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Filipino survivor: Livestock ship with 42 crew sank off Japan coast
Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a Filipino survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. The ...
- September 4, 2020
Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
Japan announced yesterday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting the animals for commercial use, but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings of ...
- December 27, 2018
Japan fish cesium levels remain
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a signal that the seafloor or leakage from the damaged reactors must be ...
- October 30, 2012
Mississippi braces for flooding amid cresting river
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) amid predictions that a river running in the area around the state capital of Jackson could burst its banks and spark widespread ...
- February 17, 2020
Rare dolphin
New Zealand announced plans Friday to restrict fishing in some regions try to save the world's smallest and rarest dolphin from extinction. Experts estimate there are only 55 maui's dolphins remaining. Unique to the South ...
- September 7, 2013
Toxic Spill
A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying Friday it was unclear when it might be safe again for even ...
- January 12, 2014
Carpio book on sea row challenges China
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has launched a book that says China’s claims to virtually the entire South China Sea are baseless and said he would make an electronic copy in Mandarin available on the ...
- May 6, 2017
Crew fined for entering restricted reef area
Australian authorities signaled their seriousness about protecting the Great Barrier Reef with a court issuing fines Friday for a ship that entered a restricted area a day after a coal carrier ran aground and tore a huge ...
- April 17, 2010
Japan proposes end to commercial whaling ban
Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure. But the proposal faces ...
- September 12, 2018
Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China.
The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...
- January 11, 2014