An absolute disaster is fast unfolding aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Western Pacific causing emergency contingency plans to be put in place. By Wednesday eight sailors aboard the carrier tested positive for COVID-19, but clearly the outbreak aboard the ship is nowhere near being contained as on Thursday the US Navy said that number has jumped to 23 sailors confirmed for the virus. Pentagon […]
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After being denied entry to a port in San Juan and several other Caribbean ports, the cruise ship MS Braemer is the latest cruise ship to be dangerously stranded at sea after at least five cases were confirmed on board, and another 40 passengers and crew have been quarantined in the hold after exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Puerto Rico denied the ship entry yesterday after a rumor […]
In a bid to fill a $40 billion budget hole, the US Navy is considering deploying warships with fewer sailors, among other cost-saving options. While US President Donald Trump has asked the US Navy to expand by more than one-fifth over the next 10 years, and Congress has passed record-high Pentagon budgets, none of that has gone toward fleet expansion. “Here’s the deal: we need more […]
Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, who resigned amid scandal two years ago, was cleared of wrongdoing by a state ethics panel last month. In the ensuing weeks he’s cast his legal and ethical travails over the past two years as an extension of the “witch hunt” against Donald Trump. For that task, Greitens, a Republican, is leaning on some of the very people who peddled dubious […]
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways is asking cabin crew to take paid leave next month due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has led to a drop in travel demand, it said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. “Global restrictions on travel and retiming of events have caused many passengers to change their travel arrangements, and the airline is among many realigning resources to accommodate these changes,” a spokeswoman […]
Turkey has shot down two Syrian warplanes in Idlib amid its offensive in the area, the country’s media reports. The Syrian Army reportedly destroyed a Turkish drone the same day. Citing a correspondent, state-run Syrian news agency SANA said that Turkish forces struck two Syrian planes in Idlib on Sunday, with their crews ejecting and parachuting to safety. The Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed it shot down […]
After the last passenger leaves the coronavirus-struck vessel, more than 100 Indian crew members, tending the quarantined guests, will be stuck on the Diamond Princess for another two weeks. The Indian crew will not only be the last to disembark from the disease-hit luxury liner Diamond Princess, but will be quarantined for additional two weeks after all the passengers leave, the Times of India reported on […]
Four astronauts chosen for India’s first manned space mission have started their training in Russia. The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center has shared a few tantalizing details of the secretive program with RT. India intends to send a crew into space in late 2021 or early 2022, aboard the vehicle called Gaganyaan (“Sky Vehicle”), as part of its push to join the elite club of space-going nations. […]
14 Feb, 2020 13:54 Syrian government soldiers near Aleppo, Syria. February 11, 2020. © AFP A Syrian Army helicopter was destroyed by a missile during an operation against anti-government forces near Aleppo, and its crew was killed, Syrian state-run media reported. Source