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Guatemala

Guatemala: Baby girl found alive

The National Civil Police officers discovered the child inside a house destroyed by the Volcan de Fuego.

06/06/2018

Mexico

Relief as mural painters are rescued from dangling scaffold in Mexico

The four painters were stranded for several hours before rescuers managed to get them down to safety

29/05/2018

France

France offers fast-track citizenship for Mali 'Spider-man' hero

An illegal immigrant who climbed a high-rise to rescued a child has been hailed for his "exceptional act" by President Macron

28/05/2018

France

Immigrant who saved child from balcony fall given path to citizenship

An immigrant was dubbed the ‘Spider-Man of Paris’ after climbing a building to save a four-year old child that was clinging from the outside of a fourth-floor balcony. Now President Emmanuel Macron has begun the process of making him a French citizen.

28/05/2018

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Owl freed from football net

Officers from the Boulder City Department of Parks & Recreation had to come to the aid of an eager owl that got itself tangled in a football net on Thursday.

21/05/2018

France

New iniative to rescue migrants

Jose Benavente and Benoit Micolon invested all their savings, 130,000 euro's, to buy a light plane to find dingies and alert ships for a speedier rescue

21/05/2018

Malta

Volunteer pilots ready for take-off to help save migrants in the Med

‘Pilotes Volontaires’: two Frenchmen used their savings to buy a light plane, aiming to search the sea off the Libyan coast and help NGOs save migrants in distress.

03/05/2018

Bulgaria

Three little bears find sanctuary in Bulgaria

Staff say the trio were all alone when they were found in a mountainous region, with their mother nowhere to be seen

27/04/2018

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US firefighters rescue kayaker stuck in river

Aerial video from WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows firefighters rescue a kayaker who was stranded in debris in the South Fork Catawba River.

26/04/2018

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Idlib blast: death toll rises to at least 19

The death toll from an explosion in the rebel-controlled Syrian city of Idlib rose to at least 19 on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

10/04/2018

United Kingdom

Human chain rescues four from rough seas at seaside resort

A series of failed rescue attempts led to four people being trapped by choppy waters in Northern England on Friday, before they were rescued by a human chain formed by passers-by.

31/03/2018

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More than 150 whales have become stranded in Hamelin Bay inAustralia

Only `15 whales remained alive on Friday afternoon.

23/03/2018

Ukraine

Daring rescue in Dead Zone

Three Chernobyl workers risk their lives to save stray dog struck on the roof over the sealed reactor.

20/03/2018

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Take a ride with the Alpine Rescue team in the French Alps

The Alpine Rescuers are on the front line when disaster strikes.

05/03/2018

Taiwan

Search continues for survivors of Taiwan earthquake

Strong aftershocks restrict rescue workers' efforts.

08/02/2018

Taiwan

Another earthquake strikes Taiwan

The magnitude 5.7 earthquake came just one day after another major quake.

07/02/2018

France

Coastguard: Still no sign of Quiksilver CEO missing at sea

A sea search for Pierre Agnes, CEO of the popular surf brand, has been suspended.

31/01/2018

Austria

Skiers airlifted after Austrian chairlift gets stuck

About 150 skiers in Austria had to be rescued after their chairlift broke down

30/01/2018

Pakistan

One climber saved, another stranded on Pakistan's "killer mountain"

France's Elisabeth Revol is saved by Poland's Winter Climbing team, but Tomasz Mackiewicz remains stuck at 7000m.

28/01/2018

Australia

First drone rescue at sea

Two simmers caught in a riptide in heavy seas off Australia's coast were rescued when a drone dropped a flotation device above them. Initially bemused by the drop, the pair of teens said that things could have been much worse if the action had not been so quick.

19/01/2018