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  • The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
  • Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
  • Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
  • A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
  • Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
  • After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.

Tag: Siberian Village

March 12, 2021

Ice For Sale: Siberian Tatars Carry...

In an ethnic Tatar village in Russia’s Omsk region, drinking water comes from the ice of a local lake, which is cut in winter, carried, and stored for year-round use. It’s a good business for those who do the hard work of collecting the ice, and locals claim the clean water contributes to their longevity

November 19, 2020

Russian Student Driven Up A Tree...

Russian student Aleksei Dudoladov has resorted to climbing up a tree to participate in online classes because there’s no clear Internet signal in his Siberian village.

July 9, 2020

Trash Talk: Cleaning Up A Siberian...

A Siberian village, Tayezhnyy, was swamped with trash when Ilona Domracheva moved there. She didn’t like what she saw and, in a short time, she mobilized the community to help clean up. She may have won a battle, but the war on waste goes on

March 7, 2020

Magnet For Mystics: The Siberian Village...

A Siberian village has become a magnet for various fringe faith communities, after a visit by the follower of an Indian mystic. Some believe it’s the site of a mythical temple, others that it’s the center of the universe. Archaeologists have found some pottery

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