A 13-year-old boy's extraordinary four-hour swim to shore triggered a successful multi-agency rescue after his mother and two siblings were swept out to sea off Quindalup, with officials hailing the family's collective bravery.
Nepali authorities have arrested six executives from travel and rescue companies, alleging a sophisticated fraud scheme involving fabricated high-altitude rescues to bilk international insurers out of nearly $20 million.
A mountain rescue team in England's Lake District has publicly appealed for two hikers to settle a hotel bill after a costly winter rescue on Scafell Pike, highlighting the financial and ethical pressures faced by volunteer-led emergency services.
NYPD Officers Freddy Cerpa and Megan Ficken responded to a frantic 911 call, using life-saving techniques to clear a 2-year-old boy's airway. The incident marks Cerpa's second such rescue in recent weeks, highlighting the critical, split-second decisions first responders face daily.
France's maritime authority reports rescuing over 6,000 migrants from the English Channel last year, with at least 25 fatalities. Despite the peril, crossings persist at high volume, fueled by increasingly overcrowded boats and evolving smuggling methods.
The historic Farmers' Almanac, famed for its secret weather formula, has been acquired by digital media company Unofficial Networks. The move saves the publication from shuttering, relocates its operations from Maine to New York, and promises a digital-first revival alongside a planned return to print.
Once the engine of Venezuela's wealth, the communities around Lake Maracaibo now stand as decaying monuments to the nation's oil collapse. As a controversial U.S. plan promises a $100 billion investment, residents of the ghostly 'oil camps' are caught between desperate hope and deep-seated skepticism.
A 65-year-old Thai tourist was killed by a bull elephant with a known history of aggression in Khao Yai National Park, marking the animal's third human fatality and prompting urgent discussions on wildlife management strategies.
A multi-agency search operation is underway for 19-year-old Matthew Packard-Asai, who was swept into the ocean while fishing on a rocky Kauai shoreline last week. One companion was rescued.
A rescue operation in Putnam County, Illinois, ended with one fatality and a second worker airlifted to hospital after both became buried in soybeans while working inside a grain storage bin.
A female kangaroo and her joey sparked an unusual rescue operation in central Virginia after escaping from a private property, evading hunting dogs, and briefly blocking a major highway before being safely tranquilized and returned home.
Newly released court documents expose how former British ambassador to the U.S., Lord Peter Mandelson, shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein, including advance notice of a major Eurozone bailout. The revelations have forced his resignation from the Labour Party and intensified scrutiny of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's judgment.
In the oil-rich state of Zulia, PDVSA workers and pensioners view sweeping industry reforms, enacted after U.S. political intervention, with a volatile mix of fragile hope and deep-seated skepticism. While some anticipate long-awaited economic relief, others dismiss the changes as political theater unlikely to reverse decades of decline.
Thai military officials have revealed a massive cache of evidence, including scam scripts and fake police setups, seized from a contested border compound in Cambodia, shedding light on the scale of transnational cyber fraud operations in the region.
A Russian cargo ship captain has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after his vessel collided with an anchored oil tanker in the North Sea, resulting in a fiery blaze and the death of a Filipino crew member whose body was never recovered.
A 68-year-old Cincinnati woman and her two adult children perished in a fast-moving house fire last month, with officials describing the conditions as 'not survivable.'
A catastrophic landslide has torn through the historic Sicilian town of Niscemi, forcing mass evacuations and exposing a legacy of bureaucratic delays and unheeded geological warnings that left the community perilously vulnerable.
Brooke Day died after her backpack became entangled in a gondola lift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort, leading to a fatal cardiac arrest, highlighting rare but critical safety concerns.
As the EU's landmark 'Next Generation' fund nears its final payout deadlines, its ambitious goal of modernizing the bloc's economy is being hampered by bureaucracy, skills gaps, and questions over long-term sustainability, despite pockets of innovation.
An unprecedented potato harvest in Germany has led to a wave of grassroots initiatives, with farmers distributing millions of surplus potatoes for free in Berlin, sparking community spirit and a debate on food waste and market impacts.
