Executives at two of Europe's top gas suppliers, ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, on Monday warned they could stop doing business with the European Union if it does not significantly loosen a sustainability law that could impose fines of 5% of their global revenue.Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Reuters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC meeting in Abu Dhabi that the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due
In Memoriam: Captain Charles Robert MacVean, USN, (Ret.), PhDMarch 22, 1937 – September 10, 2025The book, Blind Man’s Bluff, describes the secret USN submarine operations known as “The Projects.” It begins with the opening line, “There was something about Commander Charles R. MacVean that had a way of inspiring legend.
Following the grounding of one of its pilot transfer launches in Port Phillip Heads, Australia, a Port of Melbourne pilotage services provider has developed additional operational guidance on the use of launch equipment and crew resources.On the evening of October 5, 2023, the pilot launch Corsair was returning through the entrance of Port Phillip after collecting a pilot from an outbound
The CEO of Austrian energy firm OMV on Tuesday urged the European Union to reconsider its sustainability legislation or risk losing Qatar as a gas supplier which would undermine prosperity in the region.Qatar's Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also CEO of QatarEnergy said on Monday that he could halt business with the EU if it does not significantly ease its Corporate Sustainability Due
It was at an 18th century Georgian manor house outside London that Japanese lawmaker Rui Matsukawa began to have serious doubts about America’s commitment to defending her country.Matsukawa, a former deputy defense minister, traveled in March to historic Fordham Abbey for a top-level bilateral conference.
At least three people died and nine others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy seas off the California coast in an apparent migrant smuggling attempt north of San Diego, U.S. officials said on Monday.Four other people rescued after the "panga"-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines State Beach were transported to hospital, according to U.