London, July 6 (IANS) Two British F-35 fighter jets intercepted and escorted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached a British aircraft carrier in the Norwegian Sea, the British Ministry of Defence said on Monday.In a post on social media platform X, the ministry said the Russian Bear-F aircraft flew “unnecessarily close” to HMS Prince of Wales, dropped multiple sonobuoys — air-dropped devices used to detect and track submarines and other underwater activity — in the …
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Washington, May 11 (IANS) An American passenger from a hantavirus-hit Dutch cruise ship has tested positive for the virus, and another has mild symptoms, the US Department of Health and Human Services have announced. All 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship are currently en route via an airlift to the United States, with the two travelling in the plane’s biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution, the department wrote in a post on the social platform X.The airlift will f…
London, May 11 (IANS) Twenty British nationals evacuated from the hantavirus-affected cruise ship MV Hondius were isolated in a northwest England hospital upon their return, as authorities stepped up outbreak containment and monitoring.The passengers landed in Manchester earlier in the day before being transferred by bus to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, Merseyside, where they will remain under medical observation for 72 hours, Xinhua news agency reported.In a joint statement, local Nationa…