A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the U.K.’s seizure of 69,000 bitcoins (that’s worth around $7.7 billion) from a Chinese ...

The seaman and 18 of his loyal men only had the compass, a watch, a quadrant and a week's worth of food and drink following ...

Residents in the likes of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Bermuda will provisionally be eligible to obtain the ...

Prof Anna Tan leads medical teams that bring sight-saving services to underserved communities overseas. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Despite its remoteness, the island is described as being "very much a living community" [BBC] A tiny island off Gwynedd's Llŷn Peninsula, with more sheep than humans, is looking for new nature-loving ...

A tiny island off Gwynedd's Llŷn Peninsula, with more sheep than humans, is looking for new nature-loving inhabitants to live and work there. Ynys Enlli, also known as Bardsey Island, is wind-whipped, ...

New housing permits combined with increasing vacation rentals mean long lines at the ferry terminal, people say.

Our connected world thrives on it, but out there somewhere on our seas are islands where the digital leash relaxes its hold.

In Greece, fewer babies means difficult decisions, especially on remote islands where low birth rates are forcing some ...

Catalina Island has proposed a plan to have professional hunters eliminate its deer population. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the Catalina Island ...

'Soccer periphery' The gust of the Faroe Islands is unusual. On the 13th (Korea time), Faroe Islands won a surprise 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the eighth Group L match of the 2026 ...

Alabama added nearly 50,000 people in the last year – and out-of-state transplants are driving much of the growth, new Census data shows. Madison County in north Alabama continues to boom, adding an ...