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The strange story of port authorites behaviour in Beirut for an incoming ship from Georgia on the Black Sea loaded with ammonium nitrate explosive materials- keeping the ship in port because it lacked the proper papers and because it was not fit to sail. If allowed to leave the ship would probably not caused an explosion in a congested port area. The mystery of the behaviour of port authorites extends to the next step where the port authorites actually unloaded the ship's explosives material to a port hangar warehousing area when there was no need to do so or no need to keep the ship in Beirut. waters as its actual destination was in Mozambique in the west coast of Africa.

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The ship Endeavor occupies a unique place in maritime history as it was used by Captain Cook to explore the eastern coast of Australia and the coast of New Zealand in 1770. Cook's ship sailed further south of Batavia to avoid the Dutch in the Indonesian islands and claim the new territories he could find for Britain. 

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Navigating the difficult shoals of the waters like a ship at sea in a storm as DJT and America work with the Europeans Merz, Starmer, Macron and Meloni to get a peace for Russia and Ukraine with peace talks in Switzerland, Austria or Hungary.

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The Sulina Channel on the Danube a 40 mile waterway with protection of NATO and of Romania, makes it possible to ship 20 million tons of Ukraine grain. Soon it is expected to double as this waterway offers a way to ship grain out of Ukraine after Russia pulled out of a grain export arrangement out of Black Sea ports. Russia has used drones to attack Ukraine grain infrastructure. The Danube is seen as the efficient route even though it is congested.

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Watch this British woman sailing around the world in a sailing ship. At 77 years she is the oldest person to sail round the world, solo, unassisted.

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Thirty years of neglect it all began in 1998 with Tim Cook from Alabama was hired to ship manufacturing to China- Apple now takes WSJ reporters to its "nascent effort" in building new supply chain for chips manufacturing in 2026. Steve Jobs was hired in 1998 when Steve Jobs returned to run Apple a second time. By this time the company was failing and manufacturing plants had huge quality control issues, morale was low. Instead of fixing these problems at US factories, Jobs and Cook came up with a new strategy- Make in China, invent and price at a premium in PC's for large margins with low cost Chinese manufacturing using tightly controlled US design, reinvest the profits in a virtuous cycle, invent and design to compete with Microsoft. It succeeded for Apple share owners, and it failed for American workers and people- succeeded by creating a $3 trillion valuation, it failed for the American people by leaving American workers to go unemployed and setting the trend to destroy the manufacturing capabilities and structures that had led to the US following Britain with 300 years of dominance in standards of living for its people and its industrial stength since 1750. (1750-1900 Britain's dominance 1900-2000 US dominance). It also created Asian competitors in China/Taiwan, and South Korea to whom the US business had in reckless manner based on textbook theory of economists for four administrations (Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama) had shipped American manufacturing and knowhow to China. ...

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Locals trying to do what they can using sugarcane buoys and barriers to soak up some of the 1500 tons of oil still on the leaking oil tanker. A French ship from Reunion island is the only help on the way. Mitsui OSK Lines owns the ship in Japan. It has recovered only 1500 tons of oil so far. No one knows why oil tankers can come so close to inhabited islands.

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The 65,000 tonne vessel aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth joins the British fleet at Portsmouth. Queen Elizabeth says at the opening ceremony- "she will in the years and decades ahead represent the country's resolve on the global stage."  The Queen has a special connection with the Royal Navy- "As the daughter, wife, and mother of naval officers I recognize the unique demands our nation asks of you. I will always value my special link with HMS Queen Elizabeth, her ship's company, and her families."

The ship is part of a carrier group that includes US Marine aircraft that is headed for the Indian Ocean and Japan for joint exercizes.

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Gordon and Dowell report in WSJ on F-16's and Houthi use of radar turned on at the last minute. Ballistic missile aimed at aircraft carrier Harry Truman that caused it to change direction. Stretched forces in the Gulf region a warning from Gen Dan Caine of the US Air Force on capabilities. This is an account of the lessons learned from the Operation Rough Rider to get the Houthis to stop attacks on shipping in the Red Sea Suez route, including an attack on a Greek ship that had 1 million barrels of oil which after damage could have truned into an environmental disaster worse than the Exxon Valdez.  It shows the risks of the war, risks of stretching the forces and the fleet, the calculated risks taken each time as the US faces both the need to keep peace and shipping safe in the region and also address challenges in Taiwan and the Pacific, challenges closer to home in Latin America to keep America safe with the Monroe Doctrine. Every bit helps including the US doing the right thing, not being belligerant but standing up where it is right, working with the Russians and Chinese, and the Indians, with the Europeans, for what is fair and does good for the world at large. And working with the Europeans on a settlement of conflict in Europe that detracts from the need for addressing challenges that hurt the well being of the people of the world in Asia, Latin America, and the rest of the world. ...

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Iran Proposal that asks $2 million per ship to be split with Oman for opening the Hormuz Straits- April 6 2026. China, Japan can pay this amount to get the 90% of the oil they need from Hormuz, which would go to reconstruction of war damage in Iran. India would shift some of its purchase of oil and gas to the US and so will Japan over 2027-2028. This would result in a shift away from the Persian Gulf dependence to renewable energy and to buying oil and gas from US+Venezuela as more reliable sources. European Union and Britain would also make this shift as shown in the adjoining article by Prof Geoffron of Universite Paris Dauphine in Le Monde. The proposal also requires US and Israel to commit to no future attack on Iran, and Israel to stop its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. The US and DJT call the new regime under a Speaker of the Iranian parliament, an elected president who had to respond to people sentiment in the election, and a grandson of Khomeini, one that is easier to talk with than the earlier regime. The problem remains nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles development that the US has as its sole objective which is what the war is about than Hormuz as the US and DJT say Hormuz is China and Japan's problem where for some strange reason these industrial powers import 90% of their oil from Hormuz and have done this after 40 years of disruptions, a mystery they can solve on their own. ...

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BBC looks at the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 that allocates waters of 6 rivers. Waters of three rivers in the east going to India, and 80% of waters of three western rivers including the Indus river going to Pakistan. Both countries are required to share waters data to manage agriculture. India is upstream for these rivers.  In the same way China is upstream of the river Brahmaputra in India and is building dams in Tibet to control flow of water downstream to India. There is no treaty for the Brahmaputra between India and China as China has occupied Tibet since 1950's and acquired Aksai Chin in the Kashmir region from Pakistan. Before 1950 for ten centuries Tibet region was a distant land mostly unreachable from China and China was never in control of Tibet. Kashmir region for 15 out of 18 centuries since 100 BC was a land of Vedic, Buddhist Shiva cultures. For China the occupation of Tibet on the borders of India creates a situation that is not sustainable for long and stretches resources at a time when India is rapidly building the same level of infrastructure on its side of the border. Chinese people in the provinces bordering Tibet have shown little interest in moving to the vastly different high country of Tibet. At some point in history not too distant by 2050, China (and Japan) will revert to its Buddhist religion and culture and with respect for Buddhist culture see Sarnath, Kushinagar, and Bodh Gaya more as sacred pilgrimage places in India, a common heritage with India to be treasured and revered. Something the Europeans and Americans cannot comprehend, the depth and breath of Vedic Buddhist and Shiv culture in Asia. ...

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The Panch Kedars are temples in the high Himalayas in India's Garhwal region of Uttarkhand state. These sites are full of religious and mythological significance with legend that Arjuna of the Bhagavad Gita looked for Lord Shiva in the Himalayan Garhwal region. 

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Make a virtual visit to the Kumbh Mela on BBC World. Watch the energy of 1.2 billion Indians around the sacred rives and forests of India, in the land of Shiva, Buddha and of the Bhagavad Gita, ancient civilization and life of the Spirit of man.

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France's support to Taiwan in upgrading a 6 ship Lafayette frigate fleet supplied in 1991. In 1992 France supplied Taiwan with 60 Mirage jets. 

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Liberation Day Tariffs on the Philippines at 17% vs 46% on Vietnam. Japanese producers are looking at the Philippines as a place to make products to ship to the US. NYT shows companies that have shifted to Philippines from China. Suppliers to Emerson and Epson have moved production from China to the Philippines.

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Unlimited water can be drawn from wells in Arizona. How this is affecting the state's water supplies under the ground is shown here in the NYT- with alfalfa grown to ship to Saudi Arabia.

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The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim's interview with J.K. Shin, CEO of Samsung Mobile in March 2013, at the time of the launch of the Galaxy IV smartphone.

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Timiraos and Shin provide more evidence in the WSJ that the hopes for generating more revenues from a huge tax cut have proven illusory in the past under Reagan and Bush. The question is whether the tax cuts can make up for the revenue lost through economic growth. In the short term there is a spurt of growth but in the long term this has left a revenue shortfall paid for by higher taxes later on.

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Boeing's gumdrop shaped ship that will take Sunita Williams 58 years and Barry Wilmore 61 years  to the International Space Station in May 2024. It launched at 10.34 am on Monday May 6, and will reach the Space Station in 1 day and return a week later to earth. Both Williams and Wilmore have made 2 trips on NASA space shuttle and on Russia's Soyuz vehicles to the International Space Station.

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Shira Ovide shows when it comes to new iPhone 16 deals everything you need to know and how not to fall for an upgrade if you don't need one and can change the battery for battery life, or get a recent model just not the 16 at lower cost, or simply stay with your existing one. It helps cut the cost. The AI features on the 16 may not be there or not worth that much.