This is the moment an everyday hero dived into murky floodwater to unlock a gate so rescue boats could access his isolated community.
The unidentified Chinese man’s actions have been viewed more than 750,000 times on social media platform Weibo.
Beijing and surrounding areas are currently battling historic flooding, which has so far claimed the lives of at least 11 people, with 13 others missing.
The clip is believed to be from from Zhuozhou, a city southwest of Beijing in
Humanitarian operations to rescue migrants attempting the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea do not encourage further crossings, a modelling study said on Thursday (3 August).
The finding contradicts claims that charity-run ships which find and save migrants in the Mediterranean incentivise people to risk their lives trying to get to the European Union.
Instead, migrants are driven to make the perilous voyage by intensifying conflict, natural disasters or economic hardship in their country of origin, according to the study.
Stunning never-before-seen footage of U.S. soldiers liberating a train of 2,500 Jewish prisoners headed for a Nazi death camp in the dying days of World War II has been unearthed by an American high school history teacher.
Dubbed the ‘Miracle at Farsleben’, the rescue operation occurred on April 13, 1945, when a train carrying Jewish prisoners from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt concentration camps was forced to stop near the village of Farsleben to avoid being caught in the crossfire of an
The game at the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego was part of the club’s pre-season tour of the United States. The match saw Phil Parkinson’s men claim a 3-1 win over Erik ten Hag’s youthful team.
While there were promising signs of progress, it came at great cost to the club’s striker Paul Mullin. During the game, the 28-year-old collided with goalkeeper Nathan Bishop which resulted in a punctured lung.
The Wrexham star was left lying on the field in
Helen Flanagan was reportedly turned away from a posh Barbados eatery while on holiday this week for not meeting the cafe’s dress code.
A fellow tourist claims to have come to the rescue of the actress,
Strong winds from Typhoon Doksuri capsized the vessel, killing dozens of people. The Philippine Coast Guard said they rescued at least 40.
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The nearly 50 remaining long-finned pilot whales that beached themselves on a southwestern Australian coast were euthanized Wednesday, despite days of attempted rescue efforts.
Nearly 100 pilot whales were left stranded on the beach Tuesday and volunteers worked frantically to attempt to rescue them, but about 50 had died by the end of the day. Rescue efforts resumed Wednesday, but after these efforts failed, the Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service said in a statement that the remaining 45 were
The European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has launched an investigation into Frontex’s role in search and rescue operations at sea, in a bid to shine a light on the EU border agency’s response to a series of major shipwrecks in 2023.
The investigation promoted by O’Reilly herself, seeks to investigate all documents concerning the shipwreck that occurred near the coasts of Pylos on 14 June, where roughly 500 people died, and a string of other shipwrecks, including one in late
Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed ‘village of the damned’ because of its links with disaster.
In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies.
Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies.
Many Vernet residents took part in
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In the yard of a local church in Kyiv, a gray minivan arrives, brandishing the sign “Evacuation. Children.” The doors are flung open and out jumps a fiery-haired woman in her 40s: Oksana Galkina.
“I got her! I finally brought my Liza back,” she screams happily as she spots the volunteers of Save Ukraine, the NGO that assisted her in carrying out the most formidable mission she’s ever embarked
