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Shandong Port Group, operator of key oil ports used by China’s independent refiners, has prohibited access and services to tankers sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury, a move that could curb Chinese oil imports and raise costs for local refiners, trade sources have told Reuters. Shandong Port Group has issued a notice, seen by the trade…
France contends with widespread strikes as unions take to streets against pension reform
French unions and demonstrators have taken to the streets on Thursday in widespread industrial action against the government’s projected pension reforms. President Emmanuel Macron’s administration seeks to raise France’s official retirement age from 62 — lower than much of Europe and the U.S. — to 64. This is the head of state’s second attempt to…
Sotheby’s to Auction Oldest Stone Tablet Inscribed With Ten Commandments
Sotheby’s is set to auction off the world’s oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments. The Tablet The 155-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab, engraved with the Ten Commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script, is set to be auctioned on December 18. Discovered in 1913 during railroad excavations along Israel’s southern coast, the tablet initially went unrecognized…
Tensions Rise in the Caribbean: Venezuelan Oil Tanker Retreats Amid U.S. Interception Concerns
A massive oil tanker laden with Venezuelan crude made a hasty return to Venezuelan waters on Tuesday, following a series of U.S. interceptions of vessels in the Caribbean. According to maritime tracking service TankerTrackers.com, as reported by Reuters, the Panama-flagged vessel Kelly had set sail from Venezuela last week alongside another tanker, the Centuries. Both…
Whole Foods Wants Your Handprints. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Grocery shoppers in select stores can now scan their palms at checkout. Jeff Bezos is one step closer to transforming your mortal bag of bones into a lean, mean, money-dispensing machine. The body part in question: Your hands. Amazon is rolling out its palm-scanning technology at more than 65 Whole Foods grocery stores in California…
Pakistan fires retaliatory strike at Iran, stoking regional tension
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan launched strikes on separatist militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. Iranian media said several missiles hit a village in the Sistan-Baluchestan province that borders Pakistan, killing at least nine people, including…


