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Seven oil tankers carrying 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel sail towards US

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Tankers, tracked by Greenpeace, are first phase of Trump-Putin deal – but there is uncertainty over whether they will unload Seven oil tankers carrying an estimated 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are now sailing towards the US, though it is uncertain if the vessels will be able to unload amid a political row about the legality of the shipments. The transport, tracked by the pressure group Greenpeace , is the first phase of a contentious supply deal negotiated between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin earlier this month, reversing years of…

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DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

The Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company to take down data obtained through hack The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked ⁠an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands ⁠of agency personnel, saying ⁠the content ​put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET. The database “places more than ⁠40,000 identifiable individuals at risk of harassment, stalking and physical harm”, the request said.