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Video circulating on social media shows a vessel on fire after a collision between an oil tanker and cargo ship off the northeast coast of England on Monday
Cargo vessel that collided with US military tanker was carrying sodium cyanide
LONDON — A cargo ship that smashed into a US military chartered oil tanker off the northeast coast of England on Monday was carrying sodium cyanide, according to the maritime intelligence company and shipping journal Lloyd’s List.The collision sparked a huge fire, a dramatic rescue effort and fears of environmental damage.Just before 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET), a Portuguese-flagged container ship called the Solong careered into the oil tanker, called the Stena Immaculate, which was at anchor in the North Sea about 10 miles off the English coastline, according to the ship tracking tool VesselFinder.All but one of the 14 crew members on board the Solong were brought safely to shore, the vessel’s owner Ernst Russ said in a statement Monday evening.By Monday night local time, an...
March 11, 2025

Cargo vessel that collided with US military tanker was carrying sodium cyanide

Protestors are holding placards criticizing Trump's Ukraine policy
Ukraine to propose its own ceasefire deal in US talks in Saudi Arabia
KYIV — A Ukrainian delegation set to meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the 3-year war with Russia.The delegation will propose a ceasefire covering the Black Sea and long-range missile strikes, as well as the release of prisoners, two senior Ukrainian officials said on Monday.The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also told The Associated Press that the Ukrainian delegation is ready during the talks to sign an agreement with the United States on access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals — a deal that US President Donald Trump is keen to secure.Kyiv is trying to repair the damage done when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Feb. 28 visit to Washington descended into a live on air argument in the Oval Office with Trump and Vice...
March 11, 2025

Ukraine to propose its own ceasefire deal in US talks in Saudi Arabia

The British Embassy building, center, with the Russian Foreign Ministry building, second right, in Moscow, 1
Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged espionage
MOSCOW — Russia announced on Monday that it is expelling two British diplomats stationed at the embassy in Moscow, accusing them of espionage.The Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed in a statement that the diplomats had submitted false personal details when applying for entry into Russia and were involved in alleged "intelligence and subversive activities" that posed a threat to national security.However, no evidence was provided to support these claims.The diplomats' accreditations have been revoked, and they have been instructed to leave Russia within two weeks, according to state-run outlet RIA Novosti.“Moscow will not tolerate the activities of undeclared British intelligence officers on Russian territory," the Russian Foreign Ministry added in a statement.The...
March 10, 2025

Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged espionage

Passengers had reportedly already checked in luggage and were having problems getting it returned
Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports
LONDON — Hundreds of flights have been canceled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travelers.The industrial action, led by the trade union Verdi, began unexpectedly on Sunday at Hamburg Airport, before expanding to a nationwide strike.Passengers at Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and other major hubs have been urged not to travel to airports, with operations severely disrupted. Frankfurt, Germany's busiest airport, said passengers would be unable to board flights and transfer would "almost certainly" be affected.Verdi, which represents public sector and transport workers, is in an ongoing dispute over wages and working conditions.German media reports thousands of flights could be canceled across the day,...
March 10, 2025

Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney laid a wreath during the event at Glasgow Green
Loved ones remembered on fifth anniversary of start of Covid
LONDON — Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen said that "a shadow passed over us" and recited a moving poem of Covid pandemic memories to mark the fifth anniversary since the outbreak of the deadly virus.Emotional scenes played out across the UK on Sunday as the bereaved and their communities hosted hundreds of events to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the pandemic in a day of reflection.Rosen, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care in March 2020.Speaking at a memorial event in Staffordshire, the poet said "thanks to the expertise and care I received, I came through, but I look back over my shoulder and think of those who didn't".The annual day is one of the recommendations set out by the UK...
March 10, 2025

Loved ones remembered on fifth anniversary of start of Covid

Starlink provides high-speed internet to remote areas such as war zones
Musk and Rubio spar with Polish minister over Starlink in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and tech billionaire Elon Musk have had a contentious exchange with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in a series of X posts on Sunday over the use of Musk's Starlink satellite system in Ukraine.In a response to a post from Musk mentioning turning off the system, Sikorski implied that any threats to shut down Starlink would result in a search for other suppliers.Rubio quickly dismissed the claims that Musk would shut down the system and urged Sikorski to be grateful.The trio went back and forth in an exchange of posts on X that ended with Musk calling Sikorski "small man".Starlink's system is part of SpaceX's mission to provide high-speed internet to remote and underserved areas — like war zones — around...
March 10, 2025

Musk and Rubio spar with Polish minister over Starlink in Ukraine

A Ukrainian artillery team in the Kharkiv region
US says Ukraine 'ready to move forward' on truce demand
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration believes Ukraine's leadership is "ready to move forward" on the US demand for a ceasefire process with Russia, according to a senior US State Department official.The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz are due to arrive in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday's talks with their Ukrainian counterparts.President Donald Trump has stepped up pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to accept his demands for a quick ceasefire with Moscow — but without any immediate pledge of a US security guarantee.Ten days ago the two publicly clashed at the White House, with Trump claiming Zelensky was not ready to end the fighting.Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in...
March 10, 2025

US says Ukraine 'ready to move forward' on truce demand

These lab-grown crystals look like sugar and are much sweeter
Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years
LONDON — Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time within two years from now, sooner than expected.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods.Such products are grown from cells in small chemical plants.UK firms have led the way in the field scientifically but feel they have been held back by the current regulations.Dog food made from meat that was grown in factory vats went on sale in the UK for the first time last month.In 2020, Singapore became the first country to authorize the sale of cell-cultivated meat for human consumption, followed by the United States three years later and Israel last year.However, Italy and the US states of Alabama and Florida have...
March 10, 2025

Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years

Prince Frederick of Luxembourg
Prince Frederik of Luxembourg dies from rare disease
LUXEMBOURG — Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died after a lifelong battle with a rare genetic disorder known as POLG mitochondrial disease.He passed away on March 1 in Paris, his family announced on the website of the POLG Foundation, which Frederik started in 2022.“It is with a very heavy heart that my wife and I would like to inform you of the passing of our son, The POLG Foundation Founder and Creative Director, Frederik,” his father Prince Robert of Luxembourg wrote.The foundation describes POLG as a “genetic mitochondrial disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy, in turn causing progressive multiple organ dysfunction and failure.”It said the disease has no treatment or cure.“Frederik and the POLG Foundation ... are committed to finding therapies and a cure to save...
March 10, 2025

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg dies from rare disease

A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building in Sudzha, Kursk region, Russia
Russia is advancing in Kursk, threatening Ukraine’s sole territorial bargaining counter
KYIV — Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the Russian advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war.Military bloggers from both sides say Ukraine is on the back foot, while Ukraine’s army says Russian forces used a gas pipeline to launch a surprise raid in one area. Russia’s defense ministry on Sunday said its forces had captured four settlements in a couple of days.Ukraine launched its shock incursion into Kursk in August, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II.As well as capturing land that could potentially be swapped for Russian-occupied territory, the campaign aimed to divert Moscow’s resources from the front...
March 10, 2025

Russia is advancing in Kursk, threatening Ukraine’s sole territorial bargaining counter

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