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North Korean “smuggling networks” are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents obtained by AFP. With strict sanctions limiting Pyongyang’s ability to import fuel, North Korean smugglers

The Swedish streaming giant Spotify announced it would be laying off 17% of its workforce, in what is its third round of layoffs this year. The cuts will affect around 1,500 people, CNBC reported. Some 600 people were laid off

On a sailing boat anchored off Oman’s pristine Daymaniyat Islands, volunteer divers pull on wetsuits, check their scuba tanks and then take turns plunging into the clear turquoise water. They are diving for a reason: to remove the massive fishing

A dozen hikers are still missing after a volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted Sunday, killing 11 people and injuring others. Video footage showed plumes of ash spluttering 9,800 ft. into the air around Mount Marapi—one of the nation’s 127

Three commercial ships in the Red Sea were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen on Sunday and a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault, the US military said. Responsibility for the attack

Large part of U.S. Osprey that crashed in Japan found with 5 more crew members’ bodies inside  CBS News Japanese, US military divers discover wreckage, remains in search for Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan  Fox News Local officials release statements on

Climate summit leader said there’s ‘no science’ behind need to phase out fossil fuels, alarming scientists  CNN COP-28 Summit: Criticism mounts against President over fossil fuel comments  Global News Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil

Trump floats idea of creating a federal college system that bans “wokeness”  MSNBC Trump is showing how a second term would rewrite the rules of presidential power  CNN Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First  The New York

The US says three commercial ships have been attacked by missiles in the Red Sea – with one of its destroyers shooting down armed drones as it went to help.

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