The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict.
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Retired wind turbine blades live on as park benches and picnic tables
At the end of a wind turbine’s life cycle, roughly 85% of its components – including the steel tower, copper wire, and gearing – can be recycled through established metal processing.
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Pentagon’s AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons
While its funding is uncertain and details vague, Replicator is expected to accelerate hard decisions on what AI tech is mature and trustworthy enough to deploy – including on weaponized systems.
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Buyers are going for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help
SUVs now account for more than half of all new car sales across the globe.
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Ukraine says Russia launched largest drone attack since start of invasion
At least five civilians were wounded in the hourslong assault.
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Hostages released by Hamas have returned to Israel, Israeli military says
On the first day of the four-day cease-fire, Hamas released 24 of the about 240 hostages taken during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison.
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison
The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.
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Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former aide in new legal filing
The former New York governor is being sued by a woman who says Cuomo sexually harassed her while he was still in office.
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‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign launches in Mexico to save iconic species from pollution and trout
In their main habitat, the population density of Mexican axolotls has plummeted 99.5% in under two decades, according to scientists behind the fundraiser.
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5 family members and commercial fisherman neighbor ID’d as dead or missing after Alaska landslide
The slide – estimated to be 450 feet wide – occurred during significant rainfall and heavy winds. Wrangell received about 2 inches of rain from early Monday until late evening.