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Iran targets commercial ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as concerns grow over global energy

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of squeezing the energy-rich region as global energy concerns mounted, as American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.

Two Iranian drones hit near Dubai International Airport, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates, and the world’s busiest for international travel. Four people were wounded but flights continued, the Dubai Media Office said.

Iran's joint military command also announced... Read More

UK will publish files about the appointment of Epstein friend Mandelson to ambassador post

LONDON (AP) — The British government said it would publish files related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, as police investigate potential misconduct stemming from the ex-diplomat’s ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawmakers have forced Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to disclose thousands of files about the decision to name Mandelson to the key diplomatic post at the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, despite a past friendship with the convicted sex offender.

The government has said the... Read More

Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for atomic energy use.

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, ravaged parts of the region, caused more than 22,000 deaths and forced nearly half a million people to flee their homes, most of them due to tsunami damage.

In Fukushima, some 160,000 people fled their homes due to radiation spewed from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. About 26,000 of them haven't returned... Read More

A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say

GENEVA (AP) — Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital that killed at least six people was started deliberately.

Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Bern.

Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed a New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 41 young people.

Christa Bielmann,... Read More

WNBA, players' union log 10-hour marathon talks that are 'going in the right direction'

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA's players' union said it and the league had a productive 10-hour marathon negotiation session trying to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

Union executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson said early Wednesday morning that there were “a lot of conversations going in the right direction.”

Jackson said that conversations would continue.

The meeting came on a day that the league had said at least a handshake agreement on a labor deal would need to be done to start the season as scheduled.

The union leadership... Read More

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Iran targets commercial ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as concerns grow over global energy

UK will publish files about the appointment of Epstein friend Mandelson to ambassador post

Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say

WNBA, players' union log 10-hour marathon talks that are 'going in the right direction'

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