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How Beijing Took Control of Hong Kong's Financial Hub---and Left the West Behind
The world’s pre-eminent East-meets-West investment hub has become more Chinese as international financial institutions, corporations, and expatriates retreatWorld - The Wall Street Journal - 4 days ago -
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Israel downs 5 Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean Sea
Overnight, Israel carried out air strikes across Lebanon. The new attacks come just a day after Israel said a Hezbollah drone targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home. CBS News ...Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the Sea
When a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative.Top stories - The New York Times - October 22 -
Rohingya Refugees Are Stranded at Sea for Days as Residents Reject Them
The refugees, after weeks on a boat, will be able to disembark temporarily in a town in Indonesia, but residents have refused to let them stay.World - The New York Times - October 23 -
Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says
An Israeli military official says Israeli naval forces have captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north LebanonWorld - ABC News - November 3 -
Israel abducts alleged Hezbollah official in unprecedented sea raid
Commandos land in northern Lebanon in highly unusual operation to capture supposed militant group member. Middle East crisis – live updates The Israeli military abducted who it said was a ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Israel Says Commandos Capture Hezbollah Operative in Rare Raid by Sea
The abduction of the Lebanese national involved Israel’s version of the Navy SEALs working deep in Lebanese territory.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 2 -
Sea angels and devils: could plankton unlock the secrets of human biology?
Scientists use new technology to sequence the DNA of microscopic ocean creatures for the first time . Off the west coast of Greenland, a 17-metre (56ft) aluminium sailing boat creeps through a ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
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Man who went missing in Irish Sea thanks searchers
The alarm was raised when Chris Ellery went missing off Fishguard, with searchers unable to locate him.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Oil firm blames windfall tax for North Sea pull-out
Texas-based Apache says the windfall tax on energy profits will make its operations "uneconomic".Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
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Video shows Disney cruise ship rescuing sailors lost at sea
Four people aboard a stranded catamaran adrift in the Atlantic Ocean were rescued by the Disney cruise ship Treasure in an operation coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard.Top stories - NBC News - 6 days ago -
‘Devious’ New Deep Sea Slug Hid Its Identity From Scientists
It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug.Science - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch drones and missiles at US warships near the Red Sea but do no damage
The U.S. Defense Department says Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on TuesdayWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Marine biologists discover new sea slug species off Pacific coast
California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago. Researchers in California have discovered a new species of sea slug off the ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago
