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Finnish Prosecutors Charge Tanker Crew Over Undersea Cable Sabotage

The captain and two senior officers of the Eagle S tanker face charges of aggravated sabotage and aggravated interference with telecommunications.

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Wildfires Briefly Shut Dardanelles as Heat Blasts Europe

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves in Europe, triggering more extreme weather events.

Canakkale City, on the shores of the Dardanelles Strait. Photo: iStock/Guven Ozdemir

Ship-Signal Spoofing Spreads to Russia’s Pacific Kozmino Port

Until early August, the issues had been confined largely to geopolitical hotspots like the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.

The port of Kozmino in Russia. Photo: Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images AsiaPac, via Bloomberg.

DoD to Loan $150M to U.S. Rare Earth Miner MP Materials

This comes after the DoD agreed to buy $400 million worth of preferred stock in MP Materials in mid-July.

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Future-Proofing Pharmaceutical Imports: Tactics for a Volatile 2025

Pharmaceutical importers are navigating one of the most volatile trade environments in recent memory.

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Cydome Launches No-Cost Tool for Cyber Incident Reporting

The tool is available to fleets, ports and offshore platforms, and is designed to simplify the now-mandatory reporting process for a range of cyber-security incidents.

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Ford Looks to Boost EV Sales with $2B Assembly Line Overhaul

Ford CEO Jim Farley touted the initiative as "the most radical redesign of how we manufacture cars since the Model T."

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U.S. Consumers Projected to Shoulder Majority of Tariff Costs by October

Consumer prices have risen across virtually every sector, including a 37% increase for household appliances, 25% for information processing equipment, and 27% for furniture and furnishings.

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Nvidia, AMD to Pay 15% of China AI Chip Sales to U.S. in Deal

Trump has targeted chipmakers in the past week with a series of declarations that were light on specifics and rattled companies from Silicon Valley to Asia.

A sheet of surround view camera sensor circuits sit on the automated driving technology production line at the Continental AG automotive factory in Ingolstadt, Germany, on Friday, March 2, 2018. Nvidia Corp., forging partnerships to embed its computer technology in future autonomous cars, will work with automotive supplier Continental to put robo-taxis on the road. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

Has China Found a Way to Evade Sanctions on Products Made With Forced Labor?

A recent article revealed that China is converting detoxified cottonseed from Xinjiang Province into animal feed, which is sold to farmers across the country.

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Three Questions to Consider Before Collaborating on Supply Chain Innovations

Investing in a new technology solution doesn’t instantly mean a productivity increase. The journey is as important as the destination.

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Mexico Sets Tomato Export Prices to Ease U.S. Trade Spat

Washington withdrew in July from a 2019 agreement that suspended investigations into whether Mexico was dumping tomatoes on the American market, ending the mandatory price floor for tomato imports.

Workers select tomatoes at the wholesale area of a market in Mexico City, Mexico. Photographer: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg

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