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Fifteen dead, 28 missing as ferry sinks in southern Philippines
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» MANILA - A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank Monday morning in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said.
Typhoon Matmo threatens holiday travel in China
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2025
» HONG KONG - Chinese authorities were preparing to cancel all flights and ferries serving Hainan on Saturday night before Typhoon Matmo strikes, disrupting a peak holiday travel period for the southern resort island.
Machu Picchu protest strands hundreds of tourists
Reuters, Published on 17/09/2025
» LIMA - At least 900 tourists were stranded near the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru on Tuesday, the country’s tourism minister said, after a passenger train service was suspended due to a protest.
Two tourists die as gale-force winds lash Greece
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» ATHENS - Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting tens of thousands of summer travellers, and sparked wildfires.
A French sailor's personal 'Plastic Odyssey'
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PARIS - Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016.
Greece on high alert as heat and wind fuel fire outbreaks
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» ATHENS - A new fire broke out on Friday near the Greek capital, Athens, as the country was put on high alert for wildfires due to increased temperatures and strong winds.
Hundreds of thousands join Istanbul protest rally
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» ISTANBUL — Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Istanbul Saturday calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu which sparked Turkey's worst street unrest in over a decade.
Record November snowfall hits Seoul
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea’s capital was blanketed on Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall on record, with bad weather snarling traffic, knocking out power and grounding hundreds of flights as authorities braced for more snow in coming days.
41 passengers injured as Hong Kong ferry bumps into pier
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/11/2024
» About 40 passengers suffered slight injuries when a ferry bumped into a pier in Hong Kong's financial district while docking on Friday morning.
China's navy includes civilian ferry in military transport drill
South China Morning Post, Published on 26/07/2023
» China's navy deployed a civilian ferry to transport troops and trucks in a test of amphibious warfare skills seen as key to an attack on Taiwan.