Niger's capital Niamey has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country by rising floodwater following the heavy rains that have hit the Sahel region since June. Over the past three months, the rains have caused 217 deaths across the country and affected more than 350,000 people, according to the military-led authorities that took power in July 2023.

Niger's capital Niamey surrounded by floodwater

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Malta is home to many islands and picture-perfect beaches.

This Island Is One of the Best Places to Retire in Europe for Affordability and Safety

The Independent

 The dramatic rescue of a migrant baby on a tiny island in Greece has captured the hearts of many in the country.Local media report a 50-day-old baby was saved by residents who live on the island of Tilos last Saturday. The family had been stranded on a beach for three days. The tiny island has a population of less than one thousand and the group, including children and pregnant women, were abandoned in a rocky area by smugglers. According to reports the refugees were left on the shores and were difficult to reach by land.The mayor of the island,...

Rescue of 50-day-old migrant baby on tiny Greek island captures hearts of country

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Newly released video captures a luxury superyacht being battered by a violent storm before it suddenly sank off Sicily with 22 people aboard Monday. The grainy images obtained by NBC News and other outlets were recorded on closed-circuit television not far from where the Bayesian was anchored, about a half-mile from the port of Porticello, on Sicily’s northern coast.

Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily

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A crocodile killed a woman bathing in a river in eastern Indonesia, police and locals said Wednesday, with villagers later recovering parts of her body from the slaughtered animal.Halima Rahakbauw, 54, was swimming in a river in Wali village on the Maluku islands after spending Tuesday morning looking for clams when the reptile struck.Rahakbauw's neighbour, Rustam Ilyas, said relatives and friends started a search when she failed to return home.After spotting a sandal and a body part in the river, villagers reported the incident to police who killed the reptile."The villagers had to cut open the crocodile's belly to remove...

Crocodile kills woman bathing in a river in Indonesia

Five Kenyan police officers appeared in court on Wednesday, suspected of helping Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women, escape from a Nairobi police cell. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Nairobi Bastien Renouil.

Kenya police in court over serial killer suspect's escape

Five bodies have now been found inside the sunken Bayesian superyacht as the search for the final missing passenger continues. The boat sank in a severe storm in the early hours of Monday, with those missing including British billionaire Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

Mike Lynch yacht latest: Fifth body found inside Bayesian boat sunken off coast of Sicily

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

60-year-old Nigerian Liya’u Sa’adu has been sleeping under a bridge in the country’s biggest city, Lagos, for 30 years. According to a BBC report, Sa’adu, 60, has called the space under the bridge his residence for 30 years, and now considers himself a “guardian” for numerous other homeless people who have also now sought shelter there.

Nigeria: Man, now 60, has been sleeping under a bridge in Lagos for 30 years

The grim discoveries come two days after the Bayesian sank in a freak storm off Sicily.

Divers find five bodies in wreck of Sicily yacht

A flood warning has been issued for the Isles of Scilly. The Environment Agency has advised flooding is expected at St Mary's, St Agnes, Bryher, Tresco and St Martin's on Thursday morning. It said the forecast tide level and sea conditions could cause coastal flooding such as the overtopping of...

Flood warning issued for Isles of Scilly

The body believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, has been recovered from the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht that sank off Sicily this week, an Italian coast guard official said Friday.

Final body, believed to be that of tech tycoon’s daughter, recovered from wreck of sunken Sicily superyacht

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for healthcare workers after the "horrific" rape and murder of a doctor sparked medical strikes and furious protests. Story by Emerald Maxwell.

India top court creates taskforce on workplace safety as doctors' strike enters second week

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Computer entrepreneur Mike Lynch recently won a long-running legal battle against HP.

'Britain's Bill Gates' among 6 missing after luxury yacht tragedy off coast of Sicily: 'We should have found something by now'

German police on Saturday were searching for an unknown assailant who killed three people and wounded at least four others in a stabbing attack late Friday on the first day of a three-day "Festival of Diversity" in the western German city of Solingen. Three people were killed and four severely...

Knife attack at Germany’s ‘Festival of Diversity’ kills three, wounds others

  A man's body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said.The body of an “irregular migrant” was found on the Bosnian side of the river, Serbia Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said in a statement. He said that authorities believe that the man is the last missing person from Thursday's tragedy.The boat was carrying between 25 and 30 migrants when it overturned early Thursday on the Drina. The bodies of...

11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

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Italian divers on Wednesday found four bodies after a superyacht sank Monday morning. One survivor's father shared her grim text message after the disaster.

Tech billionaire Mike Lynch identified among bodies recovered from Italy superyacht catastrophe

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Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including a British tech magnate who was celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who had defended him at trial.Civil protection officials said they believed the Bayesian, a 184-foot British-flagged yacht, had been struck by a tornado over the water. The ship had been moored about a half-mile offshore off Porticello near Palermo when a storm rolled and the vessel sank at about 5 a.m. local time on Monday. Grainy film from closed-circuit cameras from...

Officials believe tornado sunk luxury yacht off coast of Sicily

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'You have to take a canoe': Niger's capital Niamey cut off by floodwater

Residents of Niamey have to take canoes to move out of town as most roads near the Nigerien capital have been cut off from the rest...

'You have to take a canoe': Niger's capital Niamey cut off by floodwater

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