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At least eight workers have died following a toxic gas leak at a ship-breaking yard in the southeastern Bangladeshi district of Chattogram, officials said on Friday.
The incident occurred at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakund subdistrict, an area that hosts many ship-breaking yards where old vessels mostly imported from around the world are dismantled.
Soon after the leak, many workers lost consciousness and were rushed to a local hospital.
Six out of seven people taken to…

After almost four decades of international cooperation in space affairs, Brazil and China have unveiled details of a new project to launch a powerful meteorological and environmental satellite.
It will be capable of monitoring the whole of South America, according to the space sciences department at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Adenilson Roberto da Silva, general coordinator of engineering and technology with the INPE, said the satellite would provide “improved weather…

Trump administration has described prosecuting sex trafficking as a priority, but there has been a 22% decrease in them The Trump administration has repeatedly described the fight against sex trafficking as a priority, but federal prosecutions have slowed this year amid staffing shortages, funding cuts and a shift in law-enforcement resources toward immigration enforcement, a Reuters review found.Federal prosecutors charged 73 people with sex trafficking through June, about 22% fewer than the average for the same period over the previous three years. Reuters based its findings on interviews with 25 former prosecutors, current agents and victims’ advocates, as well as a review of federal court records.Former prosecutors and agents told Reuters that experienced personnel have left the Justice Department, while some Homeland Security Investigations agents previously involved in trafficking cases were reassigned to immigration duties. In some offices, remaining investigators have struggled..

A Washington man is facing federal charges after allegedly shooting and killing a bald eagle that was found near chickens on his property in Clark County. The case began on February 5, 2026, when wildlife officers responded to a report of a dead bald eagle in the Hockinson area of Brush Prairie. A witness had reportedly heard a sound resembling a gunshot or firecracker earlier that morning. Officers found the bird with a head wound and sent it for examination. X-rays reportedly revealed two shotgun pellets lodged in the eagle's head, while a veterinary examination identified the injuries as fatal. Months after the investigation began, federal prosecutors charged 66-year-old Benjamin G. Allen in connection with the eagle's death. The allegations remain unproven in court.Washington man accused of shooting bald eagleThe investigation began on February 5, 2026, when Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police received a report about a dead bald eagle at a residence in the H..

Poland has ⁠arrested a ⁠Russian man who was ⁠hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.
The Russian was detained on August ‌7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime”, Tusk told journalists.
The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Moscow has regularly ⁠dismissed accusations by European powers of attacks, saying the West ‌is stoking…