Jack FenwickPolitical correspondent Reuters The government has identified a legal basis which it believes can be used to allow UK military to board and detain vessels in so-called shadow fleets, BBC News understands. Russia, Iran and Venezuela have all been accused of operating ships without a valid national flag to avoid sanctions on oil. Last…
After 9/11, Gander took in thousands of people whose flights were diverted. History repeated on a smaller scale this week. Source link
Cambodia says it has extradited to China a billionaire businessman accused of masterminding a vast cryptocurrency scam in which trafficked workers were lured to forced labour camps to defraud victims globally. Chen Zhi was among three Chinese nationals arrested on 6 January after a joint investigation into transnational crime lasting several months, Cambodia said. The…
A question now hangs over the country: Is Iran the next target of an emboldened U.S. president? Source link
The automotive industry is navigating two simultaneous, transformative shifts: the transition to electrification, where battery energy density is the primary design constraint, and the evolution of the vehicle into a Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV), characterized by centralized computing, persistent connectivity, and increasing levels of autonomy. These trajectories are creating a fundamental conflict. Connectivity expands the vehicle’s…
Watch: Video appears to show part of Yayang Church being taken down An influential Protestant church in China says prominent leaders have been arrested in what appears to be a growing crackdown on the underground church movement. Nine people were detained on Tuesday after police raided their homes and the church office in Chengdu, in…
“This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.” Source link
Six whales have died on a remote beach in New Zealand’s South Island following a mass stranding and volunteers are racing against time to get 15 others that are still alive back to the sea. Some 55 pilot whales washed up on Farewell Spit on Thursday. While most managed to make their way back out…
Some Gen Z-ers first entered the markets during the pandemic’s meme stock craze. They have since become more patient investors. Source link
The heart of Alappuzha in Kerala, houses a unique green wonder which spreads throughout its endless backwaters, and paddy fields. The five-acre forest known as Tapovanam exists today, because Devaki Amma, now 92, planted each sapling by hand, to create this forest. She has dedicated more than forty years to nurturing trees which she planted…