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Roughly 900 F.B.I. agents have been given temporary assignments to help with immigration enforcement
F.B.I. agents are investigators not trained in patrol-focused policing
Many others are inexperienced in handling immigration cases
F.B.I. agents on such assignments are often used to provide additional security on street
It was not clear if agency leaders would need to pull additional personnel from nearby cities
Violent crime in city hit 30-year low last year
Crime in Washington is spiraling out of control
Agents were participating in increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington
One of first Houthi targets involved hijacking in November 2023 of Galaxy Leader car-carrier ship traveling back empty from Europe to Asia
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said China has been playing active role in easing tensions since situation in Red Sea escalated will continue to contribute to early restoration of peace and tranquillity in Red Sea
China buys almost all of Iran’s crude oil exports which represent 6 percent of Iran’s entire economy are equal to half of Iranian government’s annual budget
Ship’s 25-member crew was held hostage for 14 months in Yemen finally released in January but Houthis kept ship at Yemeni port
Chinese officials contend boycotts of Iran’s oil exports were organized by West but never approved by United Nations so are not binding on Chinese oil companies
Automakers are sending these newly built vessels through Red Sea anyway
Chinese automakers notably BYD and SAIC Motor have taken delivery in recent months from Chinese shipyards of some of world’s largest ships designed specially to carry cars
This reduces costs for fuel crews and ships by couple hundred dollars per car
Shipowners in Europe and Asia mostly refuse to allow companies to charter their vessels for such trips
Commercial insurers in London have become wary of insuring such voyages charging higher rates when they do
BYD and other Chinese automakers partly bypassed those tariffs by sending hybrid cars that mainly use battery-powered electric motors with small gasoline engines as backups
Chinese automakers face other costs thousands of dollars for each car from tariffs European Union imposed on electric vehicles from China last year