TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Earlier this week, it was reported that a Taiwanese fishing vessel had caught fire near the Falkland Islands. Initial reports said that 64 crew members had been evacuated ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch fisherman are lobbying lawmakers in a last-ditch attempt to avert a European Union ban on the practice of using electric shocks to stun fish before scooping them up...
DEAL, N.J. (AP) — It was hard to tell what had Matt Schwartz more stoked: the waves rolling in, or the relatively balmy 64-degree February weather as he wrapped up a day of surfing.
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2019. There are 327 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 7, 19...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Latest on new efforts to protect endangered right whales (all times local):
1:20 p.m.
The Canadian government is offering new measures to...
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2019. There are 327 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 7, 19...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – On Friday Feb. 1, two deep-sea oarfish were caught in fishing nets in Toyoma Bay on Japan’s west coast, following a number of others found in January, sparking fears...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Sea Shepherd environmental group says one if its ships was attacked with rocks and partly set on fire by fishing boats in Mexico's Gulf of California.
It was t...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who admitted to killing his estranged wife by tying a massive chunk of concrete to her and throwing her off a bridge into a lake has been sentenced to life in pris...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Following several incidents involving Chinese fishing boats trespassing into Taiwan’s territorial waters, and with the added threat of African Swine Fever, legislato...
ROME (AP) — U.N. agencies dealing with refugees and children are pressing Italy to allow 47 migrants, rescued at sea a week ago, to disembark.
Three U.N. agencies said in a joint sta...
Providing natural beauty within short drives all around the city’s center, Hualien is a gem on the east coast that stands head and shoulders above most other tourist destinations in Taiwan.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A sea lion lunged onto a fishing boat off the Aleutian Islands last weekend, biting a crew member on the leg and trying to pull him into the water, officials said.
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ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick (AP) — A Canadian conservation group says a drop in the harvest of Atlantic salmon by Greenland's fishermen is good news for the species.
Atlantic salmon a...
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says if Britain withdra...
