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(CNN)At least 58 people were killed this week when a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 83 survivors swam to the shore after Wednesday's sinking and were being assisted by its officials in the northern city of Nouadhibou. Survivors told IOM that more than 150 passengers, including women and children, were aboard the vessel that departed from Gambia on November 27. The boat was running low on fuel before it sank as it approached the Mauritania coast, IOM said, citing survivors. An unspecified number of injured people were taken to a hospital, and others are being helped by authorities in Mauritania and officials representing the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, according to IOM. "The Mauritanian authorities are very efficiently coordinating the response with the agencies currently present in Nouadhibou," IOM … [Read more...] about At least 58 people killed as boat carrying migrants sinks off Mauritania coast

Maritime search and rescue operations conducted by the Coast Guard Region (West) for the distressed fishermen stranded in East Central Arabian Sea due prevailing rough weather conditions entered its second day on Thursday. Coast Guard ship 'Samudra Prahari' and 'Samar' carrying as many as 216 rescued fishermen on board continued to be about 400 km west off the Karnataka Coast in search of the fishing vessels abandoned by the fishermen. Both the vessels are in the process of disembarking the concerned fishermen on their respective boats as the weather has improved in the area. Live TV This would enable the fishermen to continue earning their livelihood while also rescuing other adrift boats which could become dangerous for navigation if left at sea.  When the last report came in, both Coast Guard ships had located two abandoned fishing boats in coordination with Coast Guard Dornier namely Divine Arc and Azarel and disembarked 24 rescued crew on board their boats.  The aerial … [Read more...] about Coast Guard’s maritime operations to rescue fishermen in Arabian Sea enters second day

 At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying more than a hundred migrants capsized off the West African coast in one of this year's deadliest disasters for those trying to make the perilous journey to Europe.  The boat, which had women and children on board, was running low on fuel while it was approaching Mauritania, a country on the West African coat.   83 people swam to shore and are being treated in Mauritania, the U.N. migration agency said on Wednesday. On Wednesday, a boat carrying at least 150 people capsized off the West African coast near Mauritania. 58 people died and 83 swam to shore, in one of the deadliest disasters this year for migrant crossings [STOCK IMAGE] Survivors from the boat carrying at least 150 people were being helped by Mauritanian authorities in the northern city of Nouadhibou, the U.N. agency said. Survivors said the boat, with women and children on board, had left Gambia on Nov. 27. An unknown number of injured were taken … [Read more...] about At least 58 migrants heading for Europe drown when makeshift boat sinks off coast of Mauritania

Atmospheric river storms like the one pounding California this week are becoming more intense and cost Western states roughly $1 billion in damage annually, according to a report on the weather phenomenon.The storms, which carry moisture from the tropics to the mid-latitude regions, have caused some of California’s biggest deluges. But when a storm passes, what’s left in its wake?In the study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, scientists found that from 1978 to 2017, atmospheric rivers caused $42.6 billion in flood damage in 11 Western states — 84% of the estimated total water-related damage of $50.8 billion. That’s roughly $1.1 billion in damage done by atmospheric rivers every year.“Research has shown that these storms are going to become more intense over the coming decades,” said Tom Corringham, one of the authors of the study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. … [Read more...] about Notorious storms getting worse, cause billions in damage across California

December 1969: The Rolling Stones are capping off their decade of triumph with a new album. It’s called Let It Bleed. The songs ooze doom, death, darkness, and destruction. Right from the start, it’s an album full of bad news, from the opening guitar shivers of “Gimme Shelter.” “That’s a kind of end-of-the-world song, really. It’s apocalypse; the whole record’s like that,” Mick Jagger told Jann S. Wenner in his 1995 Rolling Stone interview. “It’s a very rough, very violent era. The Vietnam War. Violence on the screens. Pillage and burning.” Fifty years after it came out, Let It Bleed sounds timelier than ever. Amid all the chaos, the Stones made a masterpiece that holds up as the ultimate rock & roll album for bleak times, which is why it feels like the most 2019 album of 1969. Their darkest album, yet also their funniest — not to mention their greatest. They dropped Let It Bleed in the final days of a … [Read more...] about ‘Let It Bleed’: Why the Stones’ Nastiest Masterpiece Feels Right on Time

You might think that Kevin Hart, the most successful stand-up comedian in the US, and Ice Cube, who produced Straight Outta Compton, the highest-grossing non-franchise film of the US summer blockbuster season, would resent spending a balmy Sunday morning in Los Angeles filming personalised messages to cinema audiences in London, Birmingham and Manchester, extolling the virtues of their buddy cop sequel, Ride Along 2. Hart and Cube do not see it that way. “You’re looking at two guys who are very adamant about wanting international success,” says Hart, who sits next to Ice Cube on a black leather couch deep in the bowels of a Hollywood photographic studio. “The one thing you’ve got to respect about the two guys sitting in front of you is that we’re not content. We’re both very successful in our own right, but we want more.” Their Ride Along chemistry sets Cube’s trademark glower and scowl against Hart’s puppy-dog enthusiasm. … [Read more...] about Ice Cube and Kevin Hart: ‘Hollywood is realising that black people go to movies’