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Australian State Triggers Emergency Powers Amid Fuel Crisis
(Bloomberg) — Western Australia invoked emergency powers to force fuel suppliers to provide detailed information on their supply chains, as the nation seeks to manage an ongoing shortage spurred by panic-buying in the wake of the war in Iran. The state government activated the powers under the Fuel, Energy and Power Resources Act after several…
Read More‘Ukrainian housewives’ and Skyranger delays – German defense poster child Rheinmetall is in hot water
VIENNA — The chief executive of Rheinmetall, Europe’s highest-valued defense company, continues to face criticism after dismissing Ukraine’s drone industry as the work of “housewives” with “3D printers in their kitchens” − comments his own company quickly walked back. Now, German media report the Bundeswehr’s flagship Rheinmetall counter-drone system is running at least 16 months…
Read MoreCrime boss Steven Lyons set to be deported from Bali to Spain
One of Scotland’s most high-profile gangland figures is set be deported to Spain days after his airport arrest in Bali. Steven Lyons was taken into custody on Saturday, shortly after he arrived at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Singapore. The development came on the same day his wife, Amanda Lyons,…
Read MoreNAFFIC and Aware to Launch First China-Europe Digital Product Passport
The National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center (NAFFIC) and Dutch supply chain traceability platform Aware joined forces to create the first China-Europe digital product passport (DPP) for textiles. The groups unveiled the new program at the “Trace to Renew, Weave a Zero-Carbon Future” summit held in Suzhou, China, last week. The China-Europe DPP traces the…
Read MoreChina’s ‘Venice Of The East’ Is A Historic Canal City Near Shanghai With Arched Bridges And Lantern-Lit Waterways
Just west of Shanghai lies beautiful Suzhou, a city so crisscrossed by canals, lakes and waterways that it has long been dubbed the ‘Venice of the East.’ Despite being a city with an urban population of over 8 million, Suzhou’s center is a haven of calm traditional Chinese aesthetics, with idyllic gardens threaded together by narrow…
Read MoreGerman hauliers warn soaring energy prices may soon impact consumers
Cars drive past a gas station price board in the Magdeburg city area. The Bundestag is set to vote on a package of measures regarding fuel prices. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa The German road freight association has warned that the sharp rise in diesel prices is placing a significant strain on the haulage industry and called on…
Read MoreNestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement Friday that “the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to…
Read MoreMerz says army could be involved in mine-clearing from Hormuz
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he can envisage the country’s Bundeswehr armed forces being deployed to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz once the war in Iran has ended. “We can do that. And if we are asked to do so and it takes place within the framework of a genuine collective security mandate…
Read MoreAustralia’s post-Bondi crackdown accused of targeting pro-Palestinian voices
Melbourne – Human rights groups have slammed the Australian government’s new “hate speech” laws, saying they will have a “chilling effect” on those who support the Palestinian cause. Most recently, two activists were arrested and charged for chanting the slogan “From the river to the sea”, a phrase that, along with “Globalise the Intifada”, is…
Read More‘Everyone in this prison has had family killed or shot’
A British woman detained in Iran has given a stark account of her life behind bars. Lindsay Foreman, from East Sussex, was detained by Iranian authorities in January 2025 while travelling the world with her husband Craig. Foreman, who is currently being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, said her “heart breaks” for the Iranian…
Read MoreGerman Chancellor Merz open to more energy price reduction measures
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is open to further measures against rising energy and petrol prices as a result of the Iran war, he said on Wednesday. An initial package of measures, including the fixing of prices at petrol stations, could be passed this week in the Bundestag and Bundesrat, the chancellor said during parliamentary questioning…
Read MoreRussia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period
Russia has launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a 24-hour period since the war began, hitting cities across the country with 948 drones. Ukraine’s Air Force said 556 drones had been fired since 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Tuesday, in an unusual daytime attack which killed at least three people and injured…
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