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18+ hour, 4+ min ago (12+ words) Italy ready to deploy two minesweepers in Hormuz Strait, navy chief says'Reuters...
Myanmar refugees seek risky sea routes to safety
1+ week, 1+ day ago (450+ words) Deadly maritime journeys have become a recurring feature of a long-running humanitarian crisis, as refugees from Myanmar continue to risk their lives on overcrowded, unseaworthy boats in search of safety and opportunity. For years, members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority…...
Russian oil only delays Cuba's petroleum problem
2+ week, 2+ day ago (820+ words) Share of Cuba's monthly oil demand Cuba runs on oil, and the oil is running out. In late March the United States allowed a Russia-flagged tanker to deliver some 700, 000 barrels of crude to Cuba, breaking a hardened oil blockade that…...
Awaiting justice: The impact of Hong Kong's national security laws
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (421+ words) How Hong Kong's national security crackdown stifled the city's democratic opposition. In 2019, millions of people took to the streets of Hong Kong in one of the biggest populist challenges to China's Communist Party since Beijing's Tiananmen Square protests three decades…...
GM shares climb to new heights
1+ mon, 16+ hour ago (5+ words) Reuters charts, maps and graphics. .....
AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young hospitalized in Buenos Aires
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (147+ words) Reuters - Beloved in Argentina, AC/DC returns after 16 years Reporting by Leila Miller and Cassandra Garrison in Buenos Aires, Danielle Broadway in Los Angeles "and Sarah Morland in Mexico City; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Natalia Siniawski, Brendan O'Boyle…...
Greece faces loans challenge after bank crisis recovery, ECB blog says
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (72+ words) Reuters Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Alexander Smith British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will next week "convene an emergency meeting of "senior ministers and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to discuss "plans to help households "with the soaring…...
Why rural hospitals close
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1688+ words) What makes small town healthcare different When a 911 call comes in from the nursing home in Leonardville, Kansas (pop. 432), it is a half-hour drive to the only emergency room in Riley county, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital. The ride in…...
EU urges US to view it as ally in tackling overcapacity, not source of problem
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (74+ words) Reuters Reporting by Inti Landauro and "Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta Prediction markets - one of the hottest U. S. asset classes over the "past year - need tighter rules that clearly separate outcome-based financial contracts from event wagers that amount to gambling,…...
Maps and charts of the Iran crisis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1681+ words) Countries attacked by Iran A map showing countries that have been attacked by Iran. Source: American Security Project, Institute for the Study of War U. S. and Israeli attacks in Iran have prompted retaliatory strikes around the Gulf as the conflict spread…...