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After Mike Lynch’s fatal yacht sinking, is Sicily still a yachting paradise?

"What happened to the Bayesian is something really uncommon."

Fortune · Aug 28, 2024

The Mediterranean diet is all the rage because it represents a way of life we’ve lost

The promise of a long, healthy, happy existence living an active, community-based lifestyle under warm, sunny skies may be within reach. In fact, it could be on your table.

The Conversation · Aug 26, 2024

‘Fig trees are the undisputed superheroes of the arid landscape’ – discover the best drought-tolerant fruit trees

6 of the best drought-tolerant fruit trees that can thrive with minimal water

Homes & Gardens · Aug 25, 2024

Blinken Takes Gaza Truce Push To Egypt

Blinken, on his ninth visit to the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack triggered the war with Israel, flew to El Alamein, the Mediterranean city famous for a World War II battle, and began talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at his summer palace.

International Business Times · Aug 20, 2024

Mediterranean Sea breaks temperature record

The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest temperature on record on Thursday, Spanish researchers told AFP, breaking the record from July 2023.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 18, 2024

The dark side of the ‘summer of a lifetime’: young Britons exploited in jobs at Mediterranean party resorts

Observer investigation finds many tempted by seasonal roles in sun-soaked holiday spots end up working illegally and living in squalor

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Pilot killed when jet plunges into sea during D-Day airshow in France

The flight was part of a series of events commemorating the D-Day landings

Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2024

‘I am so happy to see them!’: fan mussels are back in Europe’s waters – but can scientists keep them alive?

After a series of mass mortality events, it is more common to find these huge Mediterranean clams dead. Which is why the species’ ‘biggest fangirl of all’, Susan Smillie, is thrilled to see a thriving population in Greece

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024

Spain to investigate unauthorized Katy Perry music video in a protected natural area

Katy Perry pretends in her new music video to be one of the thousands of tourists having the time of their lives on on Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024

Plant disease could spell apocalypse for citrus fruits

If world agricultural authorities don’t get their act together soon enough, your morning orange juice may disappear from the supermarket shelves – for good.

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2024