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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel on …
Read More »Ukraine hits Russian oil-loading port, ‘shadow fleet’ tankers
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ukraine on Sunday launched a wave of strikes against Russian oil targets, hitting a key loading …
Read More »Calls grow for Starmer to resign, as the shadow of Epstein still looms large over 10 Downing St.
For months, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his embattled Labour government have been dragged down by tough questions over why officials appointed Peter Mandelson, a close friend of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as ambassador to the U.S. Now there are fresh calls for Starmer to resign after it …
Read More »Shadow fleets of sanctions-skirting ships facing global crackdown: analysis
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Dramatic social media footage of Belgian special forces boarding an oil tanker suspected to be linked …
Read More »In the shadow of a famed Mexico City stadium, a battle for water targets the World Cup
Behind a wall and across from Exit 7 of Mexico City’s famed Azteca Stadium, sits a water well with blue piping protruding from the ground that’s at the centre of a conflict threatening to disrupt preparations for the World Cup’s third visit to the country. The well was drilled by …
Read More »Sanctions haven’t sidelined Russia’s shadow fleet. So Ukraine has turned to drones
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Ukraine says it used sea drones to strike two oil tankers that are part of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet and were a few dozen kilometres off the …
Read More »Poland rail explosion shows Europe still struggling to respond to Russia’s shadow war
When Poland announced this week that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe. In the hours that followed, Polish authorities said the two suspects behind the explosions were Ukrainian …
Read More »In the shadow of the Himalayas, this town is sinking, a casualty of the past and the present
It was the middle of the night when the call from a family friend came, warning Abhishek Nautiyal and his family that they had to immediately leave their home in Joshimath, a small Himalayan mountain town in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The message was simple: Get out — …
Read More »Assassinations, railway sabotage, car bombs: Inside the shadow war in Ukraine
At first glance, it appears like a blob of beige dough stuffed with metal nuts, bolts and nails — a Frankenstein fruitcake. But if you look a little closer at the police photo, this is a classic improvised explosive device, one that Ukrainian authorities say was meant to be planted …
Read More »Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary under shadow of escalating war
Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas-led attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East. Ceremonies and protests in Jerusalem and Israel’s south began around 06:29 a.m. local time, the hour when Hamas-led militants launched rockets into Israel at the start of …
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