The containers were dumped last month in the port of Tanjung Pelepas, in Johor state, Bernama reported Sunday. Inside were 1,864 tons Electric Arc Furnace Dust (EAFD), a dangerous by-product of steel production, containing toxic elements such as lead and chromium. They were brought into the country from Romania and …
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Just don’t expect me to take the lead anytime soon. If you believe in the North Korean State Science and Technology Commission, clinical trials for the country’s national vaccine candidate are already underway, and now how to proceed with the third phase, which involves human testing, is being debated. . …
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Navy officials said the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship undergoing maintenance and upgrades at a San Diego port, was extinguished last Thursday. Reaching temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 650 degrees Celsius), it melted aluminum and incinerated cables, plastics, and fuels such as drywall, …
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – After a one-day respite, coronavirus cases in the Australian state of Victoria have increased again, prompting a move to make masks mandatory in the Melbourne metropolitan area and county Mitchell’s close. Health officials on Sunday registered 363 new cases in the last 24 hours. Two men …
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Pakistani police arrested four people in connection with the destruction of a 3rd-century life-size Buddha statue. Four people were arrested on Saturday under the antiquities law for allegedly destroying the centuries-old statue, police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan’s northwestern province said. The independent. The rare idol was discovered during construction work …
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