CROTONE, Italy — Survivors and family members of victims of a tragic shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just a few meters off Italy’s southern coast, returned for three days of commemorations ending Monday, calling for truth and justice. A torchlight vigil, a photo exhibition and a protest march were … Read more
Filmmakers shooting footage of invasive mussels in Lake Huron found a shipwreck from 1895. The “Africa” had been carrying coal from Ohio to Ontario, and was carrying 11 sailors. The wreck is covered in invasive quagga mussels that are altering the Great Lakes’ ecosystem. A pair of filmmakers who spent two years shooting footage for a … Read more
ROME (AP) — A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. Italy’s culture ministry said Saturday that the diver alerted authorities, who sent divers assigned to an art protection squad along with others from the ministry’s undersea archaeology department. … Read more
Rescuers say sea searches have resumed in the sea and along the coasts of southwestern Sicily, where a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants became grounded, killing five people and leaving about 20 missing ByThe Associated Press October 29, 2023, 7:07 AM ROME — Sea searches resumed on Sunday in the sea and along the … Read more
ROME — Wednesday’s lethal shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a big boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing gives of assist, is simply the most recent case of smugglers packing vessels stuffed with determined folks keen to threat their lives to achieve continental Europe. The journey from Libya or Tunisia via the Central Mediterranean … Read more