14 August 2026
Rural people rely on fundraising, grants and donations from mining companies to keep their health services running, ...
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14 August 2026
Independent Education Union ‘deeply concerned … public funding for Catholic schools may have been wrongfully spent on Liberal party matters’ Dallas McInerney insisted to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Friday that Catholic Schools NSW funding wasn’t misused.
14 August 2026
The nine-year-old fought for life in hospital for four days before succumbing to her injuries.
14 August 2026
The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. (Image credit: Victor R. Caivano)
14 August 2026
Singapore-based offshore marine service provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has been awarded a lump-sum subsea diving and installation contract by offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7. The new contract was awarded by Subsea 7’s Saudi Arabian arm, Subsea 7 Arabia Co. Work under the deal is scheduled for offshore execution in the third …
14 August 2026
Capesize owners counting on Simandou to transform dry bulk shipping may need to temper their expectations, with growing evidence that much of the new Guinea-China iron ore trade is developing into a tightly controlled conveyor belt dominated by very large ore carriers. Broker SSY noted in a new market report that VLOCs of more than …
14 August 2026
Ukraine is seeking a halt to attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea even as its expanding maritime war against Russia stretches more than 1,000 km north to one of Moscow’s most important Baltic energy export hubs. Kyiv has proposed through a third party that Russia and Ukraine mutually suspend attacks on civilian targets …
14 August 2026
As shipowners place their first investments in ethanol-fuelled ships, engine technology is well prepared for growing uptake of the biofuel, writes Andrea Lazzaro, head of business intelligence at WinGD. When one of the world’s biggest dry bulk charterers backs a new alternative fuel type, the industry takes notice. But to anyone paying attention over the …
