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July 11, 2024
Max Maeder, Singapore's gold-medal hopeful, is the poster child of sailing's sea changes since the last Olympics. 'Foiling' classes, such as his Kiteboarding discipline, will make up half the 10 events at the 2024 Olympics, compared to only one event in Tokyo.
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July 11, 2024
Japanese media reported that a Japanese destroyer entered China's territorial water near Taiwan without informing Beijing. This sparked "serious concern" from Beijing. Kyodo News Agency, citing diplomatic sources, reported that the destroyer…
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July 10, 2024
Officials said that at least 10 people were killed and 40 others are still missing following torrential rainfall which caused a landslide on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The bad weather has hampered the rescue efforts. Heriyanto said that the landslide which occurred on Sunday morning…
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July 9, 2024
China's coastguard said that it "allowed" for humanitarian reasons the Philippines to evacuate an individual who fell ill aboard a rusting ship beached at the Second Thomas Shoal, located in waters claimed jointly by the two countries. In a late-Tuesday statement…
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July 6, 2024
The Philippine Coast Guard said that China's biggest coastguard vessel had anchored in Manila’s exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the South China Sea and was meant to intimidate their smaller Asian neighbor. A PCG spokesperson, Jay Tarriela…
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July 3, 2024
The maritime authority reported that three people were killed and three others missing after a 17-member crew fishing boat capsized on Wednesday off the central coast of Portugal. In a press release, the maritime authority stated that "11 people…