If the Titan submersible is still intact, oxygen is expected to run out on Thursday morning. Coast Guard delivered no updates overnight into Thursday There were no updates in the search for the missing submersible Titan overnight into Thursday morning — a stark quietness as the 96-hour window for a …
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Here are the key things to look for in the Titan investigation, according to experts
One week after the world first learned the Titan submersible had gone missing on its way to the Titanic wreckage, investigators are beginning the search for answers about how and why it imploded. 'The debris field itself tells a story,' says CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigators Titan submersible: what we …
Read More »Rebuilding Ukraine’s ruined Nova Kakhovka dam pits history against economic reality
Amid the spoiled farmland and destroyed crops, the waterlogged homes and ruined lives, the now slow-motion tragedy that is the draining of the Kakhovka reservoir is also peeling back time on an almost forgotten aspect of Ukrainian history. Receding water has revealed remains of ancient settlement called ‘Cossack Meadow.’ Amid …
Read More »Austrian police say they foiled a planned attack on Vienna’s Pride parade
The head of Austria’s domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested before the start of Saturday’s Pride parade, which was attended by around 300,000 people, public broadcaster ORF reported. 3 arrested Saturday before the start of the parade, attended by about 300,000. …
Read More »Is Hvaldimir the beluga a Russian spy? He wouldn’t be the first militarized mammal
It may be impossible to interrogate Hvaldimir the beluga on his connection to Russian espionage, but if he is a spy, he wouldn’t be the first sea creature to be given a covert mission. The whale first surfaced near Norway in 2019 carrying camera gear marked “equipment of St. Petersburg.” …
Read More »Dozens of students killed, others kidnapped during attack on school in Uganda
Suspected rebels attacked a school in a remote area of Uganda near the border with Congo, killing at least 41 people in a nighttime raid before fleeing across the porous frontier, authorities said. Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims. Authorities blame attack on shadowy extremist group operating …
Read More »Outside a flooded Ukrainian city, specialists warily sweep the ground for hidden bombs
The scene in a low-lying field northwest of the battered and flood-soaked Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday could almost be described as a ballet of bomb detection. Flooding that followed the Nova Kakhovka dam’s destruction scattered mines across cleared areas. The scene in a low-lying field northwest of the …
Read More »Brothers reunite after migrant ship capsizes, bringing a brief reprieve from grief in Greece
After three days of unwavering grief in Greece following the sinking of a vessel carrying hundreds of migrants to Europe, two brothers had a tearful reunion. Meanwhile, UN officials and human rights groups called on European authorities to get tougher on human traffickers and demanded safer migration routes for asylum …
Read More »Under fire and armed with shovels, Ukrainians fight to reclaim flooded city of Kherson
As Russian troops shell them from across the river, city workers dressed in body armour are struggling to clear the mess left behind in Kherson, Ukraine by flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. About 20 per cent of the city remained underwater on Thursday. The day the …
Read More »Canada, Dominican Republic at odds over Haiti police aid office
As Haiti’s police struggle to contain powerful armed gangs, a disagreement between the Dominican Republic and Canada spilled out into the public on Friday, further complicating an international plan to boost Haiti’s outgunned police force. Joly said Canada would set up an office in Dominican Republic; its foreign minister says …
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