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Ukraine Hits a Distant Russian Ship, Showing Reach of Naval Drones

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A Ukrainian maritime drone damaged a Russian warship on the Black Sea on Friday, the most serious strike on Moscow’s navy since last year, demonstrating both the escalating conflict at sea and the growing range and capability of Ukraine’s uncrewed vehicles.

The drone slammed into the ship and detonated its explosive payload near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, a key naval and shipping hub on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, hundreds of miles from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory.

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Prince Harry and William will never heal rift as experts say ‘ship has sailed’ | Royal | News

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Prince Harry and Prince William will never heal the rift between them as that “ship has well and truly sailed”, according to a royal expert.

The brothers, who were once said to be especially close, have grown ever more distant over the years, with Harry writing in Spare that his older brother and sister-in-law, Princess Kate, had a difficult relationship with his own wife Meghan Markle.

Harry and Meghan’s relationship was said to the cause of a physical fight that

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Rolls-Royce has cars aboard burned ship

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Rolls-Royce has a small number of its super luxury cars aboard the ship that went up in flames off the Dutch coast a week ago.

The BMW Group subsidiary is informing affected customers personally, a spokesperson told Bloomberg Wednesday in an email.

While both BMW and Mercedes-Benz have confirmed they have several hundred cars on the Fremantle Highway, neither have offered specific breakdowns by brand or model.

Citing industry sources, Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilewoche reported Thursday that a

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Salvage crews board burning cargo ship off Dutch coast for first time as flames die down

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  • Salvage crews boarded the Fremantle Highway cargo ship on Friday, the first time they’ve been able to do so since it caught fire earlier in the week.
  • The ship was carrying 3,783 new vehicles, 498 of which were electric, when it caught fire. The number of electric vehicles on board was significantly underreported to coast guards.
  • “In the course of the morning, after measurements by the recovery companies, it turned out that the temperature on board the Fremantle Highway had
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Ship carrying Mercedes and BMW cars still ablaze

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Whether EVs had anything to do with precipitating the blaze, the number on board is relevant to what’s likely to be a days-long effort to put it out. Lithium-ion battery fires burn hotter and last longer than gasoline. They can also be difficult to extinguish, sometimes reigniting hours or days after seemingly having been put out.

The fire was still ablaze with the situation stable as of Friday

An investigation has been launched by the Panama Maritime Authority and the

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Fire Aboard Cargo Ship off Dutch Coast Is Still Raging

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A cargo ship that has been on fire since Tuesday near an island north of the Netherlands was still burning on Friday, the Dutch Coast Guard said, as it emerged that the vessel had been carrying significantly more electric vehicles than initially reported.

The cause of the fire aboard the ship, the Fremantle Highway, remains unclear. The 656-foot vessel was carrying about 3,000 vehicles, and while officials initially reported that it had 25 electric vehicles among them, Edwin Granneman, a

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Sierra Leone vows to ramp up anti-piracy efforts after Chinese ship hijacked

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  • Sierra Leone on Thursday declared its commitment to working alongside other West African nations to more effectively fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
  • The renewed anti-piracy push follows the hijacking of the Shenghai-2, a Chinese fishing vessel from which 23 hostages had to be rescued.
  • The Gulf of Guinea, a notorious hub for piracy, is often referred to as one of the world’s most dangerous bodies of water.

Sierra Leone said Thursday it is working with neighboring countries

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1 Dead and 22 Injured in Cargo Ship Fire Off the Netherlands

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One crew member has died and 22 others have been injured in a fire on a large cargo vessel loaded with nearly 3,000 vehicles off the Dutch island of Ameland in the North Sea, officials said on Wednesday.

The fire was reported just before midnight on Tuesday and was still burning on Wednesday, the Dutch Coast Guard said. Video posted by the Coast Guard showed smoke billowing from the 656-foot vessel, as one of the many ships that responded to

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Ship carrying Mercedes cars catches fire

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About 350 of the vehicles on board were Mercedes-Benz cars, the company said.

It wasn’t immediately clear which automakers other than Mercedes had their vehicles on board. Ford and Nissan didn’t have any vehicles on the vessel, company spokespeople said, and representatives from Stellantis, Toyota and Renault said it’s unlikely they had cargo onboard. 

A Volkswagen spokesperson said the company was actively investigating the matter but was unable to provide further information. General Motors and BMW weren’t immediately able to

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Ship carrying Mercedes cars catches fire off Dutch coast

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The coast guard said the Fremantle, which had departed from the German port of Bremerhaven, had been towed out of shipping lanes and could sink. It was 27 km (17 miles) north of the Dutch island of Ameland when the fire started.

The fire spread so quickly that seven crew members jumped overboard, said Willard Molenaar of the Royal Dutch Rescue Company (KNRM), which was among the first at the scene.

Molenaar told Dutch broadcaster NOS some people were injured

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