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Maersk has suspended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal “until further notice” as it continues to review security following an attack on one of its vessels.

KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it. "The small boats,...

US military sinks three ships operated by Huthi rebels after they attempt to board Maersk Hangzhou.

KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it. "The small boats,...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it. "The small boats,...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it. "The small boats,...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said. A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it. "The small boats,...

AP Moller-Maersk has suspended all transits through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until 2 January, after one of its ships was attacked by Houthi rebels on Saturday.

MARK ALMOND:Unless its unblocked, the consequences could spell disaster for international economics - and for world peace.

The S&P 500 ended the year close to a record high, as did France’s Cac-40 index and Germany’s DAX. Inflation started to come down sharply right across the developed world, and bond yields started to fall as well.