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Nigerian military rescues 18 crewmen following pirates' attack on Chinese vessel

Eighteen crew members aboard a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, were rescued unhurt by the Nigerian military following a recent attack by pirates within the Gulf of Guinea. The ship's crew including

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Science ship has no place to dock amid COVID-19 pandemic

01:53 A floating energy lab is facing trial by fire.COVID-19 lockdowns in the Caribbean mean there are few places to make port.In March, the catamaran Energy Observer left France on a

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China's tracking ship Yuanwang-5 returns after mission completed

The spacecraft-tracking ship Yuanwang-5. /CCTV China's spacecraft-tracking ship Yuanwang-5, responsible for the maritime tracking and measuring mission for the launch of the country's Long Mar

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At least 1 dead, several injured in Iranian naval accident -- local media

At least one person died and several others were injured in a naval exercise off the southern Iranian coast on Sunday, according to local media citing the Iranian Navy

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Watch how SpaceX’s first human spacecraft performed during its key in-flight escape test

SpaceX is getting ready to launch its first-ever spacecraft with humans on board, the Commercial Crew Demo-2 mission (DM-2) that will take-off from Florida on May 27. There are still a couple things

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Russian Black Sea Fleet carries out drills in Mediterranean Sea

Four ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have conducted drills involving anti-mine reconnaissance and overcoming minefields in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statem

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Three more test positive for COVID-19 in Taiwan's naval vessel outbreak

Three more people tested positive of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the outbreak involving three naval vessels, Taiwan's epidemic monitoring agency said T

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50 COVID-19 cases aboard French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

Sailors wear face masks aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Atlantic Ocean, April 8, 2020. /AP Fifty cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on the French aircraft carrie

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Death toll rises to 13 in capsized Amazon ship in Brazil

The death toll from a ship accident over the weekend in northern Brazil's Amazon River climbed to 13, rescue teams said Monday. The passenger and cargo ship sank on Saturday in the Amazonian state of

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67 more coronavirus cases reported on cruise ship near Tokyo

Another 67 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Japan's health ministry said on Saturday. This brings the total number of people infected o

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New coronavirus cases fall in China, but global fears remain

02:33 The number of new cases of the novel coronavirus – now named Covid-19 – are flattening out in China, but global fears are still high. In the UK, eight people have tested positive

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10 Myanmar crew members rescued after cargo ship tilts off southeast China

Ten Myanmar crew members on a cargo ship were rescued Monday after it tilted in the sea off southeast China, according to rescuers. Following an operation that lasted

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Chinese research vessel returns from longest probe in western Pacific

Chinese research vessel KEXUE, or Science, returned to its homeport in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Sunday after finishing its longest research mission in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Xinhua Special: Ark Peace, voyaging the high seas to bring medical care to those in need

If it looks like a hospital, sounds like a hospital and smells like a hospital, then it must be a hospital, right? Well, not exactly. For over a decade, Ark Peace has

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Summer Palace Bronze auctioned for 410,000 pounds

AbronzerelicbelievedtohavebeenlootedfromtheOldSummerPalaceinBeijingin1860soldatauctioninCanterbury,KentonWednesdayfor410,000pounds($582,000)inanauctioninKent,in

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Indonesia seizes illegal fishing boat with 30-km nets

Indonesia,actingonarequestfromInterpol,hasseizedafishingboatcarrying600illegalgillnetsthatcanstretchupto30km(18miles)afteritevadedcaptureinseveralcountries,theF

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China's unmanned submersible 'Hailong 11000' dives to 2,605 meters

China'sunmannedsubmersible"Hailong11000"dived2,605metersbelowtheseainthewesternPacificOceanonSunday,succeedinginpassingthedeepwatertestof2,000meters.Thesubmersi