A Chinese rescue vessel first spotted what was believed to be a distress signal from the endangered ship shortly before 6.30 pm on Saturday. (Xinhua/EPA Images pic) BEIJING: Rescuers are searching for 23 missing people after a Vietnamese ship carrying 62 crew members sank in the South China Sea, Chinese state media reported Sunday morning….
new video loaded: Rescuers Reach Five Miners Trapped in Laos Cave 0:50 Rescuers on Wednesday reached five of the seven miners trapped in a flooded cave in Laos. The search is still ongoing for two missing miners. By Monika Cvorak May 27, 2026 Weeklong Effort to Rescue 7 People From Flooded Cave Continues 0:56 Conservationists…
new video loaded: Timmy the Whale Found Dead In Denmark 1:19 A humpback whale, nicknamed Timmy, was found dead in Denmark. For more than a month, Timmy had been at the center of a public frenzy and rescue effort. By McKinnon de Kuyper May 18, 2026 Car Rams into Pedestrians in Northern Italy, Injuring at…
Illegal dog trapping and cat smuggling have become alarmingly common, with an animal rescue group reporting that it saved 351 animals in Hong Kong over the past six months – an average of two per day. As Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter, now in its 10th year, released a report on Tuesday detailing the condition of…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. What we know so far: 156 people, including a firefighter, confirmed dead 79 injured, including 12 firefighters Status of about 30 people unclear…
Two men from a village in southwestern China witnessed their friend drown in a reservoir, and rather than alerting the authorities, they took him home, placing him in his bed as if he were merely asleep. The sister of the deceased recently recounted to the Chinese media outlet Lizhi News the distressing sequence of events…
new video loaded: Rescuers Search for Missing Migrants Off Malaysia’s Coast Rescuers recovered several bodies near the site of a capsized boat carrying members of the Rohingya ethnic minority, which faces persecution in Myanmar. Another boat carrying hundreds more people was missing, too. By Axel Boada November 10, 2025 Source link
A “life release” event saw 1,100 cats dumped near a protected water reservoir in China, causing many of the animals to panic, jump into the water and drown. On November 1, videos surfaced online showing a group of people wearing masks releasing large numbers of cats near the Yingzui Reservoir in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, southern…
A woman was walking her dogs on an Oregon beach when she saw a small shark struggling. It was lucky timing for the salmon shark, which was suffocating in a low tide area near the shoreline. “I was essentially nervous about touching it at all,” Colleen Dunn, wrote in a text message Wednesday. “I have…
About 200 Mount Everest climbers still stranded after snowstorm – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s a race against time to save the remaining 200 or so stranded climbers on Mount Everest after a massive storm dumped at least three feet of snow over the weekend. Imtiaz Tyab has more. Source link