Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka’s beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand. Billions of plastic nurdles, as they are called, are thought to have...

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Comply with the Hong Kong Convention and fully convert to green yards, or leave the business altogether – Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain, adviser to the shipping ministry, has warned Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry. “All shipbreaking yards were supposed...

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The EU has agreed to buy $750 billion worth of energy from the US as part of the two sides’ trade agreement, which could focus on LNG, oil and nuclear fuels, US and EU leaders said July 27. Following months of negotiations, US President Donald Trump said the world’s...

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The Handala is the second ship operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that Israel has prevented in recent months from delivering aid to Gaza. The Israeli military intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship seeking to provide aid to the Strip, detaining 21 international...

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A Hong Kong conglomerate that had agreed to sell its two ports at the Panama Canal said Monday it may seek a Chinese investor to join a consortium of buyers, a move that could please Beijing but bring more U.S. scrutiny to the geopolitically fraught deal. CK Hutchison...

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