03 JAN 2024 The security services are reporting an ongoing incident in the Gulf of Guinea where at least two crewmembers have been taken from a tanker operating in the area. Unconfirmed reports are suggesting that the captain might be among those taken from the vessel which was in the …
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07 JAN 2024 There’s a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be ‘useless’ in adulthood. A recent retrospective study, however, suggests the thymus gland is not nearly as expendable as experts once thought. US researchers found that those who get their thymus removed …
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01 JAN 2024 The shipping industry in Denmark, home to some of the world’s largest firms, agreed to double wages for crew sailing through the Red Sea to compensate for the danger posed by the recent attacks. The hazard pay kicks in for the time spent in two defined high-risk …
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06 JAN 2024 Keeping teeth squeaky clean can spare people from contracting pneumonia in hospital, a new analysis of more than 2,700 patients has found, with fewer cases of the common lung infection linked to daily toothbrushing. Selina Ehrenzeller and Michael Klompas, two epidemiologists specializing in infectious disease at Brigham …
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01 JAN 2024 The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the battery fire aboard the bulker Genius Star XI has been extinguished and that the crew are safe, days after the blaze began. The outcome was successful, but the fire illustrated the serious challenges inherent in fighting a cargo fire at …
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31 JAN 2023 As of the last week of 2023, Russian officials were claiming to have reached a record level of cargo moving along the Northern Sea Route while expecting to continue to increase the total to the end of the year. The reports are saying that volumes recovered from …
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