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Indian Ocean exploration mission makes historic broadcast

Indian Ocean exploration mission makes historic broadcast

ALPHONSE ISLAND, Seychelles (AP) — A British-led scientific mission to document changes taking place beneath the Indian Ocean has broadcast its first live, television-quality video transmission from a two-person submersible.

Monsoon storms and fierce underwater currents continued to present a challenge at greater depths as scientific work began in earnest on Tuesday off the Seychelles.

The first…

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Explorers to send 1st live video broadcast from ocean depths

Explorers to send 1st live video broadcast from ocean depths

ALPHONSE ATOLL, Seychelles (AP) — Explorers are set to deliver the first live video broadcast from deep below an ocean’s surface.

Early next week, a submersible is expected to dive to 300 meters (nearly 1,000 feet) off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean and send images to a satellite transmitter on the mother ship. The Associated Press will send that footage around the world.

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Scientists begin exploring Indian Ocean depths in Seychelles

Scientists begin exploring Indian Ocean depths in Seychelles

ALPHONSE ATOLL, Seychelles (AP) — An unprecedented mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves began its research on Thursday, in Seychelles waters.

The British-led Nekton Mission arrived off the tiny atoll of Alphonse in the early morning hours, after looming bad weather forced a change of plan and of route.

The ambitious expedition will delve into one…

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RIMBO, Sweden | UN chief says Yemen's warring sides agreed on Hodeida truce

RIMBO, Sweden | UN chief says Yemen’s warring sides agreed on Hodeida truce

RIMBO, Sweden— The United Nations secretary general on Thursday announced that Yemen’s warring sides have agreed after week-long peace talks in Sweden to a province-wide cease-fire in Hodeida and a withdrawal of troops from the contested Red Sea port city.

Antonio Guterres thanked the Yemeni delegations for what he called “an important step” and “real progress toward future talks to end the…

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RIMBO, Sweden | UN envoy hands Yemen's warring sides draft deal

RIMBO, Sweden | UN envoy hands Yemen’s warring sides draft deal

RIMBO, Sweden — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Wednesday gave the country’s warring sides at peace talks underway in Sweden a draft agreement they need to consider before this round of negotiations wraps up the following day.

The document consists of a set of proposals, including one for a political framework for a post-war Yemen, the reopening of the airport in the capital, Sanaa, and a…

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RIMBO, Sweden | UN says civilian casualties in Yemen average 123 per week

RIMBO, Sweden | UN says civilian casualties in Yemen average 123 per week

RIMBO, Sweden— The United Nations‘ refugee agency said Friday that there have been nearly 1,500 civilian casualties in Yemen from August through October, the latest grim tally to emerge from a four-year civil war as opposing parties hold talks in Sweden.

UNHCR urged the two sides to do more to protect civilians, saying data from Yemen shows an average of 123 civilian killed and wounded every week…

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RIMBO, Sweden | Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks

RIMBO, Sweden | Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks

RIMBO, Sweden — Yemen’s warring sides agreed to a broad prisoner swap Thursday, sitting down in the same room together for the first time in years at U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden aimed at halting a catastrophic war that has brought the country to the brink of famine.

Hopes were high that the talks wouldn’t deteriorate into further violence as in the past, and that the prisoner exchange…

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RIMBO, Sweden | UN-sponsored peace talks for Yemen start in Sweden

RIMBO, Sweden | UN-sponsored peace talks for Yemen start in Sweden

RIMBO, Sweden— Representatives from Yemen’s warring sides sat in the same room in Sweden on Thursday as U.N.-sponsored peace talks for the war-torn Arab country got underway, aimed at halting a catastrophic three-year civil war.

Sweden’s foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, opened the talks at a castle in Rimbo, a town north of Stockholm, wishing the Yemen adversaries strength to find “compromise…

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