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CONAKRY (Reuters) -The death toll from a blast at an oil terminal in Guinea's capital Conakry on Monday has risen to 13, a senior police source said, as the government warned the incident could have repercussions for the wider population.

China: The vessel Mengxiang, which means "dream" in Chinese, can navigate in any sea in any part of the world, according to state media.

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/OSLO -A Norwegian-owned vessel was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday in a strike that U.S. officials said originated from Yemeni territory controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi... -December 18, 2023 at 06:56 am EST - MarketScreener

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/OSLO -Yemens Houthi movement attacked two commercial ships in the Red Sea with naval drones on Monday, the Iran-backed group said, the latest in a surge of attacks over Israels...

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale unexpectedly worsened in December, the Ifo institute said on Monday after its latest survey...

A landmark Hong Kong national security trial against the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and its founder, Jimmy Lai, begins this month. If convicted, Lai, 76, faces... -December 14, 2023 at 10:05 pm EST - MarketScreener

Rocket Lab on Friday said it had launched its Electron rocket into space from a facility in New Zealand, the SpaceX rival's first flight since a mission failure in September. The previous mission, the Electron's 41st, failed about 2 1/2 minutes into its flight as it carried a satellite from synthetic-aperture radar firm Capella Space toward orbit. It was Rocket Lab's first mission failure in over two years.

The final flight of Italy's Vega rocket has been delayed after crucial parts went missing, while the latest test of Europe's new Ariane 6 has been aborted, the European Space Agency said, the latest glitches to affect Europe's troubled launch sector. The aborted test of the upper stage of Ariane 6 should not affect plans for an inaugural launch in mid-2024, ESA said. Europe is racing to restore independent access to space after Ariane 6 suffered repeated delays and the Vega C wa...

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China on Friday pressured Taiwan with a trade barrier probe and warplanes in the Taiwan Strait a month before the island holds key elections, as Taipei called on Beijing to stop its "political operations". The Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place as China, which views the island as its own territory, has sought to force Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty claims. Taiwan's government and the ruling Democratic Progressive Par...

Sanofi's Fexinidazole Winthrop is the first oral treatment for an acute form of sleeping sickness, a lethal parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies and found in 36 African countries, the company said. It follows clinical trials in Malawi and Uganda led by the non-profit medical research organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Sanofi said.