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Cruise ship saves passengers, pets from disabled catamaran in South Pacific

A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued four people and three dogs from a disabled catamaran caught in treacherous conditions in the South Pacific on Thursday morning, marking the second rescue…

John McCarthy May 24, 2025

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Moroccan wife, 25, of British businessman, 47, who mysteriously died on holiday ‘cleared out’ their shared home within weeks of his death – as she is set to ‘inherit his entire fortune’

The Moroccan wife of a British businessman who mysteriously died on holiday 'cleared out' their £2,000-a-month rented within weeks of his death, neighbors claim. Company director Allen McKenna, 47, died…

John McCarthy April 12, 2025

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Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error

SYDNEY (AP) — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic…

John McCarthy April 11, 2025

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Baggage handler’s shirtless stunt in airplane’s turbine could have got him killed: ‘Stupid’

They didn’t appreciate his air strip-tease. A judge has blasted an ex-baggage handler as “vain and stupid” after he filmed himself working out shirtless inside a moving jet engine at…

John McCarthy April 2, 2025

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Jeffrey Epstein victim, Virginia Giuffre, fighting for her life after car accident

SYDNEY (MH) — Virginia Giuffre — the woman whose story of sexual abuse as a teenager led to the reopening of the Jeffrey Epstein case — is fighting for her…

John McCarthy March 31, 2025

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Remote Australian town looking for doctor offers $400,000 salary, free rent

JULIA CREEK — A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars, or $428,000, to attract a new candidate. The…

John McCarthy March 29, 2025

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Australian tourist killed, 2 injured as snorkeling boat capsizes off Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia — A snorkeling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police…

John McCarthy March 21, 2025

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Airline defends crew after corpse seated next to vacationing couple

MELBOURNE — Qatar Airways defended its crew after they deposited a deceased passenger next to a couple for the final four hours of a flight from Australia to Doha, Qatar earlier this…

John McCarthy February 28, 2025

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New ferry service operating between the BVI and the USVI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A new 149-passenger ferry designed by Incat Crowther has entered service and is being operated by Smith’s Ferry Services, Cruise & Ferry first reported. The ferry…

John McCarthy February 14, 2025

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Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade

SYDNEY (AP) — Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely…

John McCarthy August 7, 2024