Sources: Reuters
Seven oil tankers departing Saudi Arabia's port of Yanbu change course away from the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb after the Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi Arabian ports. 2026-07-22
French president Emmanuel Macron announces that the navy intercepted and boarded the Cameroon-flagged, Russia-linked oil tanker "Deliver" off the coast of Sicily, Italy, two days earlier. 2026-06-25
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser says that the oil market will not normalize until 2027 if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed beyond mid-June. 2026-05-11
The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. $2024-10-10
France's "Autorité de la concurrence" fines Google a record €500M ($593M) for breaching an April 2020 ruling that ordered the company to negotiate "in good faith" licensing deals with publishers and news agencies for any re-use of copyrighted content. The fine amounts to about 1.1% of the company's yearly profits. $2021-07-13
A powerful derecho with winds over 100 mph sweeps across the Midwestern United States and leaves four dead and causes $11 billion USD in damage. $2020-08-10
Sony agrees to a $2.3 billion deal where they will buy a controlling interest in EMI Music Publishing. The deal will mean that Sony would indirectly own 90% of the music publisher and its two million songs. $2018-05-21
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agrees to pay USD $9 billion to buy the parent of Texas power transmission company Oncor Electric Delivery. $2017-07-7
Tankers anchored in the Caribbean Sea are unable to deliver over four million barrels of crude oil, due to Venezuela's state-owned oil and natural gas company being unable to pay for hull cleaning, inspections, and other port services. 2017-01-26
At least 27 people are killed and eighty injured after oil leaks from a pipeline near the town of Pakokku in Burma. 2010-10-25