38 days ago

Two California students swept out to sea and drowned while napping on beach ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Jun › 17 (Wed) @ 20:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Friends Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were pulled out of water by rescue crews but died later at local hospitals

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78 days ago

Hantavirus ship nears Tenerife as residents voice safety fears ⊕

found 2026 › May › 09 (Sat) @ 09:39 UTC

a story from Euronews ⚠️ › Euronews

The Spanish government has authorised passengers from the MV Hondius to disembark at the port of Granadilla this weekend following an agreement with the World Health Organisation. The decision has sp…

4 months ago

‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab ⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 26 (Thu) @ 05:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordeal

On 27…

6 months ago

Body of triathlete apparently killed by shark found on California beach ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 29 (Mon) @ 19:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Erica Fox’s remains were found after nearly weeklong search, marking a rare shark-related fatality for California

California firefighters have found the body of a California triathlete on a beach nort…

Body of female triathlete found after suspected shark attack off California coast ⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 29 (Mon) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to the county sheriff's office.

8 months ago

‘Bike lanes are great – I hope these issues get resolved’: Rafael Escobedo de la Riva’s best phone picture ⊕⊕⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 08 (Sat) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

On a street in Tenerife, an architect spotted a graphic composition - and evidence of drivers resisting change

Rafael Escobedo de la Riva was heading home from his office in Santa Cruz de Tenerife whe…

9 months ago

How Lord Nelson reacted to losing his arm: Letter reveals Battle of Trafalgar hero's stoic words after limb savaged by a musket ball was amputated... without anaesthetic ○

found 2025 › Sep › 25 (Thu) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Nelson had his right limb blown off during the Battle of Santa Cruz in Tenerife in 1797. Five months after the remains of his limb was amputated, he wrote to a London curate.

12 months ago

‘It can’t withstand the heat’: fears ‘stable’ Patagonia glacier in irreversible decline ○

found 2025 › Jul › 11 (Fri) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing mass

One of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz province, Arge…

13 months ago

I visited a little-known town that is the 'real Colombia' - and looks like time has stood still ○

found 2025 › Jun › 09 (Mon) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Sean Thomas visits Santa Cruz de Mompox in Colombia, and discovers why this is the ultimate Colombian destination, according to locals.

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla ○

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science

Science is under siege.

On Friday evening, the White House released an …