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...There were also three security guards — two Sri Lankans and one Nepalese....
...The Army Corps of Engineers will work with the US Coast Guard to remove the collapsed bridge from the bow of the ship....
...The US Coast Guard said on Tuesday evening that six construction workers who went missing after a container ship destroyed part of a Baltimore bridge are now believed to be dead....
...Asked if any had flown near the US, he replied: “Let me just say we haven’t had any overfly the United States.”...
...Both issues were largely resolved by the adoption of on-board security measures, including the employment of armed guards. Some coastal states also stepped up anti-piracy action....
...The White House also said that the US Coast Guard would issue a new directive to bolster security requirements for Chinese-built cranes already operating at strategic seaports....
...Iranian forces seized an oil tanker off the coast of Oman as the threat to shipping in the Middle East spilled into one of the world’s most important oil export routes....
...The US and Iran are relying on back channels through states such as Qatar to try to prevent that outcome....
...Ship-owning companies are frequently incorporated in a country other than their ships’ flag states....
...Sylvia Luke, Hawaii’s acting governor, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, as the US Coast Guard launched rescues of people forced to jump into the ocean to escape the flames....
...The trailhead begins in the parking lot, which is typically empty and manned by a security guard (a nice plus in a city known for smashed car windows)....
...Whereas greater Auckland’s east coast tends to white sands and turquoise waters, the west coast, beyond Waitakere Ranges National Park, has to contend with the far rougher Tasman Sea, which powers in from...
...Even though it happens every year, I still find myself caught off guard in the late spring, when the day lengthens incrementally, and sunlight slinks around well past dinner time....
...Frontex, the European border and coast guard agency, had a budget of about €140mn in 2015. By 2022, that had risen fivefold. Incidentally, Britain has learnt much the same lesson....
...Qatar sentences eight Indians to death: The former naval officers were found guilty of spying for Israel on the Gulf state’s submarine programme....
...When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...The industrial countries are to blame — the United States, Spain and France — they destroyed the ozone layer and we started suffering.”...
...And then you’ve got the United States which hasn’t called out a coup because it wants to sort of leave space in the hope that there can be some kind of transition to civilian government....
...“This is essentially the United States acting with Taiwan to connive at ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists’ political activities in the United States, conduct official contact with Taiwan and upgrade the...
...“The offshore patrol cutters are a critical capability in the United States’ homeland security and the Coast Guard’s most important acquisition program,” he said....
...DeSantis ordered the deployment of 5,000 members of the Florida National Guard, with an extra 2,000 expected from other states....
...“One of the first questions was, ‘If the Coast Guard is supporting, say, the Army or the Ministry of Communications, who’s paying?’” Kaskeala recalls. “In Finland, this is based on trust....
...Sending a balloon over the continental United States to collect against something they can surely do clandestinely from space is a totally unnecessary risk,” he said....
...“Let’s say I alternate between the west and east coasts,” he says. “You don’t know what the new rules of the game are....
...A US coast guard ship participating in a Pacific Islands Forum-led project to crack down on illegal fishing was refused entry for refuelling last week and had to be diverted to Papua New Guinea....
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