Tag: island

Spain Rescues 86 People Near Canary Island, but Scores of Migrants From Senegal Remain Missing

DAKAR, Senegal—Spanish authorities rescued 86 people Monday from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal, after an aid group reported that three boats from the African country went missing with 300 people aboard. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said it could not confirm that the rescued boat was one of the…


Ireland Will Pay Up to $92,000 for People to Live on Its Remote, Idyllic Off-Shore Islands

Ireland is offering to pay up to $92,000 for people to live on its 30 remote, idyllic islands off the western coast in an attempt to revitalize the islands that have rolling green hills, emerald seas, and moody skies as a realistic option for long-term living. “Our Living Islands” is a 10-year policy fronted by…


PREMIERING NOW: Billionaire Who Bought Epstein’s Notorious Island Revealed

The two Caribbean islands that formerly belonged to now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been sold. The islands, known for their bizarre structures, were initially listed at $125 million, but sold for $60 million to the founder of a private equity firm that has new plans for construction. Meanwhile, new details are emerging on who…


Billionaire Who Bought Epstein’s Notorious Island Revealed

The two Caribbean islands that formerly belonged to now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been sold. The islands, known for their bizarre structures, were initially listed at $125 million, but sold for $60 million to the founder of a private equity firm that has new plans for construction. Meanwhile, new details are emerging on who…


PREMIERING 7:00PM ET: Billionaire Who Bought Epstein’s Notorious Island Revealed

The two Caribbean islands that formerly belonged to now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been sold. The islands, known for their bizarre structures, were initially listed at $125 million, but sold for $60 million to the founder of a private equity firm that has new plans for construction. Meanwhile, new details are emerging on who…


This Mysterious ‘Cursed’ Outcrop Steeped in Roman Ruins Led Many to Fatal Ends on Her Rocky Shores

Just off Italy’s southern coast, is a rocky island believed to be so cursed that many locals refuse to go near it. Embedded within the wave-beaten outcrop, a tiny abandoned villa lies, all but in ruins, a mere 100 feet from the coastline of Posillipo, an affluent residential area of Naples. The island consists of two…


Wreckage of Submarine Found by Divers in Long Island Sound

HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Connecticut. Simon said he had been interested in the story of the…


7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Indonesia’s Main Island

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and tourist island of Bali on Friday, causing panic but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.0 quake was centered 96.5 kilometers (59.8 miles) north of Tuban, a coastal city in East…


20 Hurt When Inmate Sets Fire at NYC’s Rikers Island Jail

NEW YORK—A fire set by an inmate at New York City’s troubled Rikers Island injured 20 people on a day that lawmakers visited the jail complex, authorities said. Fifteen staff members and five inmates were injured in the fire that started at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the city Correction Department said. The New York City…


Earthquake Felt on Honduran Tourist Island, No Initial Reports of Damage

TEGUCIGALPA—An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude was recorded off the coast off Honduras, near the popular tourist spot of Roatan island, on Wednesday morning, with a local fire chief saying there were no initial reports of damage. The quake had a depth of 2 kilometers, with the epicenter 55 kilometers north-east of the island, the European-Mediterranean…