A cargo ship undergoing repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire on Thursday, killing 25 of the 42 people aboard, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that have exposed persistent safety failures across the country. The blaze broke out around 11 a.m. local time aboard the Ocean Melody, a Liberian-flagged […] The post Cargo ship fire at Chinese port kills 25 during dockside repairs appeared first on American Almanac .
A cargo ship undergoing repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire on Thursday, killing 25 of the 42 people aboard, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that have exposed persistent safety failures across the country. The blaze broke out around 11 a.m. local time aboard the Ocean Melody, a Liberian-flagged vessel docked at the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. facility in the port city of Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province. Firefighters battled the fire for roughly three and a half hours before extinguishing it at approximately 2:30 p.m., CBS News reported . By then, 25 people were dead. Of the 42 people on board when the fire started, 12 were safely evacuated and five were hospitalized with injuries. Chinese…Open
South Korea's spy agency has been working to figure out whether Kim Jong Un has a secret son, who may be older than the daughter who is expected to be the heir.
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including...
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In Exercise Veer Guardian, Japanese F-2 fighter jets are deploying to India for the first time as part of four overlapping multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. Tokyo will also be training with Australia, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand in a series of increasingly complex drills designed to strengthen interoperability and regional deterrence. With an increasing number of these layered mini-alliances forming and rehearsing, is this a deliberate strategy by the US and Japan to create a new allied model of defense?…Open
Over the past six years, nonprofit group Sungai Watch has cleaned up about 5,500 tons of non-organic waste from rivers across Indonesia. Jumping into waterways swamped with trash is “one of the most uncomfortable” situations imaginable, and yet the group’s co-founder tells CNN why he and his team keep doing it, day after day. #cnn #news #indonesia
The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.
As the first leader of the former British colony after its handover, he balanced the demands of Beijing and Hong Kongers, making it clear that Beijing was now in charge.
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former Sen. Bong Revilla (middle), and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (right) INQUIRER FILE Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 8, 2026 MANILA — The Philippines’ long-running flood-control [...]
