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Bangladesh boat capsizes, 15 killed
At least 15 women and children drowned and more than 50 others were missing after a boat overloaded with Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh as it tried to reach Malaysia Tuesday, officials said. Some 138 people ...
- February 13, 2020
PH-China oil exploration talks over
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Thursday the Philippines has ended negotiations with China for a joint oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Speaking during the Department of Foreign Affairs' ...
- June 25, 2022
US coastline to rise 30 cm by 2050
The US coastline is expected to experience up to a foot (30 centimeters) of sea-level rise by the year 2050 because of climate change, making damaging floods far more common than today, a US government study said Tuesday ...
- February 17, 2022
Over 70 escaped crocodiles recaptured in China
Dozens of crocodiles that escaped a flooded Chinese farm have all been recaptured, state media reported on Tuesday, a week after the reptilian runaways wriggled free. More than 70 reptiles escaped from a commercial crocodile ...
- September 20, 2023
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
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
26 killed in Bangladesh boat accident
At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand on Monday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh. Police said the speedboat carrying about three ...
- May 4, 2021
Filipino fisherman chased by China Coast Guard
Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam guns the motor of his tiny wooden boat as he makes a dash for the shallow waters of Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, with Chinese coast guard speedboats in hot pursuit. In ...
- September 25, 2023
US, Vietnam warn vs use of force
The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party ...
- September 12, 2023
Whale strikes boat off Australian coast, man killed
A man was killed and another was injured after a whale struck a boat off the coast of eastern Australia on Saturday, police said. The two men were thrown from the boat when it was hit at about 6 a.m. in the waters off La ...
- October 1, 2023