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Rohingya refugee boat sinks, 12 missing
At least a dozen people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the South Asian country’s coast guard said. The fishing trawler left at dawn and was ...
- October 5, 2022
Man dies in shark attack at Australian beach
A man has died following a shark attack in Australia despite the efforts of “incredibly brave” surfers and bystanders who came to his aid, authorities said Sunday. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was mauled by the shark ...
- September 6, 2021
Palace by Pasig River, a comeback
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ inauguration Thursday marked his family’s return to power 57 years after they first set foot in Malacañang. The Marcoses first occupied the official residence of the Philippine chief executive ...
- July 1, 2022
U.S. warns China vs sea campaign
The United States on Friday warned China against the use of force in disputed waters as it reaffirmed its view that Beijing’s assertive campaign in the South China Sea is illegal. The State Department voiced “concern” about ...
- February 21, 2021
Fish bone hospitalizes Uruguay's ex-president
Uruguay's leftist ex-president Jose Mujica, 85, will undergo surgery to remove a fish bone lodged in his throat, staff at the hospital where he was admitted told AFP.
- May 29, 2021
49 beached whales die
Forty-six small whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia have died, after rescue efforts succeeded in saving three others, local officials said Friday. Starting Thursday, at least 49 short-finned pilot whales arrived at a ...
- February 21, 2021
Suitcase yields 185 baby tortoises
An Ecuadorian policeman has been arrested after airport officials in the Galapagos Islands discovered 185 baby giant tortoises stuffed in a suitcase to be trafficked, prosecutors said Monday. The reptiles, no more than ...
- March 31, 2021
Alligator guards body of woman killed
An American woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog near a lagoon bordering a golf course, police said, adding the animal guarded her body and kept rescuers back.
- July 7, 2023
Fiji graves sink, fisheries shrink
The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and long-time resident Lavenia McGoon is dreading the day it claims her house. She piles old rubber car tires under the coconut trees that line the ...
- January 13, 2023
49 boys drown in dam lake
Aside from retrieving some 100 bodies from the rubble of a blown up mosque in Peshawar, Pakistani divers spent three days pulling the bodies of 49 boys underwater, victims of drowning after their tour boat sank in the ...
- February 2, 2023