Coney Island’s Cyclone roller coaster reopens 2 weeks after glitch that left passengers stranded
The Coney Island Cyclone is back in service, two weeks after a malfunction grounded the Brooklyn city's famed roller coaster, leaving passengers stranded halfway up the iconic ride's hill. A 97-year-old wooden roller coaster at Coney Island's Luna Park resumed operations Saturday after city inspectors gave the go-ahead following a series of repairs. The beloved […]
‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean | Pacific islands
IAbout 100 miles from Tonga, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the winds began to pick up when sailing captain Ivanancy Vunikura was helping command the Uto Ni Yalo, a ship that had set sail from Fiji a few days earlier. “The weather changed completely, the waves were up to four metres and the […]
UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit | Pacific Islands Forum
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is attending a Pacific summit in Tonga this week, where he is due to focus on climate change in the region, one of the areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels and changing temperatures. The summit is the highest political decision-making body in the region. The week-long summit culminates in a […]
Ernesto on track to become hurricane while bringing life-threatening surf, flooding rain to Caribbean islands
Millions of people across the Caribbean are bracing for the force of Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which is expected to hit the Caribbean, including the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains, large and destructive waves and potentially life-threatening storm surges. The […]
Lost Islands Discovered On Underwater Mountain ‘Could Be Origin Of Atlantis Legend’
Spanish researchers have made a surprising discovery of ancient islands that sank beneath the sea millions of years ago, some of which still show traces of intact shorelines, reports said on Monday. The survey results are as follows: Live Sciencewas created on a seamount, or underwater mountain, located off the east coast of Lanzarote in […]
US Coast Guard patrol spots Russian military ship off Alaska islands
JUNEAU, Alaska — A U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel on a routine patrol around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands encountered a Russian vessel in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said. A crew from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Alex Haley spotted the vessel Monday about 30 miles southeast of Amukta Pass, the Coast […]
Vanuatu presidential palace funded by China stirs debt fears | Pacific islands
PAt the top of Vanuatu’s seaside capital, Port Vila, stands a gleaming red-and-white building gifted by China to the Pacific nation last month. The new presidential palace sits atop one of the town’s most popular hills and overlooks the prime minister’s residence, which was also renovated with a huge Chinese donation nearly a decade ago. […]
South China Sea: a visual guide to the key shoals, reefs and islands | South China Sea
The South China Sea is one of the world’s most economically important waterways and increasingly one of Asia’s biggest flashpoints. Covering 3.5 million square kilometers (1.35 million square miles), the ocean is a busy shipping lane through which trillions of dollars’ worth of trade pass every year, and is also rich in fish and thought […]
How Australian scientists brought Norfolk Island’s thumbnail-sized snails back from the brink of extinction | Australia news
First, there is a bulge on the right side of the snail’s neck, and then slowly (because everything in the snail world happens slowly) a fully formed baby snail appears, shell and all. An adult Campbell’s glass snail gave birth to more than 20 babies last week in a quarantine facility at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. […]
Multiple Chinese Military Ships Spotted Near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, U.S. Coast Guard Says
(Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images) James Myers of OANThursday, July 11, 2024 8:21 AM A Chinese naval warship was spotted off the coast of Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard officials said in a news release on Wednesday. advertisement Three of the warships were spotted about 124 miles north of Amchitka Strait in the Aleutian Islands, while […]