Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Saudi offers $10m to prevent Red Sea oil spill disaster off Yemen

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Saudi Arabia commits $10 million to help prevent oil spill in Yemen’s Red Sea. The tanker is in “imminent” danger of breaking up, the UN warns. The UN has said an oil spill could destroy ecosystems. Saudi Arabia committed $10 million on Sunday to assist avoid a potentially catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea … Read more

M25 traffic continues as several lanes to remain closed overnight

M25 traffic

More delays are expected on M25 as two lanes are still closed and is predicted to remain closed overnight. An oil spill on the M25 in Hertfordshire is still causing havoc, with delays predicted to linger until Thursday (April 21). After an accident on the highway yesterday, cars were trapped in traffic for hours while … Read more

Oil spill ‘nail in the coffin’ for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses

RAYONG: Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand’s east coast could be the “nail in the coffin” for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said on Saturday. The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday night’s spill in the Gulf of Thailand where at least 60 tonnes of crude … Read more

UN experts land in Peru to help clean up oil spill

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LIMA – A team of UN experts on environmental disasters arrived in Peru on Monday to assist the cleanup of the oil spill that occurred near capital Lima on Jan. 15 at a refinery operated by Spanish energy company Repsol. “The team of United Nations specialists is already in Lima to evaluate and propose immediate … Read more