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Swan Wake: Bird 'mourning' dead companion rescued from railway line

Its companion is thought to have died after getting caught in a live overhead line, police said.

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Cat rescued from inside electric cable casing by Turkish firefighters

First responders in the Aegean province of Izmir arrived at the scene Wednesday following reports of "noises" coming from underground

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Guatemala army rescues flood victims after Hurricane Eta

As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments in Central America worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flooding that claimed dozens of lives from Guatemala to Panama.

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Girl, 3, pulled alive from rubble four days after deadly earthquake

She had been trapped under the rubble for 91 hours since Friday's quake struck in the Aegean Sea.

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Netherlands

Whale tail sculpture saves derailed metro train from disaster

A Dutch metro crashed through safety barriers in Spijkenisse on Monday morning and was left hanging on a work of art behind the rails.

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Teenager pulled from rubble in Turkey following earthquake

Turkish search and rescue teams in Izmir lifted teenager Inci Okan out of the rubble of a devastated residence.

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Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia

The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea.

Australia

Rescue operation underway as 270 whales stranded on Australian coast

A pod of pilot whales stranded on sandbars off Australia's southern island of Tasmania state.

Greece

Greek coast guard rescues 96 migrants from sinking yacht

Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday, as the total number of people on board is not known.

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Russian teams search rubble from Beirut explosion

A Russian search and rescue team in Beirut has unearthed three bodies under the rubble near the city's port, three days after the deadly explosion that killed more than 150 people.

Lebanon

Beirut blast: Distraught families await news of missing relatives

Rescue teams continue to search for survivors in the rubble of Beirut's port, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing more than 150 people and wounding thousands.

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Yangtze river floods prompt massive evacuations in central China

Critics blame the disaster on rampant overdevelopment and poor water conservancies policies.

World News

Rescued lion illustrates plight of thousands of other cubs

Simba the lion was rescued and taken to an animal shelter in Chelyabinsk, southern Russia, but many other cubs have not been as fortunate.

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Entangled sperm whale liberated from fishing net by Italian Coastguard

A ten-metre-long male sperm whale, which was entangled in fishing nets, has been freed by the Italian coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea. The illegal fishing net had prevented the whale from moving its tail fin.

Earth News

Family rescue bear with head trapped inside plastic container

The Wisconsin family never thought their fishing trip would turn into saving a bear's life.

The Cube

Migrant rescue ships facing new challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic

Vessels have been forced to introduce radical changes in a bid to contain the virus among those rescued at sea.

Economy

COVID-19: How will the EU €500bn rescue deal help people and firms?

We explain the EU's coronavirus rescue deal and how it aims to provide safety nets for workers, businesses and EU countries hit by the pandemic.

Austria

Avalanche sweeps away hiking group in Austrian Alps

An avalanche in the Dachstein area of the Austrian Alps killed five hikers on Sunday, police said.

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Yangon: Scores of people rescued from a blazing building

Around 60 fire trucks raced to the 12-storey apartment block as smoke and flames spread through the building.

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Deer rescued from freezing swimming pool

A polie officer pulled the deer’s front legs but failed to lift it out of the pool and had to call for back-up.