Drowned

A 36-year-old man who tried to board a passenger ship as it sailed from Greece’s Piraeus port on Tuesday drowned after being pushed back by crew members off the vessel’s stern ramp, the country’s shipping minister said on Wednesday. The…
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The Coast Guard has retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said on Friday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country’s coast to 210 in 10 days. The bodies were in a decomposed state,…
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A rubber boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off the coast of Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children, the UN migration agency said Wednesday. It was the latest tragedy in this part of the…
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Three children have reportedly drowned in Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia, amid torrential rains. The Civil Defence authority has said in a tweet that it has carried out a search and rescue operation, and recovered the bodies of the boys. The…
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A visitor's attempt to feed an orangutan in a Vietnamese zoo led to an incident that would have ended in tragedy, had it not been for the intervention of a staff member at the last minute. A visitor to the Vietnamese zoo (Vinpearl Safari…
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More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe. Doctors Without…
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A crewman was still missing presumed drowned late on Thursday after a UAE cargo ship capsized and sank in a storm at sea in the Arabian Gulf. A massive search and rescue operation recovered all but one of the 30 crew of the Al Salmy 6,…
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A cemetery in southern Tunisia for migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of a better life in Europe is already half full — even before it is formally opened. Jardin d’Afrique, French for Garden of Africa, is for…
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