Yacht-sized passenger boat runs aground in high surf off Hawaii beach
HONOLULUA yacht-sized passenger boat named Discovery ran aground near Honolulu's Kewalo Basin Harbor during high surf, with two crew members ...
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Tsunami warning issued after 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits near country of Tonga
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake near Tonga led to a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country, with the epicenter located ...
Rescue teams empty 1,500 tons of oil from Russian tanker
Rescue workers in southern Russia have removed almost 1,500 tons of oil from a grounded tanker that caused a devastating ...
Hiker found 2 weeks after he got lost in a remote Australian mountain range
Hiker Hadi Nazari survived for two weeks in the Kosciuszko National Park in Australia by eating muesli bars, foraged berries, ...
Crimea officials declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol
Officials appointed by Russia in Moscow-occupied Crimea have declared a regional emergency due to oil detected on the shores of ...
Russia warns of severe environmental damage as oil from damaged tankers washes up on beaches
Russian officials warned of severe environmental damage as volunteers rushed to clean up a fuel oil spill in the Kerch ...
Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, still bears the scars of the 2004 tsunami, with over 230,000 people killed and Aceh province hit ...
Damaged Russian ships spilled an estimated 3,700 tons of oil in Kerch Strait, state media says
An estimated 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil spilled into the Kerch Strait following damage to two Russian ships, the ...
For the first time in 8 years, a US Navy ship makes a port call in Cambodia
A U.S. Navy warship, the USS Savannah, made the first visit in eight years to Cambodia's port of Sihanoukville, a ...
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