UK Seeks to Expand Protections for the Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance
A UK-commissioned management plan for the wreck of Sir Ernst Shackleton’s famed ship Endurance proposes to set up a protection…
UK Skipper Fined for Falling Asleep and Hitting an Anchored Boat
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has fined a fishing boat skipper about $13,000 for striking an anchored boat off…
German Seaports Brought to Standstill by Strikes Ahead of Wage Negotiations
Germany’s power labor union Ver.di called another round of “warning strikes” at the major container ports starting on Tuesday and…
Blue Futures: Integrating Blue Economy Trade into Development for African SIDS and Coastal Nations
The UNDP, alongside São Tomé and Príncipe’s Ministry of Economy and the African Union Commission (AUC), hosted a notable side…
2024 US election: The fight over the economy in six charts
Few issues will play as central a role in determining the winner of the US 2024 presidential election as the…
South Korean flour mills tender for 85,000 metric tons of wheat
A group of South Korean flour mills has issued a tender to purchase around 85,000 metric tons of milling wheat…
Moody’s keeps India’s 2024 growth unchanged at 6.8%
Moddy’s expects inflation to ease to 5.2 percent in the current year from 5.7 percent in 2023 and further decline…
US bank profits face pressure from lower interest payments, higher credit losses
Some of the largest U.S. banks will probably report weaker profits for the second quarter as they earn less from…
Trade, tourism boost growth momentum of Chinese economy
Imports and exports going through key transportation hubs in China have witnessed growth during the first half of the year,…
How this year of elections is set to reshape global politics
Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world’s population, from Taiwan’s general election…