Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker

conflicts seized a world-regions-flagged energy” target=”_blank”>oil <, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press, revealing the latest provocation in world-regions waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s disasters program. Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on Oct. 24 took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of…

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Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 US embassy takeover by chanting ‘Death to America’

Thousands of conflicts gathered on Tehran streets Thursday for the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” and burning American and Israeli flags. The embassy takeover triggered a 444-day hostage crisis and a break in diplomatic relations that continues to this day.  The government-organized commemoration,…

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Stranger charged with abducting 4-year-old Australian girl

missing-persons” target=”_blank”>Cleo Smith< west coast family home on Thursday, hours before a 36-year-old stranger was charged with abducting the 4-year-old from a camping tent more than two weeks ago. crime charged Terry Kelly, a local resident, with forcibly taking a child among other offenses, a police statement said. Kelly appeared briefly in court in the…

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US Marines swept out by current while snorkeling off Okinawa rescued by Japan Coast Guard

Three U.S. militarywere rescued by the world-regionsCoast Guard last Saturday two hours after they were disasters” target=”_blank”>swept out to sea< The Marines were rescued by the coast guard via an MH977 AgustaWestland helicopter and eventually taken back to their base.  Their conditions were not immediately reported.  The incident comes a year after another Marine saved a…

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Thousands victimized by sexual violence as war in northern Ethiopia persists

EXCLUSIVE: Four months after the Ethiopian government called a cease–fire, violence still reigns across northern Ethiopia, leaving thousands of women and girls victimized by sexual violence.  On June 28, the Ethiopian government called an immediate unilateral cease–fire in the Tigray region after violent fighting erupted in November 2020, when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),…

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Climate change: UK calls on private sector to make big investments to save the planet

Britain called Wednesday for the world’s financial industry to channel its vast funds toward environment” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>greener< succeed.  Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said that while the U.K. government is providing fresh financing to help poor countries cope with climate change, “public investment alone isn’t enough.”  Speaking at the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city…

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Pandemic and politics drive China's Xi Jinping's decision to avoid climate summit

world-regions President Xi Jinping has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and this week’s global environment talks in Scotland, drawing criticism from U.S. President joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden< pandemic and Xi hasn’t left the country since making a January 2020 trip to neighboring Myanmar.  BIDEN FAILS TO ACHIEVE UNITY ON CLIMATE AS CHINA,…

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