Baltic Exchange adds new tanker routes as demand grows in northern Europe
Short-haul assessments are being launched to provide a definitive benchmark for freight rates
Day: January 14, 2026
Min Jin Lee’s ‘American Hagwon’ to be released in September
Min Jin Lee’s new novel, “American Hagwon,” explores why Koreans are so focused on education.
Pressure mounts on EU to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror organisation
Several member states, including Germany, are pushing for the designation, which would place the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on the EU’s terror list alongside groups such as Daesh and al-Qaeda. But legal and political constraints remain. Human r…
Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out
Iranian demonstrators’ ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran government’s s…
The complicated relationship between the US and Greenland explained
President Donald Trump’s latest comments are just the latest chapter in a relationship that stretches back more than a century
Source: Microsoft quietly becomes one of Anthropic’s top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products (The Information)
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Source: Microsoft quietly becomes one of Anthropic’s top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products — OpenAI is Microsoft’s most important AI provider and i…
‘We’re not going to back down’: UK hits back at Trump admin over Elon Musk probe
The UK government has hit back at a US administration official’s threat over a probe into Elon Musk and X.Online safety watchdog OFCOM is investigating the social media app for the sharing of non-consensual sex images which are artificially generated …
Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack
A U.S. official says some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate.
Trump calls Greenland ‘vital’ for US as Danish foreign minister braces for Vance talks
US President Donald Trump earlier said he wanted Greenland “whether they like it or not”.
South Korean Special Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty for Yoon Suk-yeol
More than a year after his illegitimate declaration of martial law, the former president is now facing a death sentence for insurrection.