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Red Sea, Panama Canal Send Container Freight Costs Soaring – What It Means For Global Economy And Wall Street

The Panama Canal drought causes severe shipping delays from Asia to the U.S. East Coast, particularly for heavy goods. Carriers are rerouting from trans-Pacific to trans-Atlantic via the Suez Canal, with alternate routes increasing transit times by 20-30%.

International Business Times · Jan 15, 2024

Bulgaria seeks to revive trans-Balkan pipeline project to secure non-Russian oil

Bulgaria is looking to revive a trans-Balkan oil pipeline project to secure non-Russian crude oil supplies for its only oil refinery on the Black Sea, controlled by Russia's Lukoil, President Rumen Radev said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2023

EU to US: We already have war, don't give us trade war, too

Disappointment has set in two years after the election of U.S. President Joe Biden was supposed to reset trans-Atlantic relations with the European Union

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in

President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022

Man almost killed as piece of trans-Atlantic jet falls from sky missing him by 6FT

Capitol police screener Craig Donahue just escaped with his life after the cylindrical metal object smacked into the ground 6 feet away from him outside Maine's state house

Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022

Maine Capitol Police employee narrowly escapes being hit by 7lb plane part that fell from the sky

Federal aviation department is probing incident involving object weighing six to seven pounds

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Minor among 3 electrocuted in trans-Yamuna area

PRAYAGRAJ: Three persons including a minor were electrocuted to death and one another sustained injuries when they came in contact with live current running on an electric pole at Gara village under the limits of Koraon police station in trans-Yamuna pocket of Prayagraj on Friday morning.

The Times of India · Jul 2, 2022

Explainer: How is Trans-Dniester related to the war in Ukraine?

Recent explosions in strip of Moldovan land have raised concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine could extend there

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2022

EXPLAINER: How is Trans-Dniester related to war in Ukraine?

Among the sites of the former Soviet Union’s “frozen conflicts,” a long and narrow strip of land in Moldova has been the most stable for three decades

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

France’s election seen from the US: Geopolitics, inflation loom large

Could France be facing its Trump moment? For US commentators, France’s presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen has raised the prospect of a fresh shakeup in transatlantic alliances, which could test Western unity against Putin’s Russia as war rages in Ukraine.

France 24 · Apr 11, 2022