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Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 more people
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - US forces have killed six more people in strikes on alleged drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the campaign's total number of deaths -- which critics describe as illegal executions -- to 76.
The US standoff with Venezuela: what we know
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has ordered a major military buildup in Latin America that he says is to combat drug trafficking, but which his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro fears is aimed at regime change in Caracas.
US says two dead in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Pacific
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - A new US strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat killed two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, announcing Washington's first such attack on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean.
Colombia recalls ambassador to US as Trump-Petro feud intensifies
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» BOGOTá — Colombia on Monday recalled its ambassador to the United States as a public feud between the nations' leaders heated up with President Donald Trump revoking aid and threatening punishing tariffs, or more.
Sea life thriving on unexploded Nazi bombs, sub discovers
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» PARIS - Marine life is thriving on unexploded Nazi bombs sitting at the bottom of a German bay, a submersible has discovered, even capturing footage of starfishes creeping across a huge chunk of TNT.
Paris Titanic exhibition opens in shadow of explorer's sub disaster death
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» PARIS - A major exhibition dedicated to the Titanic opened in Paris on Tuesday, with many of the objects on display brought up from the ship's wreck by a French deep-sea explorer who died in a submersible disaster last month.
Titanic sub debris hauled ashore in Canada
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» OTTAWA - Mangled debris recovered from the small submersible that was destroyed when it imploded during a recent dive to the Titanic wreck was offloaded Wednesday in eastern Canada, bringing to an end a difficult search-and-recovery operation.
The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The Titanic inspired a tear-jerking blockbuster and expeditions to its watery gravesite -- including a fatal one this week -- but viral TikTok videos peddle a stunning conspiracy theory: the ship never sank.
Titan sub: what is a 'catastrophic implosion'?
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» BOSTON - A "catastrophic implosion," such as that believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible, would have happened with incredible force and speed given the crushing water pressure on the floor of the ocean.