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Indonesia beefs up sea patrols amid China spat
Indonesia is stepping up sea and aerial patrols of islands near the disputed South China Sea, an official said Saturday, following a diplomatic spat over "trespassing" Chinese vessels. Military aircraft and three warships ...
- January 5, 2020
Fins from 38,500 endangered sharks seized
Hong Kong has seized 26 tones of smuggled shark fins, sliced from some 38,500 endangered animals, in the largest bust of its kind in the southern Chinese city. The record haul was discovered in two containers from Ecuador, ...
- May 8, 2020
HK penguin carers work overtime
Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life, for the penguins of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, has been much the same during the coronavirus pandemic, but their carers have worked long shifts to keep the monochrome troupe healthy. ...
- May 6, 2020
Penguins get chance to explore zoo
One cute group is making the most of Singapore’s partial virus lockdown—penguins at the city-state’s zoo, who are being given the run of the empty complex and reveling in the chance to do some exploring. With the zoo closed ...
- May 2, 2020
Vietnamese fisheman killed in SCS clash
The Malaysian coast guard shot dead a Vietnamese fisherman whose boat tried to ram a patrol vessel in the South China Sea, an official said on Monday. The incident took place inside Malaysian waters, where local fisherman ...
- August 18, 2020
38 Filipino crew missing as cargo ship sinks in Japan; Pinoy sailor rescued
A Panamanian-registered freighter cargo ship carrying 43 crew, including 39 Filipinos and 5,800 cows, sank off the waters of Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. But, the Department of Foreign ...
- September 4, 2020
Danish fishermen hope to keep access to British waters in Brexit deal
In Thyboron, a port in western Denmark, the sky is grey and overcast and fishermen look just as gloomy as soon as the word Brexit is mentioned. Almost all of the 2,000 people who live here know a fisherman whose livelihood ...
- November 10, 2020
Amazon could be gone in 50 years as it crosses threshold
The Amazon rain forest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, ...
- March 13, 2020
China fishing boat detained by Taiwan ally Palau
An illegal Chinese fishing vessel and its 28 crew have been detained in Palau, authorities said, creating a delicate diplomatic situation for the tiny Pacific nation, which is allied with Beijing's rival Taiwan.
- December 16, 2020
Search for cargo ship crew halted: 2 rescued Filipino crewmen contact families
Japanese authorities on Saturday temporarily suspended their search for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, as waves and strong wind caused by an approaching storm hampered the operation. ...
- September 6, 2020