From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
The Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors from November 2023 until January of this year.
Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.
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Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.
Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.
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Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.
Add 2 cups water and a generous pinch or two of salt; bring to a boil.
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Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
Although the news has caused plenty of excitement online, particularly among science and animal enthusiasts, experts warn to take the breakthrough with a pinch of salt.
All international and domestic flights were grounded as air traffic controllers joined seafarers, train drivers, doctors, lawyers and teachers in a 24-hour general strike to pay tribute to the victims of the crash.
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Reuters,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
The removal of the HRA from the Somali basin increased confidence among shipping companies and seafarers.
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Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Join a kayaking excursion on the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River or the Indian River Lagoon, and glide across dark waters that pop with sparkling trails of aqua and indigo when the glowing critters are disturbed by oars or passing fish.
Elon Musk is sticking his oar in, George Santos is enduring, and Matt Gaetz is concerned about his contouring
January 11, 2025
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All through this feature’s brief year-end hiatus, the elite class of Attention Whores kept in fighting trim.
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