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Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
US Navy sailor missing at sea for two days, feared dead
A US Navy sailor has fallen overboard during military exercises in the Timor Sea just north of Australia, triggering a massive search. Rescue crews have been operating around the clock in an attempt to locate the man who has been missing since Monday. Australian assets are being contributed to the search and rescue operation led by the US, which has yet to yield any results. The sailor was reported missing from the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier which is still sailing in the Timor Sea, northwest of Darwin. It remains in the area while more than 40,000 military personnel from 19 countries take part in Exercise Talisman Sabre. This biennial event is Australia's largest military training exercise and has been underway since July 17. It was due to wrap up by August 4 but rescue operations have hampered this as emergency teams continue searching for the lost sailor. Australia's Border Force and Defence Force have supplied a boat and an aircraft to assist the US Navy to find the soldier.
India Today
4 hours ago
- Climate
- India Today
US man hears tsunami siren after 11 Years as Russia quake sparks alert, shares video
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, which triggered tsunami warnings across the northern Pacific. While evacuations began in parts of Russia, Japan, Alaska, and Hawaii, Maui resident and entrepreneur Edward Dowd documented his own - founder of Phinance Technologies - shared a clip on X from his home in Maui as tsunami sirens echoed through the island. 'Been on Maui 11 years. My first official tsunami siren,' he posted. The video showed the outdoor siren blaring under grey the video here:Been on Maui 11 years. My first official Tsunami siren. Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) July 30, 2025 Soon after, Dowd reassured followers that he had relocated to higher ground. 'I'm good, y'all. The wave is coming from the north, and I'm on the south side,' he wrote. 'My friend has a generator, guns, crossbows, tubs are filled with water, and we've got food. We are warlord prepared.'His post prompted a flood of comments from users. While several offered prayers, others encouraged Dowd to take further precautions. 'Your first official tsunami siren after 11 years must be a sobering experience,' said a user, while another added, 'May God keep you and everyone on Maui safe and protected.'One of the users said, 'You're on the side facing Kamchatka. I hope you have high ground to evacuate to and spend a comfortable and uneventful evening.'A user, recalling their own trauma, said, 'Not good. I was in Hurricane Iniki on Kauai. The rain came down hard. The sirens were deafening. We were told the hurricane would miss us. Instead, it was a direct hit.'As the Pacific braced for impact, several users asked Dowd to keep posting updates, with several users tracking developments in real time through social waves were reported across affected zones, including parts of Japan and Alaska. In Hawaii, the US Navy secured vessels at ports and facilitated shoreline evacuations. A military spokesperson confirmed that evacuation routes had been opened and emergency updates would be relayed via the Pacific Tsunami Warning warned of potential aftershocks reaching up to magnitude 7.5 in the coming weeks. Click here to stay updated with the latest developments.- EndsMust Watch
Arab News
5 hours ago
- Business
- Arab News
Pakistan, US navy ships hold joint drills in North Indian Ocean
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Shamsheer and United States Ship (USS) Fitzgerald conducted an exercise in the North Indian Ocean to enhance interoperability and strengthen maritime cooperation, the Pakistan Navy said on Wednesday. The exercise follows a military stand-off between Pakistan and India in May, which also made the naval forces of the two countries adopt a hostile posture, though it did not lead to any exchange of fire at sea. Pakistan and the US navies have a long history of joint maritime cooperation through drills, bilateral training missions and multinational operations like AMAN and CTF-150. These engagements have focused on maritime security and coordinated responses to regional threats, reflecting a strategic partnership in maintaining stability in the Arabian Sea. 'PNS Shamsheer and USS Fitzgerald conducted a passage exercise in the North Indian Ocean, underscoring the maritime cooperation between the two navies,' the Pakistan Navy said in a post on X. 'The exercise featured a series of professional naval engagements aimed at enhancing interoperability,' it added. 'These interactions reaffirm the shared commitment of both navies to maritime security and regional stability.' PNS SHAMSHEER and USS FITZGERALD conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the North Indian Ocean, underscoring the maritime cooperation between the two navies. 1/2 — DGPR (Navy) (@dgprPaknavy) July 30, 2025 The PNS Shamsheer is a guided-missile frigate commissioned by the navy in December 2009. It was built in China and has a strong track record in maritime security, participating in regional patrols, anti-piracy operations multinational exercises and bilateral drills. The USS Fitzgerald is a guided-missile destroyer commissioned in October 1995 under the US Seventh Fleet. The navy drill between Pakistan and the US comes at a time when the two countries are also in the process of rejuvenating their political and economic relationship. The exercise is part of Pakistan's broader strategy to strengthen naval partnerships and reinforce its presence in the region amid ongoing strategic rivalries.
Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
US Navy sailor is feared dead after going overboard TWO days ago in Australia's Timor Sea
A US Navy Sailor is suspected to have died after falling overboard in the Timor Sea. Rescue crews have been operating around the clock in an attempt to locate the man who has been missing since Monday. Australian assets are being contributed to the search and rescue operation led by the US, which has yet to yield any results. The sailor was reported missing from the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier which is still sailing in the Timor Sea, northwest of Darwin. It remains in the area while more than 30,000 military personnel from 19 countries take part in Exercise Talisman Sabre. This biennial event is Australia's largest military training exercise and has been underway since July 17. It was due to wrap up by the end of July but rescue operations have delayed its ending as emergency teams continue searching for the lost sailor. Australia's Border Force and Defence Force have supplied a boat and an aircraft to assist the US Navy to find the soldier.
IOL News
10 hours ago
- Politics
- IOL News
Chinese, Japanese, does it matter? Of course it does, and all the more so when it's your wife!
Lawyer and political visionary Anton Lembede (1914-1947), and after whom a main street in Durban is named, was the founding President of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, formed in 1944 to counteract the 'passivity' of the ANC's older leadership. He was born near Pietermaritzburg on the white-owned farm where his father worked. His mother was a teacher, and she home-schooled him until age 13. On entering formal education, Lembede achieved exceptional results and eventually qualified as a teacher himself. In the 1930s, while stationed in the Orange Free State (and studying through Unisa), he encountered Afrikaner nationalism. Employing his training in philosophy, he espoused a rival modernised African nationalism, which advocated independence from white liberalism and international communism. Lembede's spirit underpinned the ANC's new militancy and the formulation of its 1949 Programme of Action. But Lembede did not live to enjoy the movement's successes of the 1950s (including the Defiance Campaign) – he died in 1947 aged 33 Image: On this day in history, July 30 1870 The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic, with Stafford Parker as first (and only) president. 1930 Uruguay wins the first Fifa World Cup. 1935 The first Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution. 1945 A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis – which ferried the atomic bomb from the US to an airbase on a Pacific island from where it was loaded on a bomber and dropped on Hiroshima – killing 883 seamen. Most die during over four days; some by sharks, others by dehydration. The loss of the ship is a great embarrassment for the US Navy – it is the greatest loss of life at sea from a single ship in the history of the US Navy which only noticed that the ship was missing three days later. Captain McVay, the ship's commander, is vilified and dies by his own hand. In 2000, Congress passes a resolution, signed by president Bill Clinton, that McVay's record should state that he be exonerated for the loss of Indianapolis. Although several hundred US Navy ships of the were lost in World War II, McVay was the only captain court-martialed for the sinking of his ship. 1947 Anton Lembede, teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism, dies in Johannesburg, aged 33. He was the first president of the ANC Youth League. His family listed the cause of death as cardiac failure linked to a blocked intestine. However, some speculate he may have been poisoned, but he did have a history of intestinal problems and surgery in 1940 and 1941. 1966 England beat West Germany to win the World Cup at Wembley, after extra time. 1969 An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 fighter collide over Morioka, Japan, killing 162 people. 1975 Mobster Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of a Detroit restaurant. 2018 British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt mistakenly calls his Chinese-born wife 'Japanese' in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. 2024 Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh is assassinated by Israeli secret agents in Iran's capital, Tehran. DAILY NEWS
