Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities have declared an environmental emergency after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel last month.

An invasive yellow-legged hornet was apparently spotted in the United States, prompting agriculture officials to raise the alarm, according to NPR report.

Canadian rescuers have recovered more bodies from a Spanish fishing vessel that sank in rough seas off Newfoundland, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine.

A Spanish fishing boat has sunk in rough seas off Newfoundland in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people.