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  • The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
  • The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
  • On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
  • As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
  • Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.

Tag: Toxic Town

February 4, 2020

American Stories

Keisha Brown and Dennis Moore have been living on toxic wasteland since they were young. Though the government has designated funds to clean up their community, they say that hazardous waste has taken a large toll on their health…Military Veteran Burly Hampe, better known in his shop as “Dizzy,” has been running a tattoo parlor near a large US military base since 2012. He talks about his approach to putting ink to skin and gaining the respect of his customers

October 5, 2019

Toxic Aftermath: West Virginia Town Still...

The town of Minden, West Virginia looks like many small American towns, yet it is unique in that it is one of the most toxic places in the United States. Here, between 1970s and mid-1980s, the Shaffer Equipment Company used harmful chemicals to build electrical equipment. Those chemicals have been banned since 1979, but traces still remain

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