As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Hungary said it will block EU military aid to Ukraine, branding the country “hostile” after an alleged plan to bomb a pipeline leaked in the press.
The death toll from the magnitude 7.5 earthquakes in southeastern Turkey continued to climb on Monday morning, as rescuers scrambled to search for the injured, missing, and dead beneath the rubble of fallen buildings. The latest count as of press time put the death toll in Turkey and Syria at over 2,300 and rising.
Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo, who on Friday declared “gas is over,” is pushing for the closure of more oil pipelines around the country just days after several states experienced gas shortages due to the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyberattack.
Prominent Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri was arrested on Wednesday on charges of “terrorism and economic sabotage,” in a case that rights groups claim is politically motivated.
