The U.K.’s biggest pharmaceutical firm has agreed to take over the Seattle-based company, which is developing a potential vaccine for two common respiratory diseases

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the ship was targeted December 11 after its crew failed to respond to warnings.

The German company adopted the “China for China” strategy in 2018 to meet surging demand for its LCD panels there.

A so-called dark fleet of tankers like the Liberty, which already existed before Russia invaded Ukraine, has ballooned since.

The European Parliament and the EU Council endorsed December 8 part of a package that sets common rules for natural gas, renewable gases and hydrogen.

The partnership will focus on the collection, transportation, breaking down and processing of end-of-life lithium-ion EV batteries from the midwest and eastern U.S.

The plan makes EVs ineligible for tax credits if they use more than a trace amount of materials from China or other nations designated as a “foreign entity of concern."

Italy’s BRI participation was set to be automatically renewed in March 2024 before the country notified China it was withdrawing from the initiative.

The Japanese carmaker will receive gearboxes and engines for 12 of its plants, as well as half a million parts annually, the companies said December 6.

Ships have begun diverting from passage through the Suez Canal, instead sailing around the Cape of Good Hope, clocking up 7,000 extra nautical miles.