12 NOV 2023 The Philippines’ coast guard said on Saturday it would maintain its regular supply missions to troops stationed on a disputed atoll in the South China Sea even though it expects more Chinese vessels to be sent to the area. The Philippines regularly sends supplies to a handful of troops …
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10 NOV 2023 In the runup to Christmas 2022, shipowners received unwelcome but unsurprising news: they would face higher premiums the following year, owing to inflationary pressures driving up the cost of steel, spare parts and labor. The warning has since come to pass, with most P&I Clubs increasing their …
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09 NOV 2023 Ukrainian officials are reporting that an unidentified cargo ship arriving in Odesa was struck by a Russian missile in the latest round of attacks on the port complex and Ukraine’s grain infrastructure. Crewmembers from the vessel and a port worker were injured while the Ukrainian pilot was …
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08 NOV 2023 China’s military said on Monday that a Philippine military ship “illegally entered” waters near Scarborough Shoal without authorisation and it urged the Philippines to immediately stop its provocations. The statement marks a rare warning from the Chinese military towards the Philippines over its moves in disputed waters in the South China …
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07 NOV 2023 The United States and China held “candid” talks on maritime issues, including on the contested South China Sea, and the U.S. side underscored its concerns about “dangerous and unlawful” Chinese actions there, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. The talks took place in Beijing between the department’s …
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06 NOV 2023 On Monday US President Joe Biden released a wide ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) – catapulting the US to the front of conversations about regulating AI. In doing so, the US is leap frogging over other states in the race to rule over AI. Europe …
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05 NOV 2023 Customers in the United States need to be extra cautious about what eye drop products they choose to buy, as some options have the potential to cause dangerous infections. Millions of people in the US use eye drops every day, so the relative risk of infection remains …
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04 NOV 2023 A new study reveals a previously undiscovered way that we can feel light touches: directly through our hair follicles. Before now, it was thought that only nerve endings in the skin and around the hair follicles could transmit the sensation. The team behind the study, led by researchers …
Read More »03 NOV 2023 We might automatically associate hearing voices with neurological conditions like schizophrenia. It now turns out most brains can be tricked into hearing voices that aren’t there, given the right conditions. Researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and the University Savoie Mont Blanc in France wanted …
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02 NOV 2023 In the 19th Century, the British East India Company was buying up huge amounts of Chinese goods – tea, silk, porcelain and more – but China was not interested in buying anything from Britain. As a way of balancing the accounts, Britain began smuggling opium from India into …
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