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Suez Canal Crisis: Ship blocking canal may be due to human error

Suez Canal Crisis: Ship blocking canal may be due to human error

Human error accounts for anywhere between 75% and 96% of maritime accidents.   The massive cargo ship currently blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal and bringing global… Read More ›

Egypt delays attempt to dislodge megaship from Suez, says it needs more tugboats

Egypt delays attempt to dislodge megaship from Suez, says it needs more tugboats

Announcement dashes hopes the vital canal could be clear by the end of the weekend; crisis estimated to cost global trade some $6-$10 billion per… Read More ›

UN officials condemn Myanmar junta after 100-plus civilians killed in one day

UN officials condemn Myanmar junta after 100-plus civilians killed in one day

Two top UN officials condemned Myanmar’s military junta in the wake of the bloodiest day of protests yet against the military coup that overthrew the… Read More ›

Maritime Traffic Jam Grows Outside Blocked Suez Canal

Maritime Traffic Jam Grows Outside Blocked Suez Canal

  SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing… Read More ›

‘I spent a whole year indoors and upstairs.’ Life during the pandemic for people with disabilities

‘I spent a whole year indoors and upstairs.’ Life during the pandemic for people with disabilities

  London – Jim Elder-Woodward has spent an entire year, the span of Britain’s pandemic, confined to the top floor of his house. This was… Read More ›

Bipartisan Slate Of Senators Call On Biden To Maintain Tough Iran Posture

Bipartisan Slate Of Senators Call On Biden To Maintain Tough Iran Posture

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of senators called on President Biden to aim for an expansive deal that would severely limit Iran’s capacity… Read More ›

Biden says US faces battle to ‘prove democracy works’

Biden says US faces battle to ‘prove democracy works’

Washington – President Joe Biden cast challenges to the US from China, Russia and global shifts in stark terms Thursday, describing “a battle between the… Read More ›

Cuomo Quiet On How Office Protects Aides Amid Allegations

Cuomo Quiet On How Office Protects Aides Amid Allegations

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to say Wednesday what his office is doing to ensure a safe work environment… Read More ›

Why are more young people getting sick with Covid-19 in Brazil?

Why are more young people getting sick with Covid-19 in Brazil?

São Paulo – It took only 10 days from start to finish, from the time 28-year-old Graciane da Silva got sick to the time she… Read More ›

Indiana Governor Lifting Statewide Mask Mandate In 2 Weeks

Indiana Governor Lifting Statewide Mask Mandate In 2 Weeks

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor announced Tuesday he would lift the statewide mask mandate and remaining COVID-19 business restrictions in two weeks. Republican Gov.… Read More ›

Suspect in Colorado grocery store shooting faces 10 counts of murder, police say

Suspect in Colorado grocery store shooting faces 10 counts of murder, police say

The 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Colorado supermarket — which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police officer — faces… Read More ›

US and allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for ‘serious human rights abuses’ against Uyghurs

US and allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for ‘serious human rights abuses’ against Uyghurs

The US announced sanctions Monday against two Chinese officials for “serious human rights abuses” against Uyghur Muslims, a step coordinated with allies including the European… Read More ›

Donald Trump to launch new social media platform, senior adviser says

Donald Trump to launch new social media platform, senior adviser says

Trump is projected to draw “tens of millions of people” to this new platform, which is set to launch in around 2-3 months.   After… Read More ›

Police Chief Says Miami Partying “Couldn’t Go On Any Longer”

Police Chief Says Miami Partying “Couldn’t Go On Any Longer”

  MIAMI (AP) — Pointing to over 1,000 arrests in one of the nation’s top party spots, Miami Beach officials warned Sunday that the unruly… Read More ›

Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge

Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge

Veronica Pena says she’s spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida. The Miami Beach resident stopped… Read More ›

Indian sailors are being caught in a piracy boom off West Africa. One captain held hostage shares his story

Indian sailors are being caught in a piracy boom off West Africa. One captain held hostage shares his story

  That morning, Capt. Ripusudan Prasad phoned his wife, Anita, as he did every day from the oil tanker he commanded, the MT Duke. The… Read More ›

US and China trade barbs after Blinken warns of need to respect global order or face a ‘more violent world’

US and China trade barbs after Blinken warns of need to respect global order or face a ‘more violent world’

A first face-to-face meeting between US and Chinese officials got off to a heated start in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday as US Secretary of State… Read More ›

US sees near-doubling in distribution of white supremacist propaganda — ADL

US sees near-doubling in distribution of white supremacist propaganda — ADL

Watchdog documents 5,125 incidents in past year, nearly twice the figure from 2019; national average was 14 incidents a day, though just 5% of cases… Read More ›

Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence

Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence

Of the eight people who were killed when a White man attacked three metro Atlanta spas, six were Asian women. Investigators said it was too… Read More ›

Repairs Underway To Save Historic Warship Taking On Water

Repairs Underway To Save Historic Warship Taking On Water

  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Keeping the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park from going under during the pandemic has been hard enough… Read More ›