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Sri Lanka says Chinese military survey ship will port only to refuel

A Chinese military survey ship will visit a strategic port in crisis-hit Sri Lanka later this month only to refuel, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, after neighbouring India raised concerns over the vessel's journey to the Indian Ocean island.

Reuters

Wet spring ahead: Australia braces for more rain as BoM declares negative Indian Ocean dipole

Meteorologist says it is the first time since reliable weather records began that negative IOD events have occurred in back-to-back years

The Guardian - AU

Nasa criticises China over uncontrolled rocket crash in Indian Ocean

The rocket fell into the Indian Ocean at around 4.45pm GMT on Saturday

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Chinese Booster Rocket Makes Uncontrolled Return to Earth

A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about the potentially hazardous object's descent. US Space Command "can confirm the People's Republic of China (PRC) Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approx…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rocket booster won't hit the kingdom: space agency

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) says debris from the 21-tonne rocket booster of China's Long March 5B rocket will not hit Thailand and is likely to fall into the Indian Ocean on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information

(Removes extra word 'said' in paragraph 2)

Reuters

Discovering the magic of Kenya - from the wildlife to the incredible beaches

Thomas Bristow discovers the magic of Kenya – from the wildlife of the Maasai Mara bush to the gorgeous beaches of the Indian Ocean

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BOM Has Dropped Its Aussie Spring Weather Outlook And Dryness Is A Fantasy, You Fools

The Bureau of Meteorology’s spring weather outlook indicates the rain is here to stay thanks to the Indian Ocean Dipole climate driver.

Pedestrian.tv

Army Chief General Manoj Pande holds talks with top Maldivian commander

Maldives is one of India's key maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region

The Hindu

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka woos foreign oil firms amid fuel shortages

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka invited on Tuesday expressions of interest from oil companies in petroleum-producing nations seeking to import and sell petroleum products as the Indian Ocean island opens its market amid acute fuel shortages.

Reuters

Lawyer criticises prosecution process over 'delay' in case linked to Michaela McAreavey probe

The 27-year-old was strangled in her room at the Legends Hotel on the Indian Ocean island on January 10 2011.

Irish Mirror

China's Xi offers Sri Lanka's new president support amid crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Sri Lanka's new president his support on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the Indian Ocean island grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Songs Of Rare Pygmy Blue Whales Picked Up By Nuclear Bomb Detectors

The distinctive songs of rare pygmy blue whales have been picked up by underwater nuclear bomb detectors.

Zenger

Iran navy announces drone division in Indian Ocean during Biden's Middle East visit

Iran on Friday announced its first drone division in the Indian Ocean, state TV said, as U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Middle East to rally Arab support to counter Iranian threats.

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The Conversation

Sri Lanka riots: how the tiny Indian Ocean island nation got into such a mess

The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just hours before he was due to resign in the face of massive popular protests which culminated on July 9 with crowds…

The Independent UK

Tuna catch dries up for Kenya's local fisherfolk

Artisanal fisheries on Kenya’s coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks

The Conversation

How marine fisheries can add millions of tonnes to Africa's catch

The African continent produces seven million tonnes of marine fish a year. This capture has increased in recent years thanks to improved catches in west Africa and the end of Somalian piracy in the Indian Ocean.

The Independent UK

Mauritius drops all remaining Covid travel rules

Indian Ocean island had previously required testing and quarantine from unvaccinated travellers

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The Independent UK

Sri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China

Sri Lanka’s strategic location on Indian Ocean shipping lanes has long attracted outsized interest in the small island nation from regional giants China and India

Irish Mirror

Hopes of justice for Michaela McAreavey dashed as case against man on theft charge is thrown out

EXCLUSIVE: Michaela, 27, was strangled in her room at the Legends Hotel on the Indian Ocean island on January 10, 2011.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lanka Stops Fuel Supply to Non-essential Services as Crisis Worsens

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at…

The Independent UK

To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseries

The marine area off the coast of Kenya at Wasini Island, jointly managed by a foundation and the island’s community, has been planting over 8,000 corals a year since 2010 and placed about 800 artificial reef structures in the channel in a bid to restore Wasini’s coral gardens

The Conversation

Four novelists, one ocean: how Indian Ocean literature can remap the world

Novels make worlds. They create an intuitive sense and mental image of a place. And the senses of space produced by fiction shape how readers see the world itself, just like maps do.

Reuters

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka gets $55-million credit line from India for fertilisers

Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a $55-million credit line from India's Exim Bank for the crisis-stricken Indian Ocean nation to buy fertilisers, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

South Africa court to rule on Shell offshore oil exploration

A South African court is to rule on efforts to stop British oil giant Shell from conducting any further seismic surveys in the country’s Indian Ocean waters to explore for offshore oil and gas deposits

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