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Fertilizer ships face long backlog even as Hormuz reopens

Yeoman Bridge, a self-discharging bulk carrier, loads cargo at a potash berth in Teesside, UK (Ian Forsyth/Bloomberg) June 15, 2026 9:07 am, EDT key takeaways: An interim US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely to immediately restore fertilizer shipments as shipowners assess security conditions after months of conflict. Data shows that more

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Books

‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s Award winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success Women’s Award for Fiction

JWhen I was about to interview this year’s Women’s Prize winner, the first American novelist Virginia Evans, at a drizzly evening party on a London leafy square, we were interrupted because someone wanted to congratulate her. The fan is Richard Curtis. A warm-hearted cry with a sprinkle of gentle humor, Evans’s award-winning novel The Correspondent

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