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Flowers in the sand: families mourn Senegal migrants lost at sea
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» DAKAR - Fatou Fall defiantly faced the ocean and sadly laid a flower on Mbao beach near Senegal's capital Dakar in memory of her husband -- one of many who left on perilous clandestine crossings for Europe but never returned.
EU lawmakers urge international probe of Greece migrant tragedy
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers on Thursday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate.
At least 4 dead, dozens rescued in Channel small boat incident
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» LONDON: At least four people died when a small boat apparently packed with migrants capsized in freezing temperatures in the Channel overnight, the UK government said on Wednesday.
Syrian refugee swimmer hopes biopic helps others displaced
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» LONDON - Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, who almost drowned at sea fleeing her war-torn country before competing at two Olympics, hopes a new film about her life will help other displaced people.
Dutch yacht-hauler adrift off Norway, crew airlifted
AFP, Published on 07/04/2021
» OSLO: A Dutch cargo ship was adrift in the Norwegian Sea on Tuesday after all of its crew members were airlifted, with some having to jump into the rough waters to be rescued.
'Net zero' climate targets? Read the fine print
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» PARIS: The worldwide effort to prevent Earth from becoming an unlivable hothouse is in the grips of "net zero" fever.
Jellyfish thrive in the man-made disruption of the oceans
AFP, Published on 24/09/2019
» PARIS - Thousands of them plague our beaches to the horror of holidaymakers who dread their sting, but thanks to man's disruption of the oceans, jellyfish are thriving.
Libya rescuers recover 62 bodies at sea after 'worst' wreck of year
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» TRIPOLI - Rescue workers said Friday they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan coast a day after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean this year.
Tourist drowns in Lake Geneva during storm
AFP, Published on 16/06/2019
» GENEVA: A woman has drowned in Lake Geneva when her sightseeing boat sank as a violent storm battered parts of Switzerland on Saturday, police said.
How the Premier League title race and top-four battle will be decided
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» LONDON: With the Premier League title race set to go down to the wire and the battle for top-four places tighter than ever, AFP Sport takes a closer look at the remaining fixtures for each of the top six: