CAIRO (Reuters) - A merchant vessel reported that an explosion took place near it in the Red Sea on Thursday about 19 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port city of Mokha, British security firm Ambrey said.
The vessel fit the target profile of Yemeni Houthi militants, who have attacked ships off the country's coast for several months, Ambrey said in a note.
It was en route from Europe to the United Arab Emirates and was not transmitting... (continue reading...)
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, on Thursday said it was relaunching efforts to build a large plant in South Texas.
The Brownsville, Texas, project has been proposed by entrepreneur John Calce at least twice before by his ARX Energy, and JupiterMLP startups, with one leading to a bankruptcy... (continue reading...)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two British judges on Thursday resigned from Hong Kong's top court, around one week after a landmark verdict in which 14 prominent democratic activists were convicted for subversion amid a national security crackdown on dissent in the financial hub.
The Hong Kong Judiciary said in a statement that two prominent British judges, Lawrence Collins and Jonathan Sumption, had "tendered their respective resignations" from the city's... (continue reading...)
By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix started rolling out the first major revamp of its television app in a decade on Thursday, testing changes designed to help viewers more quickly decide what they want to watch.
The video streaming pioneer wants to increase the time that viewers spend on the app to help retain customers and draw subscribers to its new, lower cost plans with advertising.
Company research showed... (continue reading...)
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's former attorney general took the stand on Thursday at U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial, where he is expected to testify about the once-powerful lawmaker's attempts to disrupt local criminal prosecutions in exchange for bribes.
Prosecutors have said Menendez sought in 2019 to have Gurbir Grewal, the state's top prosecutor from 2018 through 2021, intervene in cases involving two... (continue reading...)
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