Rhine River Shipping Stalls as Water Level Hits Record Low August 12, 2026 By Eamon Akil Farhat, Rachel Graham and Sasha Draeger-Mazer Water levels on the Rhine river are dwindling further, with no relief in sight, forcing companies that rely on the...
German Shippers Warn Rhine Could Be ‘Split in Two’ by Low Water August 10, 2026 Low water levels risk halting cargo traffic on a key stretch of the Rhine this week, effectively splitting the critical...
Danube River Hits Record Lows and Threatens Romania, Hungary Nuclear Plants August 5, 2026 By Andra Timu, Thomas Escritt, Daniel Hornak and Andrea Dudik The green excavator scooped another heap of arid dirt and rocks before swiveling around to deposit the load onto barges...
Rhine Falls to Lowest Since 1880, Threatening European Trade August 4, 2026 By Eamon Akil Farhat The Rhine River’s water levels dropped to the lowest in nearly 150 years as hot, dry weather grips Europe, threatening...
Europe’s Key Rivers Are Drying Up as Extreme Heat Impact Widens August 3, 2026 By Eva Brendel, Fabrice Obrist, Joe Wertz and Zoltan Simon Europe’s biggest rivers, vital arteries for the region’s heavy industries, are drying up after the region was seared by a...
Heat Pushes Rhine Toward 36-Year Low in Risk to Energy Supplies July 29, 2026 By Eamon Akil Farhat The Rhine River’s water levels risk dropping to an unprecedented low as heat waves grip Europe, creating a bottleneck for...
Record-Low Danube Water Levels Leave Boats Beached, Reveal Decades-Old Shipwrecks July 27, 2026 Dozens of boats in a marina in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad floated in a green slurry — all...
Rhine Rises After Rain, but Low Levels Continue to Hinder Shipping July 17, 2026 Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen after rain in the south and are forecast to rise further...
Iran, US Step Up Attacks, Though Release of American May Signal Path to Climbdown July 16, 2026 By Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up...
FDA Urges Infant-Formula Makers to Tighten Supplier Oversight After Product Recalls July 14, 2026 The U.S. FDA on July 13 urged the infant-formula industry and supply-chain partners to exercise substantive oversight of their suppliers...