18 September 2026
Emergency services are responding to a suspected fatal shark attack off a beach in the Australian west coast city of Perth.
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18 September 2026
It is the latest in a spate of shark attacks in the country and comes just days after a surfer was bitten in an attack in the same state.
18 September 2026
McLeish is delighted Jacob Chapman has earned a first Australia call-up for matches against Brazil - and revealed goalkeeping coach Jamie Langfield had vowed to get the 25-year-ol ...
18 September 2026
A swimmer was attacked by a shark off the Western Australian city of Perth on Friday. His remains were found in the water after an air and sea search. Authorities closed Sorrento Beach to swimmers.
18 September 2026
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor L’Imad Holding’s reported interest in taking a stake in Atlas Air Worldwide could offer the US freighter operator’s owners something almost as valuable as a sale: validation of its ambitious valuation. Bloomberg has reported that L’Imad is considering a bid for a stake in Atlas, in a transaction that could value the company at $10bn or more. Discussions are said to be at an early stage and ... The post L’Imad’s Atlas Air interest could give Apollo a valuable price marker appeared first on The Loadstar .
18 September 2026
Container lines are pouring more capacity into India-Africa trades that industry sources say is expanding at a strong pace as global supply chain patterns realign. Two new weekly departures from western India to East Africa are set to launch this month, adding significant loading space for Indian exporters targeting the buoyant sourcing market. These services will be operated by a cohort of Asian liners, led by Pacific International Lines (PIL), HMM, Cosco, ... The post Asian carriers target India-East Africa trade with new dual-string service launch appeared first on The Loadstar .
18 September 2026
The divide: FedEx has reshaped itself through a freight spin-off, a unified delivery network and a hard pivot towards yield over lower-quality volume. The latest targets from JP Morgan and HSBC are $60 apart, but their analyses still differ on how much of the transformation has become durable earnings power and how much remains to be proven. Look at FedEx shares, how they have performed against UPS, DHL, the S&P 500 ... The post Smaller, simpler FedEx closes UPS gap – it gets harder now appeared first on The Loadstar .
18 September 2026
The African serval, illegally enclosed in the back yard, was subdued and transferred to an animal welfare facility Louisiana firefighters responding to a small house blaze found a wildcat native to sub-Saharan Africa illegally enclosed in the back yard, and an animal welfare agency is now seeking to place the creature in an appropriate environment, according to officials. Firefighters investigating a report of a minor fire at a home in the suburban New Orleans community of Marrero on Tuesday spotted the cat in question – an African serval – behind the residence in a chain-linked enclosure resembling a cramped baseball batting cage, a spokesperson for the local animal protection services said.
