#theguardian.com. × ‘We try to put applicants off’: couple chosen as live-in caretakers on uninhabited Irish island. Recently married couple selected to look after Great Blasket, the largest island on Europe’s most westerly archipelago
#Feb.26.2025
#theguardian.com. × Man bitten by shark off Queensland’s Moreton Island in second attack in less than a month. Victim is in a stable condition at a Brisbane hospital with abdominal and leg injuries, authorities say
#Feb.23.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort. David Adeang defends his government’s offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nation
#Feb.18.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘Six out of 10’: Iceland boss and Labour backer grades UK government. Richard Walker laments record so far but welcomes more upbeat tone, planning reforms and move to better EU trading ties
#Feb.17.2025
#theguardian.com. × New York mayor considers plan to reopen Ice office at Rikers Island jail. Eric Adams weighs closer involvement with federal agency in sign of beleaguered mayor’s warm alliance with Trump
#Feb.13.2025
#theguardian.com. × Mayotte has been French for longer than Nice. Why is it still treated with colonial arrogance? | Rokhaya Diallo. The Indian Ocean island is an integral part of France and the EU – but the aftermath of a devastating cyclone has highlighted its neglect, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo
#Feb.13.2025
#theguardian.com. × Solomon Islands landowners seek compensation over catastrophic oil spill. Claim over the 2019 Rennell Island disaster, which saw more than 300 tonnes of fuel leak into the water, filed in the Solomons High court
#Feb.12.2025
#theguardian.com. × Stephen Mangan to star in new desert island comedy alongside ‘castaway’ celebrities. The star of TV drama The Split joins Sandi Toksvig, Richard Madeley and more in Radio 4 sitcom based on the fictional tropical isle
#Feb.09.2025
#theguardian.com. × State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island. Greek civil protection authorities announce measures after an estimated 7,700 tremors in less than a week
#Feb.06.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘Everyone is on tenterhooks’: Santorini streets empty after days of tremors. Thousands of locals and tourists have fled Greek island amid fears of bigger earthquake or volcanic eruption
#Feb.05.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom. Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity
#Feb.04.2025
#theguardian.com. × People flee Santorini as earthquake fears grow. Residents and tourists scramble to leave Greek island on ferries and planes after ‘barrage’ of tremors
#Feb.03.2025
#theguardian.com. × Teenager dies after being bitten by shark off south-east Queensland, police confirm. State ambulance service says the teenager was bitten on her upper body while swimming off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane
#Feb.03.2025
#theguardian.com. × Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain
#Jan.31.2025
#theguardian.com. × A journey to Greenland: the 51st state? – podcast. What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports
#Jan.30.2025
#theguardian.com. × RNLI rescues American students from Welsh island during Storm Éowyn. A lifeboat had to make four trips to recover seven people from Worms Head island due to very challenging conditions
#Jan.26.2025
#theguardian.com. × Donald Trump says residents of Greenland want to be part of US. President tells reporters he believes US will take control of island, after ‘horrendous’ call with Denmark PM
#Jan.26.2025
#theguardian.com. × Storm Éowyn ‘probably the strongest’ to hit UK in 10 years, says Met Office. Parts of Ireland had the highest windspeeds since records began and almost a million properties are without power
#Jan.25.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds. More than 40% of individual corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by heat stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease
#Jan.21.2025
#theguardian.com. × Wales trails behind most European countries in arts and sports funding, report finds. Cross-party Senedd report finds Wales is third from bottom in spending on culture and sports, with Iceland biggest spender
#Jan.09.2025
#theguardian.com. × Rottnest Island seaplane crash investigators to scour electronic devices for clues from flight’s final seconds. The crash, which killed three people, including pilot James Wong, occurred off the Western Australian coast
#Jan.09.2025
#theguardian.com. × Foreign tourists among three dead after Rottnest Island seaplane crash. Privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 plane was carrying seven people when it crashed off Western Australia coast
#Jan.08.2025
#theguardian.com. × Three missing after private plane crashes off Rottnest Island in WA. Four pulled from the water – three with serious injuries – but the search goes on for three other people on board
#Jan.07.2025
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