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Scores Missing In Shipwreck During South China Sea Typhoon

July 3, 2022 6:34 am

No fewer than two dozen crew members have been declared missing after their ship broke into two during a typhoon in the South China Sea on Saturday, with rescuers scrambling to find them, officials have said.

An engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong ‘suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces’ and the 30-member crew abandoned the ship, according to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service.

As of 3:00pm local time (0700 GMT), about three people had been rescued and were taken to hospital for treatment, authorities confirmed.

Dramatic footage provided by Hong Kong authorities …

Passengers Leave Japan Virus Ship

February 19, 2020 4:37 pm

Hundreds of relieved passengers disembarked Wednesday from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan after being given the all-clear, but health officials said 79 new cases had been detected.

With 621 positive cases, the Diamond Princess is easily the biggest cluster of infected people outside China, and Japan has faced mounting criticism for its quarantine arrangements as passengers disperse across the world.

The disease has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China and spread panic worldwide.

AFP / Kazuhiro NOGIThe passengers were removed in city of Yokohama buses

Hundreds more cases have been reported in two dozen countries, including

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Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions on Sunday as a UK official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker.

Seized Ship: Iran warns UK against escalating tensions

July 21, 2019 8:53 am

Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions on Sunday as a UK official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker.

Britain has called Iran’s capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday a “hostile act”.

Britain needs to contain “those domestic political forces who want to escalate existing tension between Iran and the UK well beyond the issue of ships,” Iran’s envoy to Britain Hamid Baeidinejad said on Twitter.

“This is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region,” he said, adding that Iran …