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It’s as reliable as the Northwest’s winter rains. The Black Ball Ferry has been sailing its’ vessel, the MV Coho, between Port Angeles, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia some 60 years — twice a day in the winter, and up to four times a day in the summer. The past two years, tourism was up […]
US and China tariff tensions continue to dominate the focus, with signs of deescalation mounting even as President Trump sent mixed signals on the state of relations. On Monday, it was reported that Asian economies like South Korea, Japan, and India are taking the lead in trade talks with Trump’s administration, while China pledges additional […]
Container shipping lines have sharply increased the number of blank sailings on Transpacific routes as U.S.-China trade tensions intensify, with tariffs now at 145% on Chinese goods and 125% on U.S. imports. According to Sea-Intelligence, total blanked capacity for weeks 16-19 has surged to 367,800 TEU, a significant rise from 60,000 TEU just three weeks […]
A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law. “We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,” ANC National Chair Gwede […]
Asian markets fell slightly on open and wavered around the flatline as Trump continues to rail against Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve, weakening faith in US assets and leading to a broad sell-off. Japan’s Nikkei 225 (^N225) and Topix (
Trucks line up at the container terminal in the Longtan Port area of Nanjing Port, Jiangsu province, China on the evening of April 8, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Citi on Tuesday became one of the first investment firms to lower its China growth forecast on escalating trade tensions with […]
As traders opened on Saturday, the exchange rate fell to 1,043,000 rials to the dollar. Iran’s rial currency has hit a record low against the US dollar amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear programme. The exchange rate had plunged to more than 1 million rials during festivities for Persian New Year, […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost
Logistics groups move Chinese staff to help companies tackle Sino-US trade tensions  Financial Times Source link
The U.S. military said its forces carried out multiple precision strikes in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen amid escalating tensions in the region. A statement Tuesday from the U.S. Central Command said the strikes hit Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, along with other Houthi-controlled coastal locations. The strikes were carried out by U.S. Navy ships on Monday and […]