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Roman boat that sank in Mediterranean 1,700 years ago gives up its treasures
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One squally day or stormy night about 1,700 years ago, a boat carrying hundreds of amphorae of wine, olives, oil and garum – the fermented fish sauce that so delighted the ancient palate – came to grief during a stopo...
Snowstorm blankets eastern Mediterranean closing airports, schools and vaccination centres
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Europe’s busiest airport shut down in Istanbul on Monday while schools and vaccination centres closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, causing blackouts and traffic havoc. ...
Israeli archaeologists find treasure trove among Mediterranean shipwrecks
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Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Cae...
Shipwrecked refugee crossings leave 164 dead in Mediterranean, says UN
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More than 160 people drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the past week, a UN migration official has said. The fatalities were the latest disasters in the Mediterranean Sea involving refugees s...
Southern Italy braced for rare Mediterranean hurricane
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Southern Italy was braced on Wednesday for the arrival of what forecasters have described as a Medicane – a rare Mediterranean hurricane bringing winds of more than 100kmh and producing 5-metre waves. Fierce storms ha...
‘Climate crisis on our shores’: Mediterranean countries sign deal after summer of fires
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With the catastrophic effects of this summer’s unprecedented wildfires still being counted, leaders from around the Mediterranean – the European region most at risk from climate breakdown – have vowed to intensify the...
Summer of fire: blazes burn across Mediterranean with more extreme weather forecast
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Hundreds of fires are burning across the Mediterranean, displacing thousands and causing irreparable damage as human-made climate change causes record-breaking summer heatwaves. With very high temperatures expected in...
Mediterranean diet with oily fish could help reduce migraine frequency
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Eating a Mediterranean diet containing lots of oily fish could help to reduce the frequency of migraines in people who suffer from them, data suggests. Roughly 10 million adults in the UK suffer from migraines, with w...
More than 100 lone children rescued trying to cross Mediterranean
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Fears are rising over the numbers of lone children risking their lives to reach Europe after 114 were pulled from the Mediterranean Sea in one day this week. The unaccompanied minors were among 125 children rescued of...
Weatherwatch: why Atlantic Portugal has a ‘Mediterranean climate’
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Despite not being on the Mediterranean, Portugal has what is termed a Mediterranean climate: warm (sometimes very hot), dry and sunny summers and cooler, wetter winters. Unlike countries further east, however, its cli...