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13 November 2026

UK blacklists 11 ships in fresh Russia sanctions sweep

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UK blacklists 11 ships in fresh Russia sanctions sweep

Britain has slapped fresh sanctions on 11 ships linked to Russian energy exports, targeting five LNG carriers, five oil tankers and a floating storage unit in its latest effort to disrupt Moscow’s seaborne oil and gas trade. The measures also cover nine companies, including Russian oil producer Slavneft, Rosneft’s Vostok Oil project and several energy …

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Source: The Loadstar

13 November 2026

‘Read my lips ass*ole: Collect. That. Credit. Fast!’

It’s getting murky out there. AI-related debts and capital expenditure soaring; long-term yields at multi-decade highs; a (Nvidia) love affair that has its own ramifications… … as the headline-grabbing CEO exit raises questions about the future of AI – even though $4trn-market cap Nvidia is bigger than its co-founder, right? (Wrong?) ; and then there are a slew of other exogenous risks to manage, but it’s all fine out there if you listen ... The post ‘Read my lips ass*ole: Collect.

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Source: ProPublica

13 November 2026

How Trump’s War on Offshore Wind Upended a “Limitless” Future for Thousands of New England Workers

The Vineyard Wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts in May Eleonora Bianchi/The New Bedford Light On a hot July day in 2022, then-President Joe Biden gave a speech from the ruins of a coal-fired power plant on the southern coast of Massachusetts. Standing where ships once delivered coal for combustion, he said the same dock would soon launch components for wind power out to sea. He praised an Italian company’s plans to build a new factory there, set to create 250 jobs and supply American-made undersea power cables to what was then a line of offshore wind projects waiting to be built along the coast. Four years later, weeds and tall grass have reclaimed the dirt lot on which Biden spoke. The company never came.

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Source: ProPublica

13 November 2026

His Church or His Child? A Sixth-Generation Member of a Faith-Healing Sect Had to Choose.

Photo illustration: Mauricio Rodríguez Pons/ProPublica. Source images: Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian, courtesy of the Phillips family. What if you had to pick between your deeply held faith and the life of your child? That’s the gutting choice that faced Marshall Phillips, an Oregon dad who was born into the Followers of Christ, a sect whose creed bars medical treatment. When his 11-year-old son was stricken with a dire health crisis, Phillips became caught between his faith, his family and the state of Oregon, which had begun cracking down on faith-healing parents who don’t seek medical help for their minor children.

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Source: Splash247

13 November 2026

From ocean liner to artificial reef: A warning for container shipping

Dr Raymon Krishnan, president of Singapore’s Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society, writes for Splash today, reflecting on one of this week’s most talked about stories in the mainstream press. On Wednesday, the 990-foot ocean liner SS United States was deliberately sunk off Destin, Florida, to become what is expected to be the world’s largest …

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