Seafarer sues CMA CGM after former chief engineer accused of battery and sexual harassment
Fired engineer agreed to hand in his mariner’s licence to end Coast Guard case
Day: September 10, 2024
A Woman Is Killed Near Moscow as Over 140 Ukrainian Drones Target Russia
The incident marked one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war.
EU court rules Google, Apple must pay billions of euros in antitrust, tax cases
A top EU court on Tuesday delivered two major victories for Brussels by ruling against Apple and Google in separate legal sagas with billions of euros at play.The decisions give a boost to the bloc’s outgoing competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, who…
West P&I club names successor to 40-year veteran for top underwriting job
Bart Mertens to take over from retiring Simon Parrott
Tanker sellers willing to hold out for higher prices as crude freight markets improve, researcher says
Seaborne Shipbrokers’ Eva Tzima highlights more veteran VLCCs and suezmaxes being marketed for disposal
Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields”.Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be…
Targeting IAF Deal, Lockheed Pitches Made-in-India C-130J
U.S defence contractor Lockheed-Martin has proposed an Indian manufacturing and assembly line for C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft in India. The company, already a major […]
Vietnam typhoon victims plead for help as toll climbs to 82
Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and posted desperate pleas for help on social media Tuesday after severe flooding in parts of typhoon-hit Vietnam, as the death toll climbed to 82.Typhoon Yagi struck Saturday bringing winds in excess of 1…
Peaches from Japan’s Fukushima region sold at Harrods
Peaches from Fukushima can now be bought at London’s luxury department store Harrods in a Japanese push to ease fears about produce grown in the region hit by nuclear disaster.A box of three large, juicy white peaches costs 80 pounds ($100) — the fir…
Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape on appeal in Switzerland
A Swiss appeals court on Tuesday has found Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape and sexual coercion in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning last year’s lower court acquittal.