Share of older container ships at highest level for half a century
Years are needed to demolish up to 850 boxships, says analyst
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China & Russia step up ruthless ‘SEX war’ on West sending honeytrap agents to seduce tech geeks working on state secrets
MOSCOW and Beijing are unleashing a new kind of warfare on the West – and it’s waged not with bullets, but with bedsheets. US intelligence insiders say Russian and Chinese operatives are flooding America’s tech heartlands with a wave of seductive spies…
Iran’s Central Bank transfers Ayandeh Bank deposits to Bank Melli
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that all deposits and customers of Ayandeh Bank will be transferred to Bank Melli Iran starting Saturday, marking the end of Ayandeh Bank’s operations after years of financial imbalance and regulatory noncompli…
Belgium resists EU pressure to use Russian assets to fund Kiev
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has reiterated his doubts over the EU proposal to fund Ukraine with a loan backed by Russian assets
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Ukraine will not cede any of its territory, Zelenskyy tells Euronews
There will be no territorial concessions in Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said, answering Euronews’ question on whether Kyiv is now being pressured into territorial concessions.
How Putin ‘patronising’ Trump is tyrant’s BIGGEST mistake of war as Don turns off oil taps in a hammer blow for Russia
VLADIMIR Putin has made his biggest mistake of the war so far after “patronising” Donald Trump over the phone, say US political experts. Trump slapped punishing sanctions on Russia on Wednesday after a turbulent week saw the Kremlin all but ostracised …
What Jared Kushner brings to the negotiating table in the Middle East – NPR
What Jared Kushner brings to the negotiating table in the Middle East NPRSteve Witkoff, Jared Kushner on how they brokered Israel-Hamas deal and what’s next for Gaza CBS NewsThe ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared K…
How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers evades western sanctions
The U.S. and other western countries have issued sanctions on Russian oil exports since 2022. The Planet Money team explains how the country’s shadow fleet of aging oil tankers evades policing.
Volkswagen faces chip crisis after Chinese factory seized by EU state – Bild
The Dutch authorities took control of semiconductor producer Nexperia in September under pressure from the US
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VLCCs set to gain as new US sanctions put pressure on Russian crude exports
Analysts expect increased inefficiencies in tanker markets