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​A stack of containers with Maersk and Hamburg Sud branding is seen at Britain's biggest container port Felixstowe, where workers went on strike back in 2022.
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Is the US headed for a major port strike?

The US might be headed for a port strike less than two months after the Canadian government ordered an end to work stoppages at ports in Vancouver and Montreal. On Dec. 31, shipping powerhouse Maersk urged clients to collect their shipping containers ahead of a possible Jan. 15 strike.

Medical workers treat injured people at Ameth Bek hospital after a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 19, 2026.
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South Sudan is accusing neighboring Sudan of launching a drone strike that killed at least 73 people at a market in Abyei, a disputed, oil-rich region of roughly 4,000 square miles claimed by both countries.