Six oil ships bound for Australia have been cancelled in recent days but the federal government is not yet considering any drastic measures, the energy minister, Chris Bowen, says. Bowen said on Sunday that six ships from Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea, that had been expected to arrive next month, were cancelled or deferred. The federal government was working to replace the ships, with some a...
Six oil ships bound for Australia have been cancelled in recent days but the federal government is not yet considering any drastic measures, the energy minister, Chris Bowen, says. Bowen said on Sunday that six ships from Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea, that had been expected to arrive next month, were cancelled or deferred. The federal government was working to replace the ships, with some already substituted, the minister told ABC TV. Australia receives about 80 shipments of oil each month, on average, predominantly from Asia. On Friday, Reuters reported record amounts of US fuel were being exported to Australia amid supply chain disruptions. “The flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed, and that has downward impacts on us,” Bowen said on Sunday. “We’re in an uncertain environment, so that’s why we’re doing … all the preparatory work. “People think ‘Well, all the ships are coming now, and one day they’ll all stop in one go’. [But] that is highly unlikely to be the case. It’s much more likely that there’ll be bumps in supply, but that governments will work with the refiners and the importers to manage those and minimise impacts.” Bowen said fuel supplies within Australia were slightly higher than before the crisis began, with 38 days of petrol. There was 30 days supply of diesel and jet fuel. The weeks ahead could be more challenging with disruptions expected to occur for shipments arriving in late April and May, the minister conceded. Energy analysts have warned that major producers in Asia, such as Malaysia and South Korea, could cut exports to Australia to prioritise domestic fuel needs. Kevin Morrison, an energy finance analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said on Friday that a warning from Malaysian officials that the crude oil supplier would “prioritise” its own needs was “really significant”. “South Korea, Japan and India are all very vulnerable. They hardly produce any oil so they are all very dependent on oil import...
On March 10, 2026, Harold Bernstein, President, R&D & Chief Medical Officer of Maze Therapeutics (MAZE 2.85%), reported the exercise of 30,000 stock options and immediate sale of the underlying common shares for ~$1.51 million, according to a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares sold (direct) 30,000 Transaction value ~$1.5 million Post-transaction shares (direct) 0 Transactio...
On March 10, 2026, Harold Bernstein, President, R&D & Chief Medical Officer of Maze Therapeutics (MAZE 2.85%), reported the exercise of 30,000 stock options and immediate sale of the underlying common shares for ~$1.51 million, according to a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares sold (direct) 30,000 Transaction value ~$1.5 million Post-transaction shares (direct) 0 Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($50.45). Key questions How does this transaction affect Bernstein's direct equity ownership in Maze Therapeutics? Bernstein's direct common stock holdings were reduced from 30,000 shares to zero following the option exercise and immediate sale, eliminating his direct ownership in this share class. Bernstein's direct common stock holdings were reduced from 30,000 shares to zero following the option exercise and immediate sale, eliminating his direct ownership in this share class. What is the context of this transaction? The transactions were part of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that allows insiders to sell shares at a predetermined date, so the sales were scheduled in advance. Expand NASDAQ : MAZE Maze Therapeutics Today's Change ( -2.85 %) $ -1.41 Current Price $ 48.02 Key Data Points Market Cap $2.3B Day's Range $ 47.80 - $ 50.70 52wk Range $ 6.71 - $ 53.65 Volume 18K Avg Vol 484K Gross Margin -1304.00 % Company overview Metric Value Price $48.03 Market capitalization $2.31 billion Net Loss (TTM) $101.46 million 1-year price change 295.63% * Price and 1-year price change calculated using March 21, 2026 as the reference date. Company snapshot Maze Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops small-molecule precision medicines targeting renal (kidney), cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases, as well as obesity. Its lead candidate medicines include ones that help with kidney disease. What this transaction means for investors Bernstein’s sale shouldn’t concern investors, as it was part of a 10b5...
White House says talks ‘constructive’ but Russian negotiators not present; more civilians killed in country’s south-east by Moscow attacks. What we know on day 1,488 Ukrainian and US negotiators trying to secure a peace settlement of Russia’s invasion opened their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions planned through the weekend. Russian representatives did not attend...
White House says talks ‘constructive’ but Russian negotiators not present; more civilians killed in country’s south-east by Moscow attacks. What we know on day 1,488 Ukrainian and US negotiators trying to secure a peace settlement of Russia’s invasion opened their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions planned through the weekend. Russian representatives did not attend the meeting. “We continued discussing key issues and the next steps within the negotiation track,” the chief Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, posted on X. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met at two sets of US-brokered talks in the United Arab Emirates this year and a round in Geneva last month. Moscow and Kyiv agreed on prisoner exchanges, but no breakthroughs were achieved. The White House described the latest meeting as “constructive” , with discussions “focused on narrowing and resolving remaining items to move closer to a comprehensive peace agreement”. Russian attacks killed four people in south-eastern Ukraine and left much of the northern region of Chernihiv without power on Saturday, officials said. Zaporizhzhia governor, Ivan Fedorov, said the morning attack on the city killed a man and a woman, and injured six others, including two children. In the adjacent Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said two people died in an area south-east of the main regional centre, Dnipro. Five people were injured in attacks at multiple places. In his nightly video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said power had been cut to parts of Chernihiv region, where efforts were under way to fix damage after a drone strike on an energy facility. Power and water supplies have also been cut to parts of Kyiv. Ukrainian forces shelled a public building in Russia’s border region of Belgorod on Saturday, killing four people, the regional governor said. Vyacheslav Gladkov, writing on Telegram, said the attack hit a “social site” in the village of Smorodino, without giving further details. ...
The Oscars Died Last Weekend...Did Anyone Even Notice? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance “Oh, the Oscars was yesterday,” my friend said to me while walking through town. She noticed that a nearby bar had the TV tuned to a replay of the ceremony. What surprised me was who said it. This is a person who is deeply, spiritually committed to things like what movies are in theaters and new fictional tele...
The Oscars Died Last Weekend...Did Anyone Even Notice? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance “Oh, the Oscars was yesterday,” my friend said to me while walking through town. She noticed that a nearby bar had the TV tuned to a replay of the ceremony. What surprised me was who said it. This is a person who is deeply, spiritually committed to things like what movies are in theaters and new fictional television shows. She loves the arts. She listens to jazz. She goes to see Broadway plays. She watches every prestige movie she can and regularly comments about what media has won what award. She follows celebrity gossip with the focus of a Vatican archivist. Her interests sit precisely at the intersection of everything the Oscars supposedly celebrates and is entrenched in. And yet she missed the award show entirely. That, in a nutshell, is the problem. Over the last several years, the Oscars have quietly drifted from being the cultural event, the night when the entire entertainment world stopped to watch, into something closer to an industry banquet that occasionally spills onto television. The ceremony still arrives with the same self-importance it had in the 1990s, but the culture around it has moved on. What used to feel like a shared national moment now feels more like political rally fused with fashion show and a desperate attempt to take 120 second acceptance speeches to prove one’s IQ is not in double digits. Part of the issue is that the movies the Academy rewards are increasingly invisible to the people watching at home. The ceremony still talks as if the audience has seen every nominee, debated every performance, and formed passionate opinions about the cinematography categories. In reality, most viewers have maybe heard of one of the films, vaguely recognize a second, and accidentally streamed a third while half-watching it on their phone during laundry. When the biggest award of the year goes to a movie the average viewer hasn’t encountered in any meaningful way, t...
Cuba’s electricity grid suffered another blackout on Saturday, the second major hit to its energy system this week, amid the US administration fuel embargo and pressure on the Havana government. Cuba’s electric system suffered a nation-wide collapse late Saturday, state-run news outlet CubaDebate reported, with work ongoing to restart power “as soon as possible.” A failure in a power unit in Nuevi...
Cuba’s electricity grid suffered another blackout on Saturday, the second major hit to its energy system this week, amid the US administration fuel embargo and pressure on the Havana government. Cuba’s electric system suffered a nation-wide collapse late Saturday, state-run news outlet CubaDebate reported, with work ongoing to restart power “as soon as possible.” A failure in a power unit in Nuevitas caused the outages, according to preliminary findings. Saturday’s blackout followed Monday’s , amid an intensifying US push to deprive the Cuban government of fuel and financing. The island’s 10 million residents have been subject to chronic rolling outages for years, now under an intensified embargo led by the Trump administration. The country’s thermoelectric power plants require about 100,000 barrels of oil a day to meet demand and domestic production accounts for just two fifths of that. The situation worsened as Venezuela’s years-long fuel lifeline was cut after the US took control over the South American country’s oil sales. A Russian fuel cargo on its way this week to the island veered away after Washington clarified that the country remains ineligible to receive Russian fuel. Cuba authorities have responded to the US push to open its economy by allowing private companies to partner with the state in a tentative step to help bring more fuel to the country.
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Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on 27 March amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers clash over funding for the Department of Homeland Security...
Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on 27 March amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers clash over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency for TSA and ICE. “I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday, in response to the airport staff shortages which have disrupted travel. More than 400 TSA workers have quit since the partial shutdown began on 14 February, DHS said. ICE agents are not specifically trained for airport security, which is TSA’s domain. Catching up? Here’s what happened on 20 March 2026.
If everything goes according to plan, Indonesia will be in possession of an aircraft carrier come Armed Forces Day on October 5. When that happens, it will become only the second country in Southeast Asia, after Thailand , to operate such a vessel. But this does not mean Indonesia’s maritime power will increase significantly. The issue here is prestige, not combat power. The warship in question is...
If everything goes according to plan, Indonesia will be in possession of an aircraft carrier come Armed Forces Day on October 5. When that happens, it will become only the second country in Southeast Asia, after Thailand , to operate such a vessel. But this does not mean Indonesia’s maritime power will increase significantly. The issue here is prestige, not combat power. The warship in question is the Italian navy’s Giuseppe Garibaldi . The 14,000-tonne flat-top was commissioned in 1985 and equipped with a mix of AV-8B Harrier II short-take-off-and-vertical-landing fighter aircraft and anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Advertisement The carrier saw action in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Libya, and took part in several humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations before being decommissioned in 2024. The following year, the Italian government agreed to transfer it to Indonesia. A group of Indonesian sailors will soon depart for Italy to sail the Garibaldi home. Advertisement
As tensions around Iran intensify, a potential disruption to global fertiliser supply chains is raising concerns about food production worldwide. But for China, an unusual advantage is coming into focus: the ability to predict grain output more than six months in advance with striking accuracy. That capability – refined over decades – could allow Beijing to move early, reshaping risk into strategi...
As tensions around Iran intensify, a potential disruption to global fertiliser supply chains is raising concerns about food production worldwide. But for China, an unusual advantage is coming into focus: the ability to predict grain output more than six months in advance with striking accuracy. That capability – refined over decades – could allow Beijing to move early, reshaping risk into strategic leverage. Advertisement The Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global energy and commodity flows, has emerged as a key vulnerability. Roughly a third of global urea exports pass through the corridor, linking fertiliser markets directly to geopolitical stability. Urea production depends heavily on natural gas, meaning any sustained disruption to energy supplies or shipping routes can quickly drive up fertiliser costs. For farmers , higher input prices often translate into reduced application rates – and ultimately lower yields. Advertisement The impact is already being felt across Asia. India, which imports a large share of its fertilisers from the Middle East, faces mounting pressure ahead of its planting season. Indonesia, reliant on Gulf sulphur for phosphate fertilisers, is also exposed.