UN completes oil transfer from Yemen’s ‘timebomb’ tanker
13 August 2023 |
10:22 am
The UN said over 1 million barrels of oil have been removed from the tanker, off Yemen's Red Sea coast. For years, the UN and other organizations had sounded the alarm over the dangers surrounding the corroding vessel.
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