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Munich airport halts flights after drone sightings
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» BERLIN — Germany's Munich airport halted flights after several drone sightings, a police spokesperson told Agence France-Presse (AFP) early Friday, the latest in a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe.
Zelensky seeks support at European summit
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to join talks with leaders from across Europe in Copenhagen on Thursday, as the European Union seeks to bolster Kyiv’s fight against Russia in the face of ebbing US support.
Starbucks faces new hot spill lawsuits weeks after $50 million ruling
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Starbucks was facing two new lawsuits over spilled hot drinks Wednesday, just weeks after a court ordered the coffee giant to pay US$50 million to a man who was injured by a cup of tea.
Ships still on fire after North Sea collision
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» GRIMSBY, England - Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened.
Singapore reports 23 tonnes of oil leak near Sentosa
Bloomberg, Published on 07/02/2025
» A diesel oil leak was discovered in the southern waters of Singapore on Wednesday, caused by a damaged shore fuel hose on an island near Sentosa.
Unfazed devotees shrug off stampede at India mega-festival
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ (INDIA) - Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.
Germany races to secure stricken 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker
AFP, Published on 11/01/2025
» BERLIN — Germany was racing Saturday to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, towing the stricken ship it said was part of Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" away from shore to avert an oil spill.
Are Russian sanctions working? Debate takes new urgency with Trump
The New York TImes, Published on 02/01/2025
» LONDON — Thousands of far-reaching sanctions have been imposed by dozens of countries on Russian banks, businesses and people since Moscow ordered tanks to roll across the border into Ukraine in the winter of 2022.
Bulk carriers collide in China, resulting in oil spill
Reuters, Published on 01/01/2025
» SINGAPORE — Two bulk carriers collided in China's Yangtze river, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Tuesday, adding that no injuries to the crew were reported.
Zelensky vows Ukraine will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday vowed that his country would use 2025 to fight for an end to Russia's nearly three-year-long invasion by any means necessary.