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  • May 27

    Greek-owned tanker Olympic Life hit by external explosion off Oman; crew safe but fuel spills into Arabian Sea

    The Greek-owned VLCC Olympic Life reported an external explosion on its port side near the waterline while sailing 60 nautical miles east of Muscat, Oman, on Monday. The crew is safe but a quantity of marine fuel leaked into the sea.

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Hormuz burns, Burnham arrives

Trump escalates Iran war as Hormuz burns and allies brace for wider strikes

The Gulf again set the pace for markets and governments, as US strikes on Iran entered a ninth night and tanker traffic through Hormuz thinned. In Britain, Andy Burnham took over a restless Downing Street, while Europe tightened its grip on Chinese commerce and China pressed harder in artificial intelligence.

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    CENTCOM targets military capabilities near the Strait of Hormuz on orders from Trump, following the deaths of three US soldiers

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The European Commission issued a substantial €550 million fine against AliExpress, demonstrating concrete DSA enforcement beyond initial investigations, and France advanced a national ban on social media for under-15s.

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