Category: World
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A fire in the newborn nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences killed at least 14 babies on Wednesday morning. One was rescued. Reported tolls range from 13 to 15. Why neonatal units are among the hardest places in a hospital to evacuate.
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About 5 million barrels a day are moving through the Strait of Hormuz, against more than 20 million before the war. Where the missing barrels went, why Japan is backing pipelines that bypass the strait, and why the price shock was smaller than the volume loss.
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Navies do not declare water free of mines — they declare a probability that one remains. Sweeping versus hunting, why bottom mines sink out of sonar range, why ship-count fuses defeat clearance operations, and why the number to watch is the insurance premium.
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The president said the US Navy had cleared all mines from the Strait of Hormuz. The next day, Iran and Oman agreed a joint project to clear the strait of mines. Both statements can stand — but only because of where the shipping lanes actually run.
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Iran and Oman have proposed a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a joint mine-clearing project — the clearest step yet towards reopening. Hours later, Tehran said the strait stays shut until Washington ends the war. Both things are true.
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A tornado of rare intensity destroyed the town hall, the school and around 300 of the 476 homes in Pomas, in the Aude. Dozens were injured and nobody was killed. Météo-France says the link between warming and tornadoes remains unclear — and explains why.
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After a pause of more than two months, US Southern Command has resumed destroying boats it says carry drugs, killing two people in the eastern Pacific. The campaign has killed at least 223 people. The legal reasoning behind it remains classified.
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State Department documents obtained by the AP describe plans to revoke B1 and B2 visas held by up to 200,000 people who have sought asylum. It would be the largest mass revocation in US history — and revocation is not the same as deportation.
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Three thousand people performed salat istisqa in Palembang while 52 aircraft conducted cloud-seeding overhead. What the prayer for rain is, why the two are not in competition, and what a public ritual does during a collective emergency.
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The Treasury has named its Iran campaign Operation Economic Outcast and expanded secondary sanctions across five categories: aviation, digital assets, gold, shipping and technology. Each one corresponds to a specific route money and goods take when the banks are closed to you.