Rescate

  1. British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, leaving hundreds of thousands stranded

    It ran hotels, resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year in 16 countries. Employing 21,000, it currently has 600,000 people abroad, forcing governments and insurance companies to coordinate a huge rescue operation. There are more than 150,000 people from the UK abroad on Thomas Cook holidays at the moment, while many thousands more have future holidays booked.

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    Europe
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    Society
    British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, leaving hundreds of thousands stranded
  2. Viking Sky: stricken cruise ship in rescue drama

    Norway airlifts more than one thousand passengers off SOS cruise ship.
    A dramatic airlift is underway to rescue 1300 passengers in extreme weather from a powerless cruise ship that has been battered to within 100m of the Norwegian coast.

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    Europe
    Category:
    Society
    Viking Sky: stricken cruise ship in rescue drama
  3. All 13 rescued from flooded Thai cave

    All 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flooded Thai cave have been rescued, a Thai navy SEAL unit said on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that has gripped the world.

    Region:
    Asia
    Category:
    Society
    The “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach got trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai
  4. Thai cave rescue

    Rescue workers in Thailand on Monday brought four boys out of a flooded cave where a 12-member soccer squad and their coach were trapped for more than two weeks, taking the total number rescued to eight.

    Region:
    Asia
    Category:
    Society
    8 of the boys stuck in the Thai caves have been freed in the 2nd day of rescues