The European Union’s watchdog has called for a change in search and rescue rules after the sinking of the Adriana, a fishing boat carrying migrants. The Adriana sank off Greece with up to 750 people aboard, resulting in 82 confirmed deaths. Current
Two Chinese fishermen drowned off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago during a chase by the Taiwanese Coast Guard. The incident involved a Chinese vessel sailing near Kinmen island that attempted to flee but capsized. Resuscitation efforts for the deceased fishermen failed,
An Australian man “punched a kangaroo in the mouth” to save one of his beloved dogs from drowning. On Sunday, Mick Moloney was on a morning walk with his pets when he noticed one of the dogs, Hatchi, had gone missing. Looking
A white 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to drown a black teenager. Another white youth was said to have laughed and called the alleged victim ‘George Floyd’ as he complained that he couldn’t breathe. John
Zoo animals have reportedly downed after flooding following the explosion of a Soviet-era dam. Footage shared by Ukrainian officials on Twitter shows the rising warer in Kazkova Dibrova zoo. Mayor Volodymyr Kovalenko warned in the early hours of this morning that cafes,
Officials in Madagascar have recovered 34 bodies from the Indian Ocean after the sinking of a boat that was carrying migrants hoping to get to Mayotte. The boat carrying 58 passengers sailed clandestinely without going through official immigration or customs controls and
Two British nationals have drowned in the idyllic Maldives in the space of just two days, according to reports in local media outlets. A 46-year-old man died while swimming off the atoll of Rasdhoo just after 9am yesterday. The unnamed diver drowned
Four Peruvian soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where protests demanding the resignation of Peru’s president have turned violent, military officials said Monday. Two soldiers also were missing and five suffering hypothermia