/ SEOUL: Two South Korean shipping companies said Friday they had this month suspended importing crude from due to a looming EU oil embargo that could effectively halt shipments of Iranian oil from July. , which handles refiner SK Energy's crude shipments, said it shipped its last cargo from Iran early this ...
's lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of 's big Asian buyers to find a way to keep the oil flowing in the face of tough new EU sanctions. takes effect on July 1 and includes a ban on EU insurance firms from covering ...
mainly steel, cars and electronics - to reduce its risk of payment defaults as western sanctions disrupt exports, highlighting the growing risk of doing business with the Islamic Republic. The move to limit the trade exposure of Asia's fourth-largest economy, which sold $1.7 billion of goods in ...
Hyundai Oilbank cites impact of euro zone crisis * Refiner is South Korea's biggest buyer of Iran crude * Latest in series of major Asian IPOs to be pulled or delayed * Company says will revive float when conditions improve (Adds details) SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korean refiner Hyundai ...
a in Seoul and Robert Cookson in Hong Kong/ Hyundai Oilbank has shelved its planned $2bn initial public offering due to Europe’s debt crisis and lower risk appetite in global stock markets. “We’ve decided to suspend the offering due to uncertainties over the IPO’s success as the euro zone crisis ...
Japan's lower house passed a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, a key step towards it becoming the first of Iran's big Asian oil buyers to get round new European Union sanctions. The bill will now be sent to the upper house, where opposition ...
"Temporary" export ceiling measure started on June 12 * More details to be set if EU insurance issues finalised * New deals to be approved only if payment period within 180 days * Japan's lower house to pass bill to insure Iran oil on Friday-report * To allow sovereign guarantee to continue Iran ...
The issue of the hijab remains at the heart of the debate on where Iran might be going. (File photo of street scene in Tehran)/ The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to take part. The move comes after images ...
CEO Jensen Huang said China has an AI infrastructure advantage over the U.S., namely in construction and energy. While the U.S. retains an edge on AI chips, he warned China can build large projects at staggering speeds. “If you want to build a data center here in the United States from breaking ...
For two years during the Gaza war, all public celebrations for Christmas were cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank – where Christians believe Jesus was born. But after the recent ceasefire, the holy city decided that this year the festivities would return as symbolised by the ...
UK households are often looking for ways to make their money go further amid the was good news for savers, as this influences the rates set by banks and building societies on their products./ . Markets are pricing in a 90% chance that the BoE will lower rates by 0.25% this month, up from 85% ...
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a press conference following the arrest in the D.C. pipe bomber investigation, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak/ WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ...
Yasser Abu Shabab led the Rafah-based Popular Forces militia/ A prominent Palestinian militia leader in Gaza who opposed Hamas has been killed. Yasser Abu Shabab headed the so-called Popular Forces group, which has dozens of fighters and operates in Israeli-controlled territory near the southern ...
Itzik and Talik Gvili said they want "closure" after their son's body was taken hostage/ The parents of the last dead hostage in Gaza have spoken to the BBC about their desperate wait for his body to be returned. Itzik and Talik Gvili insisted the Gaza peace deal could not progress until Hamas ...
Lebanese Civil Defence personnel deployed to the scene of a reported strike in the southern town of Jbaa/ The Israeli military has carried out a new round of air strikes in southern Lebanon, less than a day after Israel and Lebanon held their first direct talks in decades. Residents of the towns ...
Gaza City's medieval Great Omari Mosque was targeted by Israel's military during the past two years of war/ With pickaxes and wheelbarrows, dozens of Palestinian workers in hard hats and high-visibility vests are clearing rubble from the ruins of the Gaza Strip's oldest and largest mosque. The ...
, and affordable locations offering a sense of community and access to green spaces are likely to be high on homebuyers' wishlists. For all these attributes and more, they should look no further than Skipton in North Yorkshire, according to Rightmove's ( ) annual Happy at Home Index, which named ...