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A tanker will not load fuel from India's sanctions-hit Nayara Energy refinery as scheduled, according to three industry sources and LSEG shiptracking data, becoming the second such vessel to change plans following the European Union measures.
Republican leaders said they were ready to vote as soon as this month on punishing penalties against Moscow but have paused after President Trump threatened to act unilaterally within weeks.
Last week, the European Union agreed on its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which included a ban on the import of refined oil products derived from Russian crude. Whether this bolsters calls for the American government to do the same remains to be seen.
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An oil tanker carrying Russian Urals crude has been diverted away from the EU-sanctioned Nayara Energy's Vadinar port in India to unload its cargo at the port of Mundra, according to shipping data and four industry sources on Thursday.
BBC Verify analysis suggests this was driven by a fall in the average cost per person per night, which dropped from £162 in March 2023 to about £119 by March 2025. The number of hotels in use also fell by 71 over the same period.
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Columbia University disciplined dozens of students this week after its Judicial Board investigated pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Butler Library this year and at another campus location last year.
Serbia has sought an extension from the United States on a sanctions waiver for Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for an additional 180 days, Serbia's mining and energy minister said on Thursday.
The U.S. has leaned on this tool because it is seen as bloodless, but it's not. The victims, disproportionately, are children.