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Major Japan quake kills six, triggers tsunami waves
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» KANAZAWA (JAPAN) - At least six people died in a major earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day, triggering tsunami waves over a metre high, damaging homes and sparking a major fire that wreaked destruction overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
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.
One dead, four missing after two cargo ships collide in North Sea
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» BERLIN - One person has died and four are missing from the crew of a cargo ship that sank after colliding with another vessel in the North Sea, German authorities said on Tuesday.
France wins suit over history-making shipwreck off US coast
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - More than 450 years ago, a three-masted ship sank in a hurricane off the coast of Florida, taking with it France's hopes of colonizing the peninsula.
Uruguay abandons plan to melt, recast Nazi bronze
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» MONTEVIDEO - Uruguayan authorities are reversing plans to melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken Nazi ship and recast it as a dove of peace, the president said Sunday.
Hunger pains on Slave Island as Sri Lanka's food prices rocket
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» COLOMBO - His hair is neatly combed but his cheeks are sunken and veins visible on his gaunt frame: like many Sri Lankans, Milton Pereira and his family cannot afford to buy enough food.
Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» KARAMOJA (UGANDA) - In one of Uganda's poorest and most lawless regions, anxious mothers clutch bone-thin infants in a malnutrition ward, terrified their child could be next to succumb to starvation in Karamoja.
Thousands of sheep drown as Sudan ship sinks
AFP, Published on 13/06/2022
» KHARTOUM (SUDAN) - An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep sank Sunday in Sudan's Red Sea port of Suakin drowning most animals on board but with all crew surviving, officials said.
Explosions still echo in Ukraine's devastated port of Mariupol
AFP, Published on 30/04/2022
» MARIUPOL (UKRAINE) - Charred buildings, sunken ships and scattered shrapnel in the port of Mariupol remain a stark reminder of a siege endured by the Ukrainian city recently captured by Moscow during a military campaign in its pro-Western neighbour.
10 dead, 11 missing as Spanish trawler sinks off Canada
AFP, Published on 16/02/2022
» MONTREAL - At least 10 fishermen died and 11 others were missing Tuesday after a trawler from Spain sank in rough seas off eastern Canada, officials said, with poor weather reducing chances of finding more survivors.