Tag: island
Turkey: Drone enters Greek airspace and flies over island
Provocation from Turkey Another violation of sovereign territory: Turkish drone flies over Greek island A Greek Army soldier patrols near the Greek-Turkish border. The situation between Greece and Turkey is…
Skepticism around an international intervention force on the island
Sending an international force to Haiti could temporarily relieve the population strangled by gangs, but a new foreign mission has little chance of bringing the country out of chaos without…
Wadden Sea island of Terschelling: two dead after a ferry accident in the Netherlands
Status: 10/21/2022 2:13 p.m A ferry and a water taxi collided in the Wadden Sea off the Dutch island of Terschelling in the morning. At least two people died and…
Taiwan: When will China annex the Pacific island nation?
Tensions in the Pacific China could soon annex Taiwan, say politicians and experts. The timing is still disputed Xi Jinping, China’s Party leader, during his speech during the opening ceremony…
Demining operation on the island of Yeu after the discovery of a shell
Unusual and disturbing discovery for a walker, Saturday afternoon, on the island of Yeu, off the Vendée. An explosive device was indeed discovered near Ker Chauvineau, in the center of…
Phillip Island: Pole for Jorge Martin, Marquez on P2 / MotoGP
The conditions in MotoGP qualifying could hardly have been better. With sunshine and an outside temperature of 16 degrees on Phillip Island, the stars of the «premier class» put on…
North Brother Island: This island is New York’s last secret
What very few people know: Manhattan is an island. Surrounded by water and other islands. There is the immigrant island of Ellis Island not far from the Statue of Liberty…
Junior Dixon in BVB focus: The next top talent from the island for black and yellow?
Junior Dixon in BVB focus: The next top talent from the island for black and yellow? Junior Dixon ©Getty Images After Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham, Borussia Dortmund could bring…
All-clear on Baltic Sea island: power supply restored on Bornholm
Status: 10/10/2022 1:45 p.m The 40,000 inhabitants of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm have electricity again. According to the network operator, the reason for the power failure across the…
Video: Easter Island: Holy statues are consumed by flames
A vegetation fire has irreparably damaged some of the large “moai” on the Pacific island. They are considered unique testimonies of Polynesian culture and are said to be between 1000…