Red Sea blockade undermining global commerce – report

World trade plunged by 1.3% from November to December 2023 as a result of Houthi attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea, according to a new report by the IfW Kiel. The German economic institute said on Thursday that the volume of containers transported via the Red Sea had plummeted by more than half…

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Russia’s seafood exports soaring

Moscow supplied nearly 2 million tons of fish products to twenty countries last year Russia’s seafood exports from the fish-rich Far Eastern Primorsky and Sakhalin regions surged by over 70% last year, data published by the Russian regulator responsible for food safety, Rosselkhoznadzor, showed on Thursday.

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Pentagon ‘frustrated’ with UK over Yemen leak – Telegraph

News of the upcoming strikes on Houthi sites was leaked to the British press hours before they began US officials are fuming over the leaking to the UK media by the British government of the decision to carry out strikes in Yemen, the Telegraph has reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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