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Truck swallowed by sinkhole in Japan, with rescue efforts complicated by second hole

A truck was swallowed b a sinkhole in Japan's Yashio City on Tuesday morning.

Turkey

Witnesses describe panic as fire tore through ski resort in Turkey

The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalya — in the Koroglu mountains in Bolu province — on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured.

Slovenia

Coal mine accident in Slovenia kills one person, two remain missing

The cause of the incident remains undetermined. Slovenia's President Nataša Pirc Musar has called for a thorough investigation.

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Efforts to Contain Oil Spill from Grounded Tanker Advance with Technical Barrier Completion

Rescuers are monitoring over 910 km of the Black Sea coast, working to clean up the oil spill from the Volgoneft tankers, which leaked around 1,500 tons of fuel oil each.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean boy survives five days in ‘lion-infested’ national park

The child, who was found 49km from his village, survived on wild fruit and water that he dug from a dry river bank.

Nature

Inside Europe’s official creche for rescued baby orangutans

Monkey World has become a renowned rehabilitation centre for baby orangutans to be cared for by their own kind.

Europe News

Mayotte faces 'total breakdown of infrastructure' after Cyclone Chido

A catastrophic storm has left Mayotte island in shambles, wrecking the transmission networks that facilitated communication and setting impossible tasks for first responders on rescue missions.

Italy

Italian caver Ottavia Piana rescued after 75 hours trapped underground

The 32-year-old caver suffered various injuries after falling while exploring an uncharted area of the Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo on Saturday.

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30 pilot whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand rescued

On Sunday, more than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. However, four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s conservation agency said.

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Woman trapped under rubble rescued after 5 days

A woman trapped under the rubble of her home in Gaza City for five days after an Israeli air strike has been rescued by the Palestinian Civil Defence.

World News

Israeli hostage kidnapped by Hamas reunited with family

An Israeli hostage captured by Hamas during the October 7 attack has been reunited with his family.

Tech News

Slovakian app helps rescuers locate people in mountains who need help

The new feature allows the helicopter rescue medical service to locate people in need of help in the mountains.

Germany

Hotel collapses in Germany leaving at least two dead

Two people, a woman and a man, have been killed in the collapse of a hotel in the western German municipality of Kröv.

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WATCH: Polish climbers saved in the Italian Western Alps.

At dawn on Tuesday, Italy’s Mountain Rescue Squad heroically rescued three Polish mountaineers stranded on the Giant’s Tooth peak in the Western Alps.

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WATCH: Spanish firefighters save trapped driver in Murcia

Spanish firefighters rescued a driver trapped in raging floodwaters after heavy rains struck Murcia and Alicante.

Gaza

Gaza health ministry says IDF killed at least 274 in rescue operation

Gaza’s health ministry says at least 274 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas.

Turkey

Building collapse in Istanbul, kills at least one and injures eight

Emergency workers tried to rescue people trapped under the collapsed apartment building in Istanbul on Sunday.

World News

Rescue effort struggles in Papua New Guinea following deadly landslide

A combination of rainfall, in-fighting and difficult terrain have made rescue operations increasingly difficult after a disaster killed as many as 2,000 people.

World News

European elections: What do voters want? What do candidates promise?

Watch episode 14 of Euronews' guide on the European elections, taking place from June 6 to 9.

Green News

At least 100 dead amid catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil

The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has been virtually cut off from the rest of the country as flooding washed away roads and bridges and inundated airports.