Month: June 2023

Egyptian Suspects Detained Following Migrant Shipwreck in Greece Shipwreck survivors seek shelter in a Kalamata port warehouse in Greece. Photo courtesy of AP News. Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in the smuggling of individuals, following the tragic capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Greece, which resulted in the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek coast guard on Friday defended its response to a ship that went down off the country’s south coast and left more than 500 migrants presumed drowned. Criticism mounted over Europe’s yearslong failure to prevent such tragedies.Patrol boats and a helicopter spent a third day scouring the area of the…

Key PointsGreece continues search sea after shipwreck that killed at least 78 people.Survivors are being transferred to a migrant camp near Athens.Now two days after the tragedy, hope of finding other survivors is fading.A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78 people off Greece was emotionally reunited with his elder brother…

Cycling through Chile, fly fishing in Montana, a Swedish oyster odyssey – and other life-enriching trips

Fly Fishing: A Woman's Guide for Beginners, a new book by P. Estes, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Discover the thrills and highs of this exciting sport…even if you've never tried fishing before. Fly fishing is so much more than just catching a fish. It is an art, a sport, and a…

The Vermont man charged with killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars has died in jail while awaiting trial, federal authorities said Thursday. Nathan Carman, 29, pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Linda Carman, and…

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing.At least 78 bodies have been recovered after a fishing boat crammed with migrants seeking to make it…

Key PointsAt least 78 people have died and hundreds more are missing in the Ionian Sea after the overloaded fishing boat sank.Nine men have been arrested for people smuggling.Hundreds of men, women and children were in the boat's hull and were unable to escape.Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day…

Image source, Hellenic Coast GuardImage caption, The Greek coastguard released images of the crowded boat before it went downBy Nick Beake in Kalamata & George Wright in LondonBBC NewsSurvivors from a fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe's worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board.At…

A fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 79 people dead and many dozens feared missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.Coast guard, navy and merchant vessels fanned out for a vast search-and-rescue operation that also included a…