We are Renata Brito and Felipe Dana, journalists for The Associated Press. For nearly two years, we assembled puzzle pieces from across three continents to uncover the story of a mysterious Mauritanian boat — and the people it carried from hope to death. Ask us anything.

In 2021, a small boat carrying the bodies of more than a dozen men drifted onto the horizon off the coast of Tobago. What is clear now, but was not then, is this: 135 days earlier, 43 people were believed to have left a port city in Africa nearly 3,000…

April 21, 2023
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Tulip time: ‘People live here’

It’s tulip and daffodil time again in Skagit County, and once again tourists are flocking to view the beautiful Skagit Valley. However, there is a downside to popularity of the beauty — traffic. It is not just increased traffic on our roads, which we e…

April 21, 2023
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Chinese Mine Operating Company Announces To Cut Production Over Non-Payment of Dues By Pakistan

Islamabad: The relationship between "all-weather" ally Pakistan and China is deteriorating over the non-payment of dues by Islamabad, reported The Nation.Delayed payments have been a recurring problem and have impacted the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) significantly.Chinese mine operating company recently announced that it will be forced to cut production by half due to the non-payment

April 21, 2023
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