CROTONE, Italy—Rescuers recovered three more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among…
LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (Feb. 27): Republican Reactions to Energy Department’s Conclusion on Covid Origin; Migrant Shipwreck Near Italy
The Energy Department now says it is likely that Covid leaked from a lab. Hear how some Republican lawmakers reacted to the news. Authorities say at least 61 people died in a shipwreck near Italy on Feb. 26. The wooden boat carrying migrants included 12 children. It crashed against rocks near the southern Calabrian coast. The Winter…
NTD Good Morning (Feb. 27): Republican Reactions to Energy Department’s Conclusion on Covid Origin; Migrant Shipwreck Near Italy
The Energy Department now says it is likely that Covid leaked from a lab. Hear how some Republican lawmakers reacted to the news. Authorities say at least 61 people died in a shipwreck near Italy on Feb. 26. The wooden boat carrying migrants included 12 children. It crashed against rocks near the southern Calabrian coast. The Winter…
Migrant Shipwreck in Italy Kills at Least 59
ROME–At least 59 people died when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said. The vessel, which sailed from Turkey and was carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran, and several other countries, sank in rough seas before dawn near Steccato di Cutro, a…
Amazon River Dolphin Wins Underwater Photographer of the Year—Beside Sea Jungles and Shipwrecks
We humans may fancy our dry-land abode a pretty fine place, yet nature has created a whole universe full of jaw-dropping scenes underwater. And it’s just waiting for landbound photographers to embrace its marine majesty. Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) specifically focuses on this milieu of aquatic, camera-wielding visual artists in its yearly competition, displaying some of…
Maritime Archeologists Find Skeletal Remains of Ship From 1800s Emerging From Sands on Shore of Nantucket
When the bones of a wrecked wooden boat emerged from sands on the south shore of Nantucket, researchers from the Egan Maritime Institute knew they had something extraordinary on their hands. Still half buried, the shipwreck was old and there was barely anything left—just a broken keel and several spine-like timbers jutting out. Now, researchers…
Red Crescent: 8 Dead, 58 Missing After Shipwreck Off Libya
CAIRO—A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the country’s Red Crescent said Wednesday. Tawfik al-Shukri, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the shipwreck took place Tuesday off the Mediterranean town of Garabulli, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital of…
Divers Discover 1,200-Year-Old Byzantine Shipwreck Loaded With Cargo From All Over the Mediterranean
A Byzantine-era shipwreck found off the shore of Israel, loaded with cargo from all over the Mediterranean, reveals that traders from the West came to port even after the Islamic conquest of the Holy Land, researchers say. A surprise storm? An inexperienced captain? Whatever the reason, the merchant ship, made from fir and walnut trees…
Dive Photographer Explores Haunting Sunken Battleship-Reef With Schools of Fish off Thai Island
There’s something about a shipwreck that seems frozen in time. Photographer Guntaphat Pokasasipun’s underwater pictures of the sunken HTMS Chang have a beautifully eerie quality that makes it seem ageless. He credits the wreck with being one of the largest, most complete dive sites in Thailand. “It sank on November 22, 2012, and quickly turned…
Divers Find 1600s Warship Wreck That Sank With King James II, Cannons, Wine Bottles, and Other Artifacts
A prestigious English shipwreck was discovered by a pair of brothers 28 miles off the coast of Norfolk. It’s a ship whose sinking could have quite literally changed the course of British history. The brothers, Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, spent decades diving and exploring World War I and II shipwrecks; but later set their sights on…
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