Concerns of possible sabotage in the Baltic Sea continue to rile northern Europe

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The Danish military confirmed on Thursday it is monitoring a Chinese ship off the country’s coast. The vessel was reportedly in the Baltic Sea where two undersea data cables were severed in recent days. Finnish, Swedish and German authorities have launched investigations into the event. The World’s Joshua Coe happened to be on the shore where the two ships, Chinese and Danish, passed by.

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