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U.K. Leader Rishi Sunak Waters Down Climate Goals in a Contentious Move
(LONDON) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people. The move angered green groups, opposition politicians and large chunks of U.K. industry, but was welcomed…
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French Citizen Killed After Straying Into Algerian Waters
Algerian coast guards shot and killed a French citizen and detained another after they strayed on water scooters into Algerian waters from Morocco, where they were vacationing, the French authorities said on Friday. Moroccan news outlets have reported that five men were on vacation Tuesday in Saidia, a popular beach resort in northeastern Morocco, when they lost their bearings and,…
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Naval forces in Gulf warn ships against nearing Iranian waters
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – Western naval forces operating in the Gulf warned ships sailing in the strategic Strait of Hormuz against approaching Iranian waters to avoid the risk of seizure, according to statements issued over the weekend. “Vessels are being advised to transit as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible” to minimise the risk of seizure, US…
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Turbulent Waters: How the Black Sea Became a Hot Spot in the War
Russian warships patrol the surface of the Black Sea, launching missiles at Ukrainian towns while creating a de facto blockade, threatening any vessel that might try to breach it. Skimming the water’s surface, Ukrainian sea drones carry explosives stealthily toward Russian ports and vessels, a growing threat in Kyiv’s arsenal. In the airspace above, NATO and allied surveillance planes and…
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Florida woman survives shark attack while swimming in murky waters during friend's birthday party as she details horror attack
A Florida woman who is ‘extremely lucky’ to be alive after surviving a boat party shark attack has revealed photographs of a horrific wound running from her buttocks to her belly button. Natalie Branda, 26, said she was swimming in ‘murky water’ near Saint Petersburg Pier when she was bitten by what medics believe was an adult bull shark –…
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Boat of missing American sailor Donald Lawson found in Mexican waters – but no sign of man attempting to become first African American sailor to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation
The Mexican military has recovered the boat of a missing American man off the country’s southern coast, but the Maryland sailor who was piloting it by himself was not found. Donald Lawson’s 60-foot, racing sailboat was spotted Thursday night by a patrol boat about 410 miles southwest of the port city of Acapulco, the navy said Friday. The navy’s maritime…
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Putin red-faced as Kremlin forced to search for North Korean missile in Russian waters
Vladimir Putin may be forced to clean up after fellow dictator Kim Jong-Un as Kremlin officials have revealed they are searching for a North Korean nuclear missile in Russian waters. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said officials were hunting for any missile debris from the latest launch of North Korea’s Hwasong-18 missile. He claimed that the Kremlin had “no…
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Russia investigating whether North Korean test missile crashed in its waters
The test launch was carried out on Wednesday and RIA and TASS news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying Russia’s defence ministry was investigating. But he said: ‘So far we have no clear information that the missile fell in Russia’s economic zone’. It is said North Korea launched the Hwasong-18 missile – one of the country’s core…
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