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World in brief: June 11, 2024
A stranded fin whale stuck on its belly, in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark, on June 16, 2010
Decision allows Germany’s spooks to use informants and other tools to spy on the far-right party’s activities nationwide
YEMEN: A boat carrying refugees sank off the coast on Monday, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the UN agency said today.
The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 200-mile journey across the Gulf of Aden when it sank.
Seventy-one people have been rescued, and the search is ongoing, the group said, noting that 31 women and six children are among the dead.
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