Ocean freight shipping rates are set to increase further in early February amid the ongoing Red Sea crisis. According to the Xeneta ocean freight rate benchmarking platform, market average short-term…
What can we expect in 2024? Record global temperatures with increasingly harmful effects, a cost-of-living crisis, and escalating tensions in the Middle East
Carbon emissions generated during the first two months of the Gaza war exceeded the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations
With inflation impacting markets and international interest rates for more than a year, the outlook on inflation remains uncertain. However, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects most…
International trade is coordinated through numerous shipping lanes worldwide. According to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), about 90% of goods moved globally travel by ocean – however,…
In 2022, Lockheed Martin was the world's largest arms-producing and military services company, with arms sales amounting to nearly $60bn. Except for three European companies and one Russian, all the…
In recent years, the world has witnessed a noticeable increase in the greenhouse effect phenomenon due to the increasing and continuous burning of fossil fuels, threatening Earth’s life-friendly…
An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?