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Anonymous ID: 8e1a1d April 21, 2022, 9:30 a.m. No.16121010   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1263 >>1266 >>1569 >>1702 >>1743

Biden Bans Russian Ships From US Ports

Reuters

 

By David Shepardson

 

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States will ban Russian-affiliated ships from American ports, joining Canada and European nations,in the latest step to pressure Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

 

The White House will release a proclamation with more details. Reuters first reported Biden’s planed action on Thursday and reported in early March the ban was under consideration by the White House.

 

“That means no ship, no ship that sails under the Russian flag or that is owned or operated by a Russian entity will be allowed to dock in a United States port or access our shores. None,” Biden said Thursday.

 

The sources said that in 2021 Russian vessels made about 1,800 visits, a small percentage of overall traffic. The issue prompted an extensive Biden administration review to ensure the ban on Russian ships would not seriously impact U.S. supply chains.

 

Canada on March 1 shuts its ports to Russian-owned ships and barred them from Canadian waters and many European countries have also taken the same step.

 

The United States previously barred Russian airplanes from U.S. airspace, joining Canada and European nations in the action, and has banned Russian oil imports, which accounted for much of the prior Russian ship traffic to the United States.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-ban-russian-affiliated-ships-us-ports-sources-2022-04-21/

Anonymous ID: 8e1a1d April 21, 2022, 9:50 a.m. No.16121189   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Thousands flee as Arizona wildfire almost triples in size

 

April 20 (Reuters) - A wind-driven Arizona wildfire almost tripled in area on Wednesday after burning dozens of structures and forcing thousands to flee their homes in a drought-hit rural area.

 

The blaze, dubbed the Tunnel Fire, swept northeast over largely unpopulated hills and valleys 14 miles (23 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona, according to a U.S. Forest Service statement.

 

Flames burned 16,625 acres, an area larger than Manhattan, moving through the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument which has a visitor center and hiking trails, the release said.

 

Driven by traditional gusty spring winds, the blaze forced more than 2,000 residents from their homes, the Coconino county Board of Supervisors said.

 

At least 25 structures were burned after the fire moved through parts of the Wupatki Trails and Timberline Estates communities, which are built in pine forest, the county sheriff's office said.

 

The area is part of a swathe of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado caught in more than two decades of largely unrelenting drought after average temperatures in the area rose about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century, according to data from the Desert Research Institute and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

Around 360 miles to the east, an elderly couple died in their in Ruidoso, New Mexico, home last week when a wildfire destroyed hundreds of houses and forced thousands to flee the mountain town.

 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/raging-wildfire-arizona-forces-more-than-2000-residents-flee-2022-04-20/