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Assessing climate change risks along Spain’s coast

A new project aims to assess the risks that climate change pose to the development of marine aquaculture along the entire Spanish coastline. AcuAdapt – Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Spanish Marine Aquaculture is funded through the PLEAMAR call from the

Japan’s Idemitsu Maru allowed through Hormuz, history in tow

The Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), Idemitsu Maru, has passed through the Strait of Hormuz on its way to Nagoya with a cargo of 2 million barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia. The vessel also carries a reminder that it was the Japanese oil refiner

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Orban’s departure shuts China’s back door into the EU

The recent electoral defeat of Viktor Orban has drawn widespread attention, with most commentary focused on its implications for Europe and the Russia-Ukraine war. Yet this emphasis overlooks a broader strategic consequence: the potential disruption of China’s approach to

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China again touts benefits of union with Taiwan, Taipei rebuffs

BEIJING/TAIPEI, April 29 - Taiwan's economy will see unprecedented opportunities should it agree to union with China, Beijing said on Wednesday as it continues to try to persuade Taipei to accept its rule, which President Lai Ching-te's government has repeatedly rejected.

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