Migrant Speedboat Collision off Greek Coast Claims 15 Lives
At least 15 people died Tuesday night after a speedboat carrying migrants collided with a Greek coast guard vessel off the coast of Chios, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea near Turkey. Coast guard officials recovered the bodies of 11 men and three women from the sea, according to Sky News. One woman later died in a hospital.
The incident prompted a search and rescue operation in the area, Sky News reported. Euronews stated that 25 people were rescued, with 24, including 11 children, hospitalized on Chios. Two coast guard officers sustained minor injuries, according to the coast guard. The exact number of people on the speedboat remains unclear.
The Rafah crossing with Egypt partially reopened on Tuesday, allowing some Palestinians to return to Khan Younis, Euronews reported. The journey was arduous, with one woman describing long waits and exhaustion while worrying about relatives left behind. People gathered on both sides of the border, hoping their names would be called. On the Egyptian side were patients who had fled earlier in the war. In Gaza, families waited near hospitals for news of medical evacuations.
In France, a 60-year-old art teacher was stabbed multiple times by a 14-year-old student during class at La Guicharde secondary school in Sanary-sur-Mer, in the Var department, Euronews reported. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said on Wednesday morning that the teacher was in stable yet "very worrying" condition after surgery. The student stabbed her three to four times with a 10-centimetre Opinel knife.
Meanwhile, in Doha, Qatar, the 21st edition of the International Conference and Exhibition on Liquified Natural Gas, or LNG2026, commenced, Euronews reported. The event gathered global leaders, energy giants, and experts to discuss geopolitics, market dynamics, emerging technologies, and the energy transition. LNG2026 opened with a tribute to Qatar's maritime heritage, the discovery of oil in 1940, and its role in the rapid development of the Gulf state.
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