More Than 20 Vessels Pass Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Kpler Data Shows

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) – More than ⁠20 ⁠vessels passed the ⁠Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, data ​from shipping analytics firm Kpler showed, the highest number ‌of ships crossing the ‌waterway since March 1. • Among the vessels ⁠that ⁠made it through on Saturday, five of them last ​loaded cargoes from Iran ranging from oil …

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Hong Kong Fire Victims Scour Scorched Homes for Keepsakes

By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG, April 20 (Reuters) – ⁠Victims ⁠of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire ⁠in decades began government-supervised visits to their ravaged former homes on Monday ​for the first time since the November blaze, looking to retrieve personal items that might have survived. The ‌flames that engulfed seven residential towers, ‌each …

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Strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Caribbean Sea, U.S. military says

The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat it accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 181 people in total. Other strikes have taken …

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World Weighs Fate of Mideast Ceasefire After US Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship

By Daphne Psaledakis and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 20 (Reuters) – Concerns grew on Monday that the ceasefire ⁠between ⁠the United States and Iran might not hold after ⁠the U.S. said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade and Iran vowed to ​retaliate. Efforts to build a more lasting …

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US Military Strike on Alleged Drug Boat Kills 3 in Caribbean Sea

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday. Despite the Iran war, the series of strikes have ramped up again in the past week or so, showing that the administration’s aggressive measures to stop what it calls …

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