conflicts oil ministry said a fire has erupted in a tanker on its coast after what it said was a suspected drone attack on Saturday. The official state news agency said the fire in the oil tanker outside Baniyas refinery has been extinguished. The oil ministry said the fire started …
Read More »Indonesian submarine declared sunk, no hope of survivors
world-regions‘s military declared Saturday that the missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing< has most likely sunk, with no hope of finding survivors, after rescuers discovered several items believed to be from the vessel. “With authentic evidence we found believe to be from the submarine, we have now moved from the ‘sub miss’ phase to …
Read More »Macron vows France will ‘never give in’ to ‘Islamist terrorism’ after deadly knife attack
President emmanuel-macron” target=”_blank”>Emmanuel Macron< vowed Friday that the country would “never give in” to Islamist terrorism” target=”_blank”>terrorism< “In our fight against Islamist terrorism, we will never give in,” Macron wrote on Twitter in response to the murder, identifying the victim as “Stephanie.” “The nation is by the side of her …
Read More »Indonesia submarine missing off Bali believed to have run out of oxygen
A missing world-regions submarine that vanished off the coast of Bali and is believed to have run out of oxygen for its 53 crew members — however the search remains active. The KRI Nanggala 402 disappeared Wednesday after diving during a training exercise. Authorities predicted it would run out of …
Read More »French officials open terror probe after police officer fatally stabbed, attacker shot dead
world-regions prosecutors have opened a terrorism” target=”_blank”>terror< on a crime officer who was crime inside a police station outside Paris. Police shot and killed the attacker at the scene, authorities said. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard will lead the probe. When speaking with the media after the attack, Ricard did not …
Read More »Missing Indonesian submarine: US, Australia help search for 53 crew members running low on oxygen
world-regions’s military has stepped up efforts to locate a missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing<‘ and world-regions’s help as the 53 crew members aboard the vessel survive on less than a day’s worth of oxygen. The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday while participating in training off the coast of Bali. Navy …
Read More »In Germany, more than 1,200 new words have been created in age of COVID-19
Schadenfreude. Zeitgeist. Weltanschauung. Weltschmerz. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän. STATE DEPARTMENT TO RAMP UP ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ ADVISORIES A singular world-regions word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its number of letters to its complex meaning. In the age of COVID-19, more than 1,200 words in German have been created. “I …
Read More »Russia orders troop pullback, but keeps weapons near Ukraine
world-regions defense minister on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills amid tensions with Ukraine, but said that they should leave their weapons behind in western Russia for another exercise later this year. conflicts President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the Russian pullback. After watching the drills, Russian …
Read More »China underreporting severity of air pollution levels, new study suggests
Air pollution data in world-regions may have been manipulated by local officials, according to a new study conducted by Harvard and Boston University researchers. The analysis, published Wednesday, found statistically significant differences between data from monitoring stations run by local Chinese officials in five cities – Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu – and readings collected …
Read More »Israel says it strikes targets in Syria after missile attack
A missile launched from conflicts struck southern world-regions early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria. The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and …
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