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Fire extinguished, ship still adrift
Officials say the fire burning on a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars headed to the United States has subsided after a week ablaze, but they are unsure when a crew will be able to reach the load. On Tuesday, a Portuguese navy caption confirmed the smoke and visible flames aboard the Felicity Ace were gone. Officials said that although the inside of the ship was still hot, firefighters plan to stabilize the vessel and assess the cars’ condition. On Feb. 16, the 650-foot, 60,000-ton cargo ship that holds thousands of luxury cars, including 1,000 Porsches, Bentleys and Audis, was left floating across the Atlantic Ocean after it caught fire near Terceira Island in the Azores, a Portuguese island territory. The 22 crew members on board were safely lifted out of the burning ship via helicopter.
Enough force gathered to launch Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia has massed nearly all the forces – infantry, artillery,…
