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  1. After Hormuz, China looks to the promise – and peril – of the Arctic’s ‘ice silk road’
    By Jonathan Yerushalmy and Alicia Chen in Taipei

    China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #Arctic #Shippingindustry #Internationaltrade #Globaleconomy #China #Russia #StraitofHormuz #TheGuardian #JonathanYerushalmy #AliciaCheninTaipei

  2. Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
    By Paul Daley

    Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Sydney #Slavery #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Race #Pacificislands #Vanuatu #Sugar #Colonialism #Queensland #Business #Australianbooks #Museums #Books #Shippingindustry #Forcedlabour #AsiaPacific #SouthPacific #TheGuardian #PaulDaley

  3. What, no sequinned crooners? How cruises became the home for world class theatre
    By Brian Logan

    Forget cheesy acts, these days cruise ships boast the cutting edge tech to stage hip West End productions and Olivier award-winning musicals – and young people are loving it

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug

    #Theatre #Stage #Culture #Travel #Cruises #Shippingindustry #Business #Travelleisure #Musicals #RoyalShakespeareCompany #TheGuardian #BrianLogan

  4. We’d like to speak to maritime, port workers, their friends and family about how the Middle East conflict is affecting them
    By Guardian community team

    We want to hear from those working or living at sea, including maritime workers, sailors, port staff and family about how the situation is affecting their work

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Shippingindustry #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Iran #Business #USIsraelwaronIran #TheGuardian #Guardiancommunityteam

  5. Oil prices leap and stocks fall as Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade on Iranian shipping
    By Lauren Almeida and Jillian Ambrose

    Brent crude rises 5% after US president says 20% toll will be imposed on key trade route to cover ‘safety and security’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Oil #Stockmarkets #DonaldTrump #Business #StraitofHormuz #Shippingindustry #Gold #Worldnews #USnews #Iran #Internationaltrade #TheGuardian #LaurenAlmeida #JillianAmbrose