for nearly a decade: the funding networks for terrorism. Now U.S. and other Western governments have refocused on the problem. This goes especially for terrorists’ use of digital money – or cryptocurrency – that can be […]