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Expensive Mideast grades lead Asia oil buyers to turn to US for cheap supply

Singapore - Muslimchronicle

Asia is set to ramp up crude oil imports from the US in late 2017 and early next year, with buyers searching out cheap supplies after hurricanes hit US demand for the commodity at a time of rising production in the country. As many as 11 tankers, partly or fully laden with US crude, are due to arrive in AsiaRead more

Expanded bluefin tuna quotas could reverse recovery

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna's spectacular recovery will be reversed if the region's 51-nation fisheries management body embraces quota recommendations finalised late Friday by its scientific advisory panel, scientists at the meeting warned. The warm-blooded, fatty fish -- which can grow to the size of a small car, and swim nearly as fast -- underpins a billion-dollar business and is aRead more

Hurricane Irma lashes Florida

Miami - Muslimchronicle

Hurricane Irma took aim at heavily populated areas of central Florida on Monday as it carved a path of destruction through the state with high winds and storm surges that left millions without power, ripped roofs off homes and flooded city streets. Irma, once ranked as one of the most powerful hurricanes recorded in the Atlantic, came ashore on FloridaRead more

Tropical storms Jose, Katia upgraded to hurricane status

Miami - Muslimchronicle

As Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, a tropical storm in the Atlantic and another in the Gulf of Mexico were upgraded to hurricane status on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Jose was 1,040 miles (1,675 kilometers) east of the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic and packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers perRead more

Algae blooms irk Canaries beachgoers

Tenerife - AFP

Microalgae blooms proliferating in hot weather in Spain's Canary Islands are irritating beachgoers, who should avoid direct contact with them, local authorities said Monday. Tenerife in particular is awash with visitors at this time of year but some of those having an Atlantic dip have come out scratching themselves after brushing up against the tiny algae. The spreading algae haveRead more

French sailor sets new Atlantic solo record

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French yachtsman Francis Joyon beat his own record for the solo trans-Atlantic crossing on Wednesday to set a new benchmark of five days two hours and seven minutes. Six months after smashing the round-the-world sailing record with a five-man crew which circumnavigated the globe in 40 days, Joyon went on to beat his own Atlantic record by some 49 minutes,Read more

IMF warns against protectionism as Trump, Brexit loom

Washington - Arab Today

The International Monetary Fund renewed its warnings against protectionism on Thursday as nationalist political trends threaten trade integration on both sides of the Atlantic. As the IMF and World Bank kicked off what are normally staid meetings, with central bankers and finance ministers from 189 member countries gathering in Washington, anti-free trade rhetoric in the United States and Europe createdRead more

Hunting grounds

BONAVISTA - Arab Today

Shannon Mouland steadied himself in an aluminium boat, shotgun raised, as a thick-billed murre skittered above the slate-grey waters of the North Atlantic. Boom! And the bird cartwheeled into the sea. It’s “turr” season on The Rock, as this massive inkblot of an island is affectionately known. Turr is the local name for the murre, which looks something like aRead more

Girl, 10, dies after falling ill on Toronto-to-London flight

Toronto - ArabToday

A 10-year-old girl has died after falling ill aboard a trans-Atlantic Air Canada flight. The airline says Toronto-to-London flight AC868 diverted to Shannon, Ireland, on Saturday after the child suffered a medical problem. Air Canada says a doctor and a nurse were on board the plane and helped the flight crew to assist the child. Emergency crews met the aircraftRead more

Obama moves to tie Trump's hands

Washington - Arab Today

The White House blocked new leases for oil and gas drilling in sections of the Arctic and Atlantic Tuesday, a high-stakes bid to forestall exploration and tie Donald Trump's hands. With Trump is bringing a strident pro-oil stance to the White House, the outgoing administration has launched a rearguard action. President Barack Obama announced he was placing swaths of theRead more