Tag: Search and rescue efforts
Search for survivors of capsized lift boat ends
CUT OFF, La. — The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns...
Families: 5th body found from capsized ship off Louisiana
CUT OFF, La. — Relatives of crew members who were on a lift boat that capsized off Louisiana last week said they have been...
21 Chinese coal miners trapped by underground flood
BEIJING — Rescuers on Sunday were trying to reach 21 coal miners who were trapped by an underground flood in China's northwest, a state...
Italy releases impounded migrant ship for routine upkeep
MILAN — The Alan Kurdi rescue ship operated by a German nongovernmental organization has been released by an administrative court in Italy to return...
Spain: Rescuers find 4 dead, save 19 from vessel in Atlantic
MADRID — Spanish authorities said Sunday that they had recovered the bodies of four migrants from a boat along with 19 survivors who had...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...
Indonesia landslides death toll rises to 119, dozens missing
LEMBATA, Indonesia — The death toll from mudslides in eastern Indonesia has risen to 119 with scores still missing, officials said Wednesday, as rain...
Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s a point of pride that stretches across dozens of universities, many of them rivals, and all the college sports leagues, many...
Nigerian fighter jet missing; Boko Haram claims attack
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities said an air force fighter jet lost contact days ago in Borno state while on a mission to support...
China pushes to expand virus origin search beyond its border
BEIJING — Chinese health officials pushed Wednesday to expand the search for the origins of the coronavirus beyond China, one day after the release...