Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus
Rico Krieger appeared in a heavily choreographed interview on Belarusian state television A German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in a heavily choreograp… [read more]
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Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines
Waves crash on the coast of Sansha town, Fujan Province, as Typhoon Gaemi approaches Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines. More than… [read more]
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100 bottles of champagne found in 19th Century wreck
When divers in the Baltic Sea first saw the wreck on the sonar, they thought it was a fishing boat. But when they went to investigate, they found a 19th Century sailing ship, “loaded to the sides” w… [read more]
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Tanker with 1500 tonnes of oil sinks off Philippines
A tanker carrying close to 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel has capsized off the Philippine capital on Thursday, causing an oil spill, officials say. Sixteen crew members of the Philippine-flag… [read more]
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Weather impedes rescue of stricken ship near Falklands
Poor weather is hampering an operation to rescue the crew of a fishing vessel who were forced to abandon ship about 200 nautical miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands, leaving 27 people strande… [read more]
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Ghosts of Olympics past leave their mark in Paris
By Hugh Schofield, Paris Correspondent Paris has hosted the Summer Olympics twice before – in 1900 and 1924 (pictured) If Greece is the cradle of the Olympics, Paris represents its home. So begins… [read more]
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Hurricanes Are Trapping Small Island Nations in Ever-Worsening Spirals of Debt
By the time Beryl arrived, Grenada had already spent 20 years recovering from Hurricane Ivan (2004), a disaster that cost a staggering 200 percent of GDP and precipitated a debt crisis. In neighborin… [read more]
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Shackleton’s Endurance ship gets extra protection
By Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science correspondent Endurance rests on the seafloor at a depth of 3,000m A protection perimeter drawn around Endurance, one of the world’s greatest shipwrecks, is bein… [read more]
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Seaside city’s secrets hidden in underground tunnels
By Zac Sherratt, BBC News, South East Simon Furber, BBC Sussex There have long been rumours about why a king had tunnels built under his place of residence in Brighton Millions of people pass thro… [read more]
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‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Beryl moves towards Jamaica
By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News Fishing boats were damaged in Barbados even though it escaped the worst of the hurricane A deadly hurricane which has been tearing through the Caribbean is inten… [read more]
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