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Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY — High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell.
Ukrainian suspect arrested in Italy over Nord Stream blasts
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» BERLIN - A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines from Russia to Europe in 2022, German prosecutors said Thursday.
Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) — Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands.
Tourist family, pilot killed in 'tragic' New York helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» NEW YORK — Six people including three children were killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, sparking a major water rescue operation, authorities said.
Trump blames 'diversity' for deadly Washington airliner collision
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump -- speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's Potomac River -- launched an extraordinary political attack Thursday, blaming diversity hires for the midair collision between an airliner and a military helicopter.
Volunteer divers guard Oman's 'unique' coral reefs
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» DAYMANIYAT ISLANDS (OMAN) - On a sailing boat anchored off Oman's pristine Daymaniyat Islands, volunteer divers pull on wetsuits, check their scuba tanks and then take turns plunging into the clear turquoise water.
Greece launches rescue effort in flooded villages
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» VOLOS, Greece - Greek rescue services were trying to reach dozens of villagers in central Greece Thursday, after deadly storms that saw more than a year's worth of rain fall there in 24 hours.
Archaeologists uncover Europe's oldest stilt village
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» LIN (ALBANIA) - Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the "Pearl of the Balkans", scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the mystery of why it sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes.
Rubbish-clearing divers rescue 'pearl of Kyrgyzstan'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» ISSYK KUL LAKE, Kyrgyzstan: On the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in mountainous Kyrgyzstan, a group of divers show off their haul for the day — a boat engine, car tyres, bottles, clothes and plastic items.
Rescuers search for missing submersible near Titanic wreck
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» BOSTON: Rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday in their search for a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board.