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Finland power grid operator asks court to take tanker over cable damage

Finland's national power grid operator stated on Thursday it had actually asked a Helsinki court to take the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company's. claim for damages associated with the breakdown of the undersea. Estlink 2 electricity interconnector. The cable in between Finland and Estonia was damaged on Dec. 25. together with 4 telecoms lines, and Finnish authorities the next. day boarded the tanker, which carries Russian oil, on suspicion. that it triggered the damage by dragging its anchor along the. seabed. Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of. outages of

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Fiji cops investigating supposed rape, theft of Virgin Australia team members

Owner seeks release of oil tanker took in Finland cable probe

The owner of an oil tanker taken by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and 4 telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, an attorney representing the company stated on Monday. Finnish cops and coast guard authorities boarded the Cook Islands-registered Eagle S on Thursday and brought it to a. area near a Finnish port where team members are being. questioned. Baltic Sea countries have actually been on high alert after a string of. failures of power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines because. Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022.

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Finland discovers drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage

Finland moves tanker suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port

Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil previously today on suspicion it had actually harmed an undersea power line and four telecoms cable televisions. Baltic Sea nations have actually been on high alert after a string of failures of power cable televisions, telecom links and gas pipelines because Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, and NATO said on Friday it would enhance its presence in the region. The Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S, was boarded on Thursday by a Finnish coast guard

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United States sanctions targets include previous SriLankan Airlines CEO over Plane deal

The U.S. State Department announced a slew of sanctions on Monday to mark International AntiCorruption Day and the eve of Human Rights Day, targeting people from numerous countries, consisting of the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines over Airplane purchases. Also targeted were North Macedonia's former deputy prime minister, Artan Grubi, as well as Enver Bexheti, a judge from that country's appeals court and Kevin Kedi, a councilman from the Marshall Islands, for supposedly accepting bribes. The State Department stated the United States was redesignating UK resident Fawaz Akhras, father of the British-born other half of the deposed Syrian president, Bashar

Australia signs $89 million economic and security treaty with Nauru