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Rising Tensions Leave Ships Stranded in Key Oil Passage

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz ⁠was closed for a fourth day on Tuesday, choking off a key artery accounting for about 20% of global oil and gas supply. Greece’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, has raised urgent concerns over an increasingly alarming situation in the Strait of Hormuz, where dozens of vessels remain stranded amid escalating conflict involving Iran. He emphasized the need to safeguard global shipping and protect seafarers as the strategic waterway—responsible for roughly 20% of global oil and gas flows—remains closed for a fourth consecutive day.  The closure has disrupted international trade routes and heightened anxiety across the maritime sector. Greek authorities have urged shipowners to exercise maximum caution and avoid high‑risk zones in the wider Persian Gulf region as tensions continue to rise. The prolonged shutdown underscores the vulnerability of global supply chains to geopolitical instability and highlights th...
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Riddles and Answers


                                      

Riddles are a great way to challenge your mind and have some fun. They can also help you improve your vocabulary, logic and creativity. Here are some good riddles for the day that you can try to solve. Don't worry, the answers are provided at the end of the post.

 
Riddles:  

1.  I have a face, two hands, and a tail, but no arms, legs or head. I can tell you the time, but I don't know it myself. What am I?

2.  What invention lets you look right through a wall?


3.  What is always running but never moves, has no mouth but can speak, has no head but can weep?


4.  I have a name that's not mine, and no one cares about me in their prime. People cry at my sight, and lie by me all day and night. What am I?


5.  What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?


Answers:

1. A clock.

2. A window.

3. A river.

4. A tombstone.

5. Silence.


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