Superyacht ‘Bayesian’: British luxury yacht that sank in storm lifted off Sicilian coast; probe underway

[ad_1] The body of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank near Palermo, Sicily, on August 19, 2024 is lifted by cranes during salvage operations off the village of Porticciolo (Image credit: AP) A British-flagged luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, Italy last year killing UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others was […]

Ship collision and fire Off UAE coast caused by navigational error, officials say | World News

[ad_1] The Front Eagle, carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil to Zhoushan, China, collided at 13.1 knots with the Adalynn, which was heading empty toward the Suez Canal/ Image resolution reconstructed with AI In the early hours of Tuesday, June 17, two large vessels, oil tanker ADALYNN and cargo ship Front Eagle, collided approximately […]

Four Ivory Coast opposition figures barred from October presidential vote

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) ABIDJAN: Four prominent opposition figures in Ivory Coast have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections later this year.Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), was struck from the voter roll in […]

Small plane crashes off Connecticut Coast; man and teen pulled out from water

[ad_1] A small plane carrying a 41-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl crashed into the Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut on Sunday morning, but both miraculously survived with only minor injuries, according to the New York Post.The six-seater Piper PA-32 went down near the Thimble Islands around 10.30 am, about ten minutes […]

Watch: US Coast Guard intercepts smugglers in eastern Pacific ocean, drugs worth millions seized

[ad_1] US Coast Guard intercepts smugglers in eastern Pacific ocean, drugs worth millions seized Watch: US Coast Guard intercepts smugglers in eastern Pacific ocean, drugs worth millions seizedA viral video released by the US Coast Guard shows a gripping drug interdiction operation in the eastern Pacific Ocean, where service members aboard the USCGC Kimball executed […]

Twelve children and teens drown in Ivory coast boat capsize: Minister

[ad_1] ABIDJAN: A boat overturned during a church outing for Easter on a lagoon near the city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, killing 12 children and teenagers, a government minister told AFP Tuesday.“Twelve bodies have been recovered and are being taken to the morgue,” said Sports Minister Adje Silas Metch, who went during the night […]

Six dead in easter weekend tragedy as giant waves slam Australia’s East Coast

[ad_1] A fisherman died on Sunday after being swept off rocks near Sydney, pushing the Easter weekend drowning toll in Australia to six, with two more still missing as massive swells continued to batter the country’s eastern coast.Emergency services were called to Wattamolla Beach, south of Sydney, where two people had been dragged into the […]

How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast

[ad_1] Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible. [ad_2] Source link

Ivory Coast opposition names Tidjane Thiam as the presidential candidate

[ad_1] Oppositional party candidate Tidjane Thiam (Source: Instagram/Tidjane Thiam) ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast’s main opposition party on Thursday formally named its leader Tidjane Thiam as its candidate for the October presidential election. The 62-year-old former Credit Suisse bank chief executive was the only contender for the centre-right Democratic Party (PDCI).Tensions in the wealthy west African country […]

Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

[ad_1] POINTE A LA HACHE: Oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the first of dozens of pending lawsuits to reach trial in Louisiana […]