(RTTNews) - Indian shares may witness a sharp sell-off on Monday as investors brace for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East and a global energy crisis. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and Iranian strikes spreading across the Gulf, oil prices surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. WTI crude futures soared over 25 percent above $113 a barrel in Asian tra...
(RTTNews) - Indian shares may witness a sharp sell-off on Monday as investors brace for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East and a global energy crisis. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and Iranian strikes spreading across the Gulf, oil prices surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. WTI crude futures soared over 25 percent above $113 a barrel in Asian trade and Brent traded up nearly 23 percent near $114 a barrel, both reaching their highest since early 2022 as producers began curbing output. Goldman Sachs warned in a recent investor note that international oil prices could reach $150 a barrel by the end of the month if crude oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz do not improve. Iran fired its first missiles towards Israel today following the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the Islamic Republic's new supreme leader. On Sunday, Iran pressed attacks on neighboring Gulf states, with Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain all reporting missile and drone strikes. The U.S. reportedly ordered diplomats and embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia after drone attacks hit U.S. embassies in Riyadh. According to U.S. President Donald Trump, attacks on Iran would continue "until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse." Asian markets were deep in the red this morning, with benchmark indexes in Australia, South Korea and Japan plummeting 4-8 percent. The dollar index gained on safe-haven demand as investors factor in heightened inflation risk and prolonged energy disruption. Gold traded down nearly 2 percent at $5,082 an ounce due to the stronger dollar. U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, adding to the losses posted in the previous session as U.S. crude oil prices spiked 12 percent to more than &90 a barrel, stirring inflation and interest-rate concerns. Investors also reacted to signs of a weakening U.S. jobs market, with the economy unexpectedly losing 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate edging up to 4.4 percen...
China is maintaining the pressure on its nuclear power giants to deliver more reactors with an ambitious new target, despite a string of misses in recent years. The government last week set a goal of 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030 in its latest five-year plan draft, a 76% jump from the end of last year. The new objective comes after the country fell short of reaching 58 gigawatts by 202...
China is maintaining the pressure on its nuclear power giants to deliver more reactors with an ambitious new target, despite a string of misses in recent years. The government last week set a goal of 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030 in its latest five-year plan draft, a 76% jump from the end of last year. The new objective comes after the country fell short of reaching 58 gigawatts by 2020 and 70 gigawatts by 2025. The lofty target underscores the priority Chinese leaders have placed on the around-the-clock reliability of nuclear’s carbon-free electricity. Wind and solar are helping the country meet growing power needs without lifting emissions, but their intermittent delivery is increasingly straining the grid. China is set to overtake France and the US as the world’s biggest producer of atomic power by the end of the decade, with a pipeline of dozens of new reactors currently under development. The country has largely managed to maintain its construction schedules and keep a lid on costs, even as they’ve spun out of control in the US and Europe. Read more: China Rapidly Adds Nuclear Power as the Rest of the World Stalls Still, the industry’s execution has been hobbled somewhat over the past decade by disruptions following the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and snags in the global supply chain after the Covid pandemic. The latest goal will also probably be missed, unless the government counts facilities still under construction, said Francois Morin, China director for the World Nuclear Association. The country’s reactor construction timelines have ranged from five to seven years, which means the target of 110 gigawatts is unlikely to be met until a few years after the 2030 deadline, he said. Longer term, the bigger concern is that the reactor build-out is expanding more slowly than power demand, which has left nuclear’s portion of total generation mostly in decline over the last few years and lower than it was in 2021, Morin said. The share was less than...
(RTTNews) - Lonza signed an agreement to divest its Capsules & Health Ingredients or CHI business to Lone Star Funds for an enterprise value of CHF 2.3 billion or US$3 billion. This transaction represents the final and most significant step in Lonza's strategic portfolio transformation into a pure-play Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization or CDMO. Under the agreement, Lonza will rec...
(RTTNews) - Lonza signed an agreement to divest its Capsules & Health Ingredients or CHI business to Lone Star Funds for an enterprise value of CHF 2.3 billion or US$3 billion. This transaction represents the final and most significant step in Lonza's strategic portfolio transformation into a pure-play Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization or CDMO. Under the agreement, Lonza will receive upfront proceeds of CHF 1.7 billion or US$2.2 billion and retain a 40% stake in CHI, with preferential participation in a future exit. The total undiscounted proceeds, including upfront and future exit-related returns, are expected to be at or above CHF 3 billion or about US$4 billion. Lonza plans to allocate the upfront proceeds toward organic growth opportunities, bolt-on acquisitions, and a CHF 500 million share buyback program. The company noted that the divestment delivers on commitments made at its December 2024 Investor Update as part of the One Lonza Strategy, focusing on high-value creation within its CDMO business. The company now operates across three complementary and integrated CDMO platforms, powered by the Lonza Engine®, leveraging advanced science, smart technology, and lean manufacturing for complex pharmaceutical modalities. As part of its wider portfolio transformation, Lonza has also signed agreements to divest its Personalized Medicines business (including the Cocoon Platform), the MODA software platform, and the small molecules micronization site in Monteggio (CH). These moves further streamline Lonza's focus on expanding margins and sustainable growth in its CDMO operations. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals and completion of the legal separation of CHI from Lonza's wider business. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
US Aims To Exhume And Identify 88 USS Arizona Crew Members Buried As Unknowns After Pearl Harbor The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 , part of a renewed effort to identify servicemen who were buried as unknowns in the aftermath of the assault. A grave marker for an unknown casualty ...
US Aims To Exhume And Identify 88 USS Arizona Crew Members Buried As Unknowns After Pearl Harbor The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 , part of a renewed effort to identify servicemen who were buried as unknowns in the aftermath of the assault. A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, on July 15, 2021, in Honolulu. Caleb Jones/AP Photo The remains, currently interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, will be disinterred beginning in November or December, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which is overseeing the project. Advances in DNA technology and a growing database of genetic samples from family members have made it increasingly possible to assign names to remains that could not be identified more than eight decades ago, AP reports. Officials said the process will unfold gradually. About eight sets of remains will be removed every two to three weeks and analyzed. The DNA extracted from the remains will be compared with samples provided by relatives of the missing, many of whom have spent years searching for answers about family members lost in the attack. The bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 194 1 - known historically as the Attack on Pearl Harbor - destroyed or damaged dozens of ships and killed more than 2,400 Americans . The Arizona was struck by bombs that ignited its forward ammunition magazines, causing the battleship to sink in roughly nine minutes. Of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed aboard the vessel, more than 900 remain entombed within the wreck , which still rests at the harbor floor and serves as a memorial. Those remains will not be disturbed. The planned exhumations will apply only to individuals buried as unidentified at the Honolulu cemetery. The identification effort builds on earlier work that used DNA to identify...
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蘇格蘭格拉斯哥中央車站旁建築起火倒塌 火車服務嚴重受阻 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】蘇格蘭格拉斯哥中央車站相鄰的店舖大火,引致部分建築結構倒塌,影響到中央車站需暫時關閉,火車服務嚴重受阻。 網上片段見到濃煙不斷由店鋪冒出,傳出多下爆炸聲。有人拿滅火筒衝上去試圖救火,及時被其他人拉走。蘇格蘭格拉斯哥中央車站相鄰建築物內一間電子煙店周日下午首先起火,大火越燒越猛,蔓延多個舖位和單位,四層高的建築物部分位置燒通頂。消防救火期間部分結構突然倒塌。 這座列為二級歷史建築的維多利亞式建築物在1851年興建,比中央車站歷史更悠久。救援部門派出60多名消防員和15輛消防車到場救火,更要由附近河道抽水,期間火勢進一步加劇並爆炸,圓頂亦倒塌。大火未有造成傷亡,有議員估計是電子煙店內的鋰電池引起火災。 事故嚴重影響旁邊格拉斯哥中央車站運作,需要關閉,已經取消周一的所有列車,途經高層月台的列車全部取消,低層月台的列車則不會停站,數十班來往倫敦、利物浦、曼徹斯特機場等主要地點的列車服務受影響。