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Ukraine Received First US LNG Shipment
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine has received a shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas for the first time, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said on Saturday. “This is more...

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Ukraine Sends Its First Batch Of Food Aid To Syria
KYIV, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy...

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Egypt Completes Trial Run Of New Suez Canal Channel Extension
CAIRO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the...

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Five Decades at Sea: ‘Argo Merchant’ Oil Spill Drift Card Turns Up on Scottish Isle
A plastic drift card from one of America’s most significant oil spills has surfaced on a Scottish beach after nearly five decades at sea. Barbara Payne, while cleaning debris from...

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EUKOR Car Carriers Secures ‘Historic’ $4.2 Billion Contract with Hyundai, Kia
EUKOR Car Carriers, a subsidiary of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, has secured a renewed and expanded contract with Hyundai Motor Car and Kia Motor Car corporations. The landmark agreement, valued at USD...

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Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG Project Ships First Cargo to Europe
Venture Global marked a significant milestone with the successful departure of its first liquefied natural gas cargo from the Plaquemines LNG facility, making it the eighth LNG export facility in the...

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Russian LNG Carrier Forced to Store Sanctioned Cargo After Failed Four-Month Search for Buyers
A vessel carrying a sanctioned shipment of Russian liquefied natural gas appears to be offloading the fuel into storage in the nation’s far east, having failed to find a buyer willing to circumvent US restrictions despite a four-month, across-the-world journey.

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Israel Hits Back at Houthis in Yemen
Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including Sanaa International Airport, and Houthi media said three people were killed.

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Meet Fanzhou 8, China’s Massive New Heavy-Lift Submersible
The semi-submersible heavy lift ship Fanzhou 8 has completed sea trials and returned to Taizhou Zhonghang Shipyard on December 22, according to Chinese officials. Built by Taizhou Zhonghang Shipyard for Jiangsu Fanzhou...

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Trump Names Panama Envoy Amid Threats to Retake Canal
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama after having threatened for the U.S. to reassert control over the Panama Canal it handed over 25 years ago.

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Russia Says Terrorist Attack Sunk Cargo Ship ‘Ursa Major’
A Russian cargo ship that ran into troubleon Monday in the Mediterranean Sea and later sank was rocked by a series of three explosions in "an act of terrorism," state news agency RIA cited the vessel's owner as saying on Wednesday.

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Red Sea Diversions Cost Egypt $7 Billion in Lost Canal Revenue
Red Sea disruptions — a consequence of Houthi maritime attacks — have cost Egypt at least $7 billion in Suez Canal revenue this year, the country’s presidency said in a statement Thursday.