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Baltic index snaps nine-day losing streak on gains across segments

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, rose on Friday to snap a nine-day losing streak. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels, added 35 points, or 2.3%, to...

‘Unique commitment to freedom’: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado meets Trump at White House, presents Nobel medal

US President Donald Trump met Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday, where she presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. The meeting was confirmed by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who described Machado...

Middle East tensions: Gulf states urged Trump to give Iran time, warned strike could trigger ‘grave blowbacks’

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman mounted an urgent diplomatic push to dissuade US President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran, warning that such a move could lead to “grave blowbacks in the region,” a senior Saudi official said on Thursday. Speaking to AFP on...

Shaksgam Valley: India pushes back against China’s fresh claim — dispute explained

NEW DELHI: China’s renewed assertion that the Shaksgam Valley “belongs to China” has reopened a long-dormant but highly sensitive fault line in the Kashmir dispute. Beijing’s defence of infrastructure construction in the area—closely linked to the China-Pakistan...

Greenland standoff: Denmark says US ambition to take control persists; Nato deployments trigger Russia warning

Denmark has said that Washington’s ambition to take control of Greenland remains unchanged, even as European Nato members begin deploying military personnel to the strategically located Arctic island — a move that has prompted a sharp warning from Russia. The...

Putin ready for peace deal, Ukraine delaying talks: Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine, not Russia, is holding up a potential peace agreement to end the war, a stance that contrasts sharply with the position of many European allies who argue that Moscow has shown little genuine interest in...

Baltic index snaps nine-day losing streak on gains across segments

‘Unique commitment to freedom’: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado meets Trump at White House, presents Nobel medal

Middle East tensions: Gulf states urged Trump to give Iran time, warned strike could trigger ‘grave blowbacks’

Shaksgam Valley: India pushes back against China’s fresh claim — dispute explained

Greenland standoff: Denmark says US ambition to take control persists; Nato deployments trigger Russia warning

Putin ready for peace deal, Ukraine delaying talks: Trump

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