Head of a Taiwanese sea search-and-rescue group urges joint maritime emergency drills with China. The Taiwan Strait is a high-risk zone, and cooperation stopped in 2016.
The head of a Taiwanese sea search-and-rescue group urged Beijing and Taipei to resume cooperation on maritime emergencies. Joint drills ceased in 2016, impacting safety in the busy Taiwan Strait.
Rescuers are transporting a stranded humpback whale, known as Humpback Hope or Timmy in German media, into the North Sea via barge despite warnings, in a desperate race against time to save the animal's life.
A rescue team successfully freed a humpback whale, nicknamed 'Timmy,' from shallow North Sea waters near Germany. The whale had been repeatedly stranded since March, with its health deteriorating before the successful release on Saturday.
