Western Pacific

Tuesday, 02 November 2021

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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update (2 November 2021)

Reliefweb 03 Nov 2021

Data as of 31 October 2021 ... New weekly deaths increased by 8% as compared with the previous week, with over 50 000 new fatalities. The observed rise in new weekly deaths has been mainly driven by the South-East Asia Region, which reported the largest increase (50%), followed by the European Region (12%) and the Western Pacific Region (10%) ... .

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US nuclear sub struck uncharted seamount in South China Sea

Straits Times 02 Nov 2021

The US 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut smashed into a geological formation and not another vessel on Oct 2 ... US nuclear sub hit 'object' in Asia-Pacific.

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US Nuclear Submarine Struck Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea: Navy Investigation

The Epoch Times 02 Nov 2021

A spokesperson for the 7th fleet, which operates in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans, told media outlets that a probe determined that the vessel had collided with a geological formation.

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APAC Ranks First On Global List of Regions Interested In NFT

CoinGape 02 Nov 2021

According to recent Google Trends data, people from the Asia-Pacific APAC region of the world were the most interested in the word “NFT”, over the past year ... Abbasi then added in his final remarks that the Asia-Pacific countries are typically more used to cashless and digitized systems than western ones, hence their wide adoption of NFTs.

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Vaccine mix-match yields higher antibody levels: study

Taipei Times 02 Nov 2021

The clinical trial conducted by National Taiwan University (NTU) Hospital recruited 400 participants, who were divided into four groups of 100 people each, Chang, an NTU executive vice president, told reporters on the sidelines of the 10th TEPHINET Southeast Asia/Western Pacific Bi-Regional Scientific Conference in Taipei.

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US nuclear sub struck uncharted seamount

Urdu Point 02 Nov 2021

The US 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut smashed into a geological formation and not another vessel on October 2 ... in the Indo-Pacific region," a 7th Fleet spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

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US Navy says submarine hit underwater mountain in South China Sea

Anadolu Agency 02 Nov 2021

... operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region,” the US Navy said in a statement ... Karl Thomas, commander of the 7th Fleet, which operates in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans.

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US Navy finds damaged nuclear sub hit underwater mountain

Democratic Underground 02 Nov 2021

The 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut smashed into a geological formation and not another vessel on ...

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US nuclear submarine severely damaged in collision ‘didn’t hit another ship’

The Independent 02 Nov 2021

The US 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific Ocean, began an investigation to find the cause.

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Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Connecticut struck 'uncharted sea mount' in South China Sea, injuring 11 ...

The Daily Mail 02 Nov 2021

But the 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, determined after an investigation that there had been no foul play in the incident, concluding that the Connecticut smashed into a mountain rising from the sea bed on October 2 ... The 7th Fleet, which operates in the western ...

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My day at COP26: 'What it's like to fight for my country's survival'

BBC News 02 Nov 2021

Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner, a poet and activist, is at COP26 as a climate envoy for the Republic of the Marshall Islands - a sprawling nation of more than 1,200 low-lying atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean ... We had an 08.00 meeting with the President of Palau - another island country in the western Pacific ... GETTY IMAGES ... .

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Bay Area TV Sports: What to watch on Wednesday-Thursday

East Bay Times 02 Nov 2021

Wednesday TV/Radio. Baseball. WS Game 7. Braves at Astros (if nec.) 5 p.m.�FOX College football. Central Michigan at Western Michigan 4 p.m.�ESPNU. Northern Illinois at Kent State 4 p.m.�ESPN2 Golf. Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship midnight ESPN2 Horse racing. Trackside Live 10 a.m.�TVG ... CONCACAF ... ATP Paris ... Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship midnight ESPN2.

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Tree ring helps to reveal intensification of hydroclimatic change in middle reaches of Yangtz River

Phys Dot Org 02 Nov 2021

Hydroclimate is an important part of the global climate system ... The historical summer hydroclimatic variation, which were found closely related to the concurrent temperature variations, might be a comprehensive effect of Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variations ... DOI.

photo: AP / Thiep Van Nguyen II/U.S. Navy

In this Dec. 15, 2016, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) departs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for sea trials following a maintenance availability.

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Navy investigation finds that US nuclear-powered submarine hit uncharted underwater mountain

CNN 02 Nov 2021

"The investigation determined USS CONNECTICUT grounded on an uncharted seamount while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region," a 7th Fleet spokesperson told CNN in a statement. US 7th Fleet operates in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans ... None of the injuries were life-threatening ... Read More ... .

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