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
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Corps fired a missile at a commercial cargo ship attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz , hitting and damaging the vessel, according to U.S. official. - In a statement, the IRGC declared the strait to be "closed until further notice." Why it matters: The attack came one day after the Trump administration demanded that Iran publicly guarantee safe passage through strait, a key U.S. condition for halting the cycle of fighting between the two countries. - It also came hours after Iran's foreign minister, his Omani counterpart and Qatari officials concluded a day of negotiations in Muscat aimed at resolving the standoff. - The Hormuz crisis has threatened to collapse the memorandum of…
The U.S. struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries.
The United States launched military strikes on Iranian targets in response to an attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United States conducted military strikes against Iranian targets on Friday, following an Iranian attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone storage locations, as well as coastal radar sites. DETAIL: The U.S. strikes were reported by Iranian media, which noted a projectile striking near a pier in Sirik, southern Iran, and confirmed by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire. Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor,” CENTCOM said of the reason for…Open