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Chempartner Announces U.S. Expansion With New R&D Center Of Excellence In Boston, MA, Enhancing Local Biopharma Partnerships
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) State-of-the-art facility in Watertown, MA, set to open September 10, 2025, offering comprehensive CRO services and seamless collaboration with the Boston biopharma ecosystem SHANGHAI and WATERTOWN, Mass., Aug. 20, 2025...
JMSDF Signs Trilateral Logistics Agreement with U.S. and Australian Navies, Highlighting At-Sea Refueling and Missile Reloading
Asian Military Review
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August 20, 2025
On July 11, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) signed a logistics cooperation agreement with the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), marking the first such trilateral arrangement among the three maritime forces to enhance their...
U-turn over plan to place controversial metal trees at town junction
Suffolk News
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August 20, 2025
A council has u-turned on a plan to place controversial £20,000 metal trees at a key junction in Bury St Edmunds. West Suffolk Council wanted to install the two stainless steel sculptures at Tollgate Triangle, as part of a major upgrade, after...
A Major Active Volcano In The U.S. Is About To Erupt Again—And Everyone’s Excited
The Travel
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August 20, 2025
When a volcano is about to erupt, most people are fearful. But with the growing number of in-person and online viewers of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, several people are, instead, excited. The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced...
U.S. Resumes Development of New Missile for Patriot Air Defense System Halted Under Biden Administration
Militarnyi
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The United States has resumed funding for the program of a new interceptor missile for the Patriot air defense system, which had been halted last year by the Biden administration. Colby Badhwar reported on this, citing a budget document from the...
U.S. rejection of IMO’s net-zero framework: Implications for Ghana and developing maritime states
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 19, 2025
On August 12, 2025, the United States government formally rejected the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework, a landmark proposal aimed at steering the global shipping industry toward full decarbonization by mid-century....
U.S. Demolition & Wrecking Market Set to Grow to USD 13.8 Billion by 2032
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- P&S Intelligence) According to the latest market research study published by P&S Intelligence, the U.S. demolition and wrecking market is experiencing a robust trajectory of growth, with an impressive market size of USD 9.8 billion in...
Steady 64% Say Racism Against Black People Widespread in U.S.
Gallup
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August 20, 2025
Story Highlights 83% of Black adults, 61% of White adults say racism is widespread 68% of U.S. adults think civil rights have improved in their lifetime Of six interactions, dealing with police seen as most racially inequitable WASHINGTON, D.C. —...
Chinese Smuggler Gets Eight Years for Shipping U.S. Guns to North Korea
The Maritime Executive
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A Chinese national who has been living in the U.S illegally has been jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to exporting weapons to North Korea in containers departing the Port of Long Beach. Shenghua Wen, 42, a Chinese national who has been...
Nordic postal operators pause shipments to the U.S. as Trump ends parcel tariff relief
SRN News
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August 20, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish and Norwegian postal groups PostNord and Posten Bring are pausing shipments to the United States ahead of the scrapping of a U.S. customs tax loophole that allows duty-free entry for low-value...
Ship leaves Cyprus with 1,200 tons of food aid for Gaza Strip
Fulton Sun - Missouri
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August 20, 2025
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) -- A ship that set off from Cyprus loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip was approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis in the Palestinian...
US senator says Congress will review shipbuilding reforms after Lee-Trump summit
The Korea Times
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August 20, 2025
U.S. senator said Wednesday that Congress will review what legislative reforms may be needed to facilitate shipbuilding cooperation with Korea, based on the outcome of next week's summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald...
U.S. targets Chinese steel and lithium for forced-labor scrutiny
Japan Times
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August 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it will step up scrutiny of imports of steel, copper, lithium and other materials from China to enforce a U.S. ban on goods allegedly made with forced labor in the country’s Xinjiang region. The...
Alabama’s 2025 economic outlook: Growth continues despite uncertainty, especially in this city
AL.com - Alabama
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August 20, 2025
If you could sum up the U.S. economic picture for the first half of 2025 in one word, it might be “uncertainty.” But while some sectors of the business world are seeing a pullback because of uncertainty, Alabama’s economic picture continues to...
US truck freight market grows in Q2 2025 despite uncertainty
Yahoo Finance
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Recent data released by U.S. Bank showed that despite trade- and economic-related uncertainty, the national truck freight market grew in the second quarter of 2025. Both shipment and spend volumes increased, the first time since Q2 2022, according...
Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills
Associated Press
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August 20, 2025
A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis...
Kim Jong-un denounces U.S.–South Korea drills as ‘hostile,’ justifies nuclear armament
Kyunghyang Shinmun
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August 20, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviews naval officers during his visit to the Nampo Shipyard in South Pyongan Province on August 18, where he observed weapons system tests for North Korea’s first 5,000-ton-class destroyer, the “Choe Hyon.” /...
US Ally Sends American-made Drone to Patrol China-Claimed Waters
Newsweek
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August 20, 2025
Japan has reportedly deployed a coast guard drone acquired from its key security ally, the United States, amid China's growing maritime presence around a disputed group of islands. The uninhabited islet group in the East China Sea, the Senkaku...
Trump’s First Term Degraded Military Health. His Second Must Rebuild It
Forbes
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 24, 2010: U.S. Army medical staff carry a critically wounded American soldier to an awaiting MEDEVAC helicopter from the 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images...
Harjinder Singh: Indian Immigrant Trucker Who Killed Three in Florida Crash Failed English and Road Signs Test Despite Getting Licenses from 2 States
International Business Times Singapore
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August 20, 2025
The Indian immigrant truck driver accused of killed three people in a crash in Florida while making an illegal U-turn on the highway — performed poorly on English fluency and road sign tests after the accident, the U.S. Department of...