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Kenyan official says China-built Lamu port to be operational in June

Photo taken on Dec. 9, 2020, shows a port undergoing construction in Lamu County, Kenya. (Xinhua/Charles Onyango) A Chinese-built seaport in Kenya’s coastal Lamu County will be operational in

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The ship blocking the Suez Canal is finally on the move

01:12 The ship which blocked theSuezCanal for nearly a week was freed Monday. Ever Given was refloated as more than 400 ships waited to pass along the waterway.Billions

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Pressure drops in vessel at Fukushima plant, no radioactive leakage

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Monday said the pressure inside one of the reactor containment vessels at the nuclear plant has dropped.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPC

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At least 60 dead, 240 missing as overloaded boat sinks in DR Congo

Congolese security forces help passengers rescued from water after an overloaded boat sank in Lake Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo, November 30, 2015. /Getty At least 60 people died aft

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SpaceX bought two oil rigs to convert into offshore launch pads for Starship

SpaceX’s next spacecraft is in development in Texas, and CEO Elon Musk previously revealed that the company was planning to build floating spaceports for Starship operations, after a job ad was

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Germany approves resuming Russia gas pipeline work

German authorities on Friday gave immediate permission for work to resume on a subsea pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia.The decision by the Federal Maritime and

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Russian fishing trawler sinks in Barents Sea, 17 missing

A fishing trawler has sunk in the northern Barents Sea leaving 17 people missing, Russian news agencies reported on Monday citing emergency services.Five rescue vessels were searching for survivors b

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PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal, fishermen say

British fishermen said on Saturday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had sold out fish stocks to the European Union with a Brexit trade deal that gives EU boats signifi

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Mozambique's defense forces kill 37 terrorists in northern region

Mozambique's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) killed a total of 37 terrorists and seized 21 weapons last week in Macomia district in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report by t

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Brain complications 'increasingly reported' in COVID patients with existing conditions

Life-threatening complications including strokes and brain bleeds have been found in a significant number of coronavirus patients.

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Stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The Panamanian-registered New Diamond carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude oil had drifted dangerously close to the eastern shores of Sri Lanka since issuing a distress message on Thursday morning. /

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8 dead, 6 missing after ship collision in east China

Eight people have been confirmed dead and six others remain missing after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship near the Yangtze River estuary, the maritime authori

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Turkey re-sends seismic vessel to east Med

ANKARA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkey Monday issued a new Navigation Telex (NAVTEX) for seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean to be conducted by its vessel Oruc Reis, a move escalating tension wi

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UK appoints new commander to tackle migrant Channel crossings

Migrants are brought to Dover harbour by Border Patrol, in Dover, U.K. August 9, 2020. /Reuters The U.K. on Sunday appointed a commander to lead its response to illegal small boat crossings on

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China cracks down on illegal fishing in Yangtze River

Chinese police solved more than 2,480 cases of illegal fishing by the end of July during a campaign to crack down on the practice in the Yangtze River basin launched o

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Iran tests large amounts of military hardware in drills

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has put into trial large amounts of military equipment in the ongoing drills in southern Iran. On Wednesday, the second day of the war game codenamed

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World's largest containership calls at east China harbor

The world's largest containership, HMM GDANSK, called at the port of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday. HMM GDANSK is a new ship to join the "Silk Road Shipping," an alliance jointly