Fuel tankers are experiencing their strongest rates in at least 25 years. Suriyapong Thongsawang Rates for tankers carrying refined fuels reached their highest in at least 25 years. Fuel tankers earned more than $40,000 a day for the last 14 weeks, Bloomberg reported. Strong demand for crude oil and longer sailing routes from sanctions have…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Russia’s Druzhba pipeline supplies oil to both northern and southern Europe. Reuters Oil prices rose by over 1% Tuesday after Russia suspended flows through a key pipeline section. Russia will suspend flows via the southern leg of its Druzhba pipeline, a spokesperson said. The pipeline supplies Europe with around 1 million barrels of crude a…
Michael Cohen, former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, in 2018 in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Michael Cohen said Trump was being held “accountable” after FBI agents searched his home. Cohen fell out with Trump after providing evidence to prosecutors. Cohen worked for years as Trump’s personal attorney, and was convicted of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on March 3, 2022. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters FBI agents former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed the search was a “pretty serious step” by the DOJ. Pelosi said she had few details but “no person is above the law, not even the president.” House Speaker Nancy…
Qantas booked Andrew and Stephanie Braham on a separate flight home. Andrew and Stephanie Braham/James D. Morgan via Getty Qantas booked Andrew and Stephanie Braham and their baby daughter on separate flights home. The booking error left the family stranded in Rome, Italy for 12 days. The Brahams say this left them $12,000 out of…
It’s Home Security Week all this week on Pocket-lint. Until Friday 12 August 2022, we are featuring a whole stack of features, reviews, videos and other exciting snippets dedicated to smart home security. You can follow all of our content on a dedicated section right here on Pocket-lint and discover everything from the best Ezviz…
With PlayStation having been a part of our lives for over 25 years, you can bet that every single person will have their own choice for which game character they love the best. The original PlayStation console came out on 3 December 1994 and since then we have had hundreds of lead characters we’ve played…
Social media is dominated by a select few companies, and the only real breakout success we’ve seen in years is TikTok. Now though, it seems that newcomer BeReal is stepping up to the plate, with the app finding itself ranked number one in the iOS App Store’s social networking category. But if you’re not up…
Sean Booth of British electronic duo Autechre has claimed they were considered to score the GameCube classic Metroid Prime. Booth streamed a “quick AMA” video on Twitch (ironically, six hours long) in which a fan asked if the duo were involved in Metroid Prime’s music (thanks VGC). Both Booth and his musical partner Rob Brown…
Smartphone spin-off Mario Kart Tour will receive a multiplayer update in September which will add “new ways to play”. This seems likely to be the game’s Battle Mode update, after files hinting to its inclusion were found a couple of months ago. “With the Mario Kart Tour multiplayer update at the end of September, we’re…