71 m. ago Newborn baby is among 27 dead after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Italy

The tragedy occurred 14 miles south of the island of Lampedusa on Wednesday - with a search continuing into the night for people still missing.

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6 h. ago A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26

A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people

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3 d. ago Man killed and nine rushed to hospital as broccoli recalled across Italy in deadly outbreak

Luigi Di Sarno, 52, was on holiday with his family when they fell ill after eating broccoli and sausage sandwiches from a food stand

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4 d. ago Man dies and nine are hospitalised as broccoli is recalled after botulism outbreak

Luigi Di Sarno, 52, died on Thursday after eating a broccoli and sausage sandwich.

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5 d. ago Broccoli is recalled across Italy after one man is killed and nine people are hospitalised in botulism outbreak

Luigi Di Sarno, 52, died on Thursday after purchasing a broccoli and sausage sandwich from a street vendor on the Diamante seafront in the province of Cosenza. [FILE PHOTO]

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9 d. ago Scores dead as boat carrying more than 150 people capsizes off Yemen

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden leaves only 32 survivors so far, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agencyA boat has capsized off Yemen’s coast leaving 76 people dead and 74 others missing, the UN’s migration agency said.Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies had been recovered and 32 people rescued from the shipwreck in the Gulf of Aden in what a senior official from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) described as “one of the deadliest” shipwrecks off Yemen this year. The UN migration agency said 157 people were onboard. Continue reading...

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1 week ago More than 140 migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off Yemen

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden with 154 Ethiopians onboard leaves only 12 survivors, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agencyA boat has capsized off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the UN’s migration agency said.It was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off Yemen that have killed hundreds of people fleeing conflict and poverty in hopes of reaching the wealthy Gulf Arab countries. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Daredevil Felix Baumgartner 'died before he hit the ground' near children playing in hotel pool

Felix Baumgartner was killed while paragliding in Italy after suffering a cardiac arrest mid-air, with his paraglider crashing into a swimming pool at a resort

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