Grand Canal

Italian environmentalists used a dye to turn Venice's Grand Canal green on Saturday in protest at what they said was a lack of progress at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

A patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice's famed Grand Canal was caused by the chemical fluorescein, authorities revealed on Monday.

Various theories surfaced online, including the release of dye to a protest by environmental activists could be a reason.

The two surfers were arrested and fined $1,530 each. They were also expelled from the city and their surfboards confiscated.

Hours before its grand launch by Nitish Kumar, a portion of a Rs 389-crore dam in Bihar crashed during a trial run and left parts of a town in Bhagalpur flooded. The Chief Minister was forced to cancel the inauguration today of the Ganga canal project that was completed after a 40-year delay.

Paul G. Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, is not the worst billionaire on the planet. Yes, he owns mega-yachts, estates and sports teams, and is a regular on the sun-and-champagne circuit, but he gives generously to good causes, including biomedical research, the environment and the arts. He also collects art, and 39 works from his collection are n...

An eight-year-old boy in the UK who went magnet fishing in a canal was astonished when he pulled out an unexploded World War II grenade.

Tantalising details have emerged of George Clooney's wedding dinner, with Hollywood stars reportedly to dine on Saturday on lobster, wild mushrooms and figs at a banquet in Venice fit for the gods.

the fresco-adorned Aman hotel on Venice's Grand Canal is feverishly preparing for George Clooney's wedding to Amal Alamuddin, his Lebanon-born British fiancee.

Italian environmentalists used a dye to turn Venice's Grand Canal green on Saturday in protest at what they said was a lack of progress at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

A patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice's famed Grand Canal was caused by the chemical fluorescein, authorities revealed on Monday.

Various theories surfaced online, including the release of dye to a protest by environmental activists could be a reason.

The two surfers were arrested and fined $1,530 each. They were also expelled from the city and their surfboards confiscated.

Hours before its grand launch by Nitish Kumar, a portion of a Rs 389-crore dam in Bihar crashed during a trial run and left parts of a town in Bhagalpur flooded. The Chief Minister was forced to cancel the inauguration today of the Ganga canal project that was completed after a 40-year delay.

Paul G. Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, is not the worst billionaire on the planet. Yes, he owns mega-yachts, estates and sports teams, and is a regular on the sun-and-champagne circuit, but he gives generously to good causes, including biomedical research, the environment and the arts. He also collects art, and 39 works from his collection are n...

An eight-year-old boy in the UK who went magnet fishing in a canal was astonished when he pulled out an unexploded World War II grenade.

Tantalising details have emerged of George Clooney's wedding dinner, with Hollywood stars reportedly to dine on Saturday on lobster, wild mushrooms and figs at a banquet in Venice fit for the gods.

the fresco-adorned Aman hotel on Venice's Grand Canal is feverishly preparing for George Clooney's wedding to Amal Alamuddin, his Lebanon-born British fiancee.