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Wylie’s Baths in Coogee turns away swimmers for the first time in memory. But people will head back into open waters soon, experts say

Donald Trump has issued a strong warning regarding Diego Garcia. He stated the United States may use military force to protect its presence at the vital base. This comes after the United Kingdom's treaty with Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago. Trump emphasized the base's critical role in US national security…

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

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A DNA study reveals crocs that lived in the Seychelles represented the westernmost population of saltwater crocodiles, having swam at least 1,800 miles to reach the island.

Maha Shivratri is usually explained as the wedding night of Shiva and Parvati. But if that were the real reason, this night would look very different. There would be celebration, not silence. Feasting, not fasting. Sleep, not an all-night vigil. Instead, Maha Shivratri asks people to stay awake in darkness,…

Researchers yet to fully understand how freshwater is trapped in pockets under seafloor

The map of Earth looks settled at first glance. Continents feel fixed, named, and counted. Yet over the past few decades, geologists have been quietly reshaping that picture. One large region in the southwest Pacific keeps returning to the discussion. Mostly underwater, stretched around New Zealand and New Caledonia, it…

The extraordinary rescue this week in Geographe Bay, Western Australia has been described as heroic. A 13-year-old boy swam four hours to shore in rough seas after his family was swept far from the beach. This boy’s bravery in raising the alarm is to be commended.

The Ramayana has never lived only in verses or manuscripts. It has lived in footsteps, in rivers crossed, in forests remembered, and in temples where lamps are still lit every morning. Long before it became a story we read, it was a journey people believed in, walked through, and passed…

After months out of service following an armed attack in international waters, SOS Méditerranée’s migrant rescue vessel, the Ocean Viking, has resumed operations in the central Mediterranean. In an interview with RFI, Claire Juchat, the NGO’s operations manager, described returning to sea as a relief but said that tensions with…