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Sydney Morning Herald
16 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Last stop, end of the world: Take a train to the tip of Tierra del Fuego
This story is part of the June 28 edition of Good Weekend. See all 21 stories. Standing at the end of the world felt a lot like home to me. At the train depot, overlooking evergreen forests and a bay of mountains, I stopped to grasp the scene. The piercing morning sun stalked low, out of sight behind the summits of Tierra del Fuego National Park. But for the signposts in Spanish and unfamiliar trees – Magellan's beech, not Atlantic oak – I could have been on Scotland's rugged west coast. I'd come south – all the way south – to the Argentine city of Ushuaia, at the southernmost tip of South America, in search of epic landscapes, adventure and a historic frontier in train travel. Tierra del Fuego National Park, the shoreline trails of which I was exploring, is home to the 'End of the World' train (El Tren del Fin del Mundo), and it is a fragile leftover from one of the world's most remote penal colonies, of which more later. It also represents a profitable money-spinner for the blossoming tourist industry in this complex region of wild sea channels, twisting fjords and ferocious winds on the borderlands between Argentina and Chile. For my part, I've had similarly thrilling train experiences across the continent. A journey on the Machu Picchu train 25 years ago in Peru; a rooftop ride on Ecuador's zig-zagging Devil's Nose railway; a sunset visit to Bolivia's 'Great Train Graveyard', near the pearly salt pans of the Salar de Uyuni. But this one on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is by far the toughest to get to and so has a particular air of abandon – and freedom. The irony is that this is the railway line first built in 1909 by convicts as a 24-kilometre freight line to transport materials by steam locomotive between sawmills and Ushuaia prison. As local guide Grisel Guerrero tells it, no one wanted to live in this far-flung region with little or no opportunities in the 1890s. But the overflowing jails in Buenos Aires, nearly 3200 kilometres away, presented the unlikely solution. 'It was our Siberia,' Guerrero told me, while we strolled Ushuaia's waterfront that morning. 'Like the history of the British in Australia, our government formed a penal colony, sending many of the worst offenders here. It would take up to six months to arrive by ship, so before then it was almost impossible for the Argentinian government to populate this land.' Surrounded by the Beagle Channel and hemmed in by the Fuegian Andes, the landscape is far more dramatic than Russia's vast and unwelcoming North Asian province. As improbable, hard-to-believe-in places go, it's also worth the expense and time to get to. Lining this largely unpeopled coast are empty beaches and river estuaries teeming with brown trout. There are silvery sawtooth peaks and abrupt glaciers. In such beautiful surroundings, it's small wonder that many prisoners decided to stay after earning their right to freedom. By 1952, following an earthquake and landslide, the train had closed. These days, the UK-built convict train – revived in the mid-1990s as a heritage railway – wouldn't rival many for glamour. Nor would it match any Tube line in London for efficiency. The distance you travel is only eight kilometres, with one intermediary stop at gently gushing Macarena Waterfall. Besides that, the toy-town-like train takes one hour to reach the end of the line. In Ushuaia itself, the former prison complex, Museo Marítimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia, now charts the intriguing time line of the country's early penal colony. But the rewards of riding the slowest train in South America are profound. After the clanking of gears, there is the screech of wheels on the 500mm gauge track and the shrill blow of a whistle carried on the wind. The ride from platform to national reserve is admittedly the stuff of a theme park, with staff garbed in cosplay inmate uniforms, but you realise, excitedly, that this is also an invitation into one of the wildest corners of the Americas. Loading For me, the highlight was the intricacy of land and sea that surrounded us at journey's end within Tierra del Fuego National Park. On board, you only have to look out of the window to feel awe. 'This is the end of the world for us,' Guerrero told me, upon the train reaching its last stop. 'Some say that's a negative way of describing Ushuaia, so now we also say it's the beginning of everything. South America, the Pan-American Highway, the start of our lives here. There is no shortage of opportunity and adventure.'
CBS News
16 hours ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Video shows "narco sub" loaded with 3.5 tons of cocaine being intercepted in Pacific Ocean off Mexico
Combating narco-subs and narco-terrorism in the U.S. and abroad The Mexican navy seized 3.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a semisubmersible vessel off the Pacific coast, authorities said Friday, while releasing video of the "narco sub" being intercepted. The vessel, manned by three people and carrying 180 packages of cocaine, was detected during a maritime patrol in waters off the southern state of Guerrero, the navy said in a statement. Authorities released images of the seized drugs next to a Mexican naval ship as well as video of the craft being intercepted at sea. The Mexican navy seized 3.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a semisubmersible vessel off the Pacific coast, authorities said Friday, while releasing video of the "narco sub" being intercpeted. Mexican navy It is the latest in a series of major drug hauls showcased by the Latin American nation, which is under pressure from President Donald Trump to curb narcotics smuggling. Mexican authorities have seized more than 44.8 tons of cocaine at sea since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in October, the navy said. That month, the navy announced that it had seized more than 8.3 tons of an unspecified type of drugs found in a semisubmersible and a convoy of other vessels off the Pacific coast — a record for a single operation at sea. In early June, authorities said they had seized nearly 42 tons of methamphetamine worth more than $50 million during raids on illegal drug labs on land. Mr. Trump has cited trafficking of illegal drugs — particularly the synthetic opioid fentanyl — as one of the reasons for the tariffs he has imposed on imports from Mexico. The Mexican navy seized 3.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a semisubmersible vessel off the Pacific coast, authorities said Friday. Mexican Navy Semisubmersibles, which cannot go fully underwater, are popular among international drug traffickers as they can sometimes elude detection by law enforcement. The vessels — which are often spotted in Colombian waters while heading to the United States, Central America and Europe — have also been intercepted off Mexico in recent months. In November, the Mexican Navy said it seized 3.6 tons of cocaine aboard a semisubmersible off the Pacific coast which was spotted about 153 miles off the resort of Acapulco. Last August, Mexico seized more than seven tons of cocaine in two separate raids in the Pacific Ocean, and dramatic video captured the high-speed chases on the open sea.
The Age
16 hours ago
- The Age
Last stop, end of the world: Take a train to the tip of Tierra del Fuego
This story is part of the June 28 edition of Good Weekend. See all 21 stories. Standing at the end of the world felt a lot like home to me. At the train depot, overlooking evergreen forests and a bay of mountains, I stopped to grasp the scene. The piercing morning sun stalked low, out of sight behind the summits of Tierra del Fuego National Park. But for the signposts in Spanish and unfamiliar trees – Magellan's beech, not Atlantic oak – I could have been on Scotland's rugged west coast. I'd come south – all the way south – to the Argentine city of Ushuaia, at the southernmost tip of South America, in search of epic landscapes, adventure and a historic frontier in train travel. Tierra del Fuego National Park, the shoreline trails of which I was exploring, is home to the 'End of the World' train (El Tren del Fin del Mundo), and it is a fragile leftover from one of the world's most remote penal colonies, of which more later. It also represents a profitable money-spinner for the blossoming tourist industry in this complex region of wild sea channels, twisting fjords and ferocious winds on the borderlands between Argentina and Chile. For my part, I've had similarly thrilling train experiences across the continent. A journey on the Machu Picchu train 25 years ago in Peru; a rooftop ride on Ecuador's zig-zagging Devil's Nose railway; a sunset visit to Bolivia's 'Great Train Graveyard', near the pearly salt pans of the Salar de Uyuni. But this one on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is by far the toughest to get to and so has a particular air of abandon – and freedom. The irony is that this is the railway line first built in 1909 by convicts as a 24-kilometre freight line to transport materials by steam locomotive between sawmills and Ushuaia prison. As local guide Grisel Guerrero tells it, no one wanted to live in this far-flung region with little or no opportunities in the 1890s. But the overflowing jails in Buenos Aires, nearly 3200 kilometres away, presented the unlikely solution. 'It was our Siberia,' Guerrero told me, while we strolled Ushuaia's waterfront that morning. 'Like the history of the British in Australia, our government formed a penal colony, sending many of the worst offenders here. It would take up to six months to arrive by ship, so before then it was almost impossible for the Argentinian government to populate this land.' Surrounded by the Beagle Channel and hemmed in by the Fuegian Andes, the landscape is far more dramatic than Russia's vast and unwelcoming North Asian province. As improbable, hard-to-believe-in places go, it's also worth the expense and time to get to. Lining this largely unpeopled coast are empty beaches and river estuaries teeming with brown trout. There are silvery sawtooth peaks and abrupt glaciers. In such beautiful surroundings, it's small wonder that many prisoners decided to stay after earning their right to freedom. By 1952, following an earthquake and landslide, the train had closed. These days, the UK-built convict train – revived in the mid-1990s as a heritage railway – wouldn't rival many for glamour. Nor would it match any Tube line in London for efficiency. The distance you travel is only eight kilometres, with one intermediary stop at gently gushing Macarena Waterfall. Besides that, the toy-town-like train takes one hour to reach the end of the line. In Ushuaia itself, the former prison complex, Museo Marítimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia, now charts the intriguing time line of the country's early penal colony. But the rewards of riding the slowest train in South America are profound. After the clanking of gears, there is the screech of wheels on the 500mm gauge track and the shrill blow of a whistle carried on the wind. The ride from platform to national reserve is admittedly the stuff of a theme park, with staff garbed in cosplay inmate uniforms, but you realise, excitedly, that this is also an invitation into one of the wildest corners of the Americas. Loading For me, the highlight was the intricacy of land and sea that surrounded us at journey's end within Tierra del Fuego National Park. On board, you only have to look out of the window to feel awe. 'This is the end of the world for us,' Guerrero told me, upon the train reaching its last stop. 'Some say that's a negative way of describing Ushuaia, so now we also say it's the beginning of everything. South America, the Pan-American Highway, the start of our lives here. There is no shortage of opportunity and adventure.'
Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Tempers flare as Vlad Guerrero Jr. exits Blue Jays win over Guardians after getting drilled
Get the latest from Rob Longley straight to your inbox Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reacts after being hit by a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians. AP Photo A three-game midweek series in Cleveland was supposed to be all about the return to the mound of Blue Jays would-be ace starter Max Scherzer and the feel-good element of getting a star player back in the lineup. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Instead, there was at least some concern about the status of their highest-paid player as all-star first baseman Vlad Guerrero Jr. was drilled in the right forearm by a pitch from Guardians starter Tanner Bibee in the third inning of a matinee in Cleveland. And, as a bonus, a pitcher who had been struggling came up big with his best outing this month. First, to Guerrero. After staying in briefly after getting hit, the Jays $500-million man was removed from the game after camera shots showed him wincing while attempting to hold a bat. The Jays later announced that X-Rays on Guerrero's arm were negative for any fracture and diagnosed with a right-arm contusion as initially, anyway, the team appeared to dodge a serious injury to their superstar on their way to a decisive 6-0 win in the rubber-match of the series. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Front and centre in the contest was Jays starter Kevin Gausman, who most importantly finished off what had been a terrible June with a terrific outing in which he blanked the Guardians over eight innings, allowing just two hits while striking out six. The veteran right-hander endeared himself to his own dugout in another way when he plunked the first batter he faced in the fourth inning, nailing Guardians slugger Jose Ramirez with a fastball to the forearm — an emphatic volley of retaliation. If there was hope that the tit-for-tat retribution would end matters, they didn't. After learning that Ramirez would be leaving the game after the hit, Guardians manager Steven Vogt was incensed as the inning ended and stormed toward the Jays dugout where he was yelling at Toronto manager John Schneider. The diagnosis for Ramirez after an X-Ray was the same as Guerrero's. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Jays clearly had seen enough, given that Guerrero was plunked with a pitch for the second time in as many games against the Guardians. Though the initial diagnosis obviously is encouraging, Toronto can ill afford to lose their most dynamic hitter for any period of time. Guerrero had been heeting up at the plate of late, including belting his 11th homer of the season in a loss on Wednesday. With Gausman dealing, the Jays were able to navigate a lineup light on regulars. Outfielder George Springer and catcher Alejandro Kirk were given scheduled off days while regular shortstop Bo Bichette was the DH. Add the loss of Guerrero and prevailing over the Guardians was even more impressive. With the win, the Jays improved to 43-37 and have now won 17-of-26 as they were to take a charter flight to Boston for a three-game weekend series against their division rival. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Jays needed a deep outing and effective outing from Gausman for a couple of reasons. First off, the bullpen had weathered a heavy workload in the first two games of the series and, second, it had been a mostly miserable month for the right-hander. But the veteran dug in on Thursday. After allowing a double to Steven Kwan, the first Guardians hitter he faced, Gausman only allowed one more hit the rest of the way. It was the third time this season Gausman has given his team eight innings and it couldn't have happened at a better time as the righty needed 104 pitches to secure the win. Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Other than the throwing-pitches-at-dudes shenanigans in the fourth inning, there was more ugliness — in particular how the Jays managed to score the three runs that decided the game in the third inning. Not only did Guerrero get hit, first baseman Kyle Manzardo had no less than three errors in the inning and Bibee delivered a wild pitch. To their credit, the Jays took advantage, the biggest blow a Nathan Lukes single that drove in a pair of runs to open the scoring. The Jays added on in the ninth to take all the stress out of the outcome, scoring three runs on a bases-loaded single by Kirk, who came in as a pinch-hitter. Toronto Raptors Canada Celebrity Canada CFL
Newsweek
2 days ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
Guardians Announce José Ramírez Injury Update After Scary Hit By Pitch
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Guardians game on Thursday has been quite a disaster for the fans. During the third inning, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee drilled Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the arm with a 96-mile-per-hour fastball. Guerrero was in obvious pain and fought to stay in the game, but he was removed and underwent X-rays. The X-rays came back negative, and he was diagnosed with a forearm contusion. An inning after Guerrero was drilled in the arm, Guardians superstar José Ramírez was hit in the arm with a 95-mile-per-hour fastball from Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman. 3rd inning: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the game after being hit by a pitch. 4th inning: Jose Ramirez was hit by a pitch and both benches are warned. (via @Sportsnet) — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 26, 2025 Ramírez would leave the game in the same way Guerrero did. After undergoing imaging and X-rays, Ramírez was diagnosed with a bruised forearm, indicating the X-rays came back negative. CLEVELAND, OHIO - JUNE 25: José Ramírez #11 of the Cleveland Guardians hits a walk-off single during the tenth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Progressive Field on June 25, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.... CLEVELAND, OHIO - JUNE 25: José Ramírez #11 of the Cleveland Guardians hits a walk-off single during the tenth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Progressive Field on June 25, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Guardians defeated the Blue Jays 5-4 in 10 innings. MoreThis is quite a relief for the Guardians and the baseball world. Ramírez is in the midst of an incredible season for the Guardians. The slugger is slashing .318/.378/.516 with 20 stolen bases, 13 home runs, and 16 doubles. He's quietly been one of the best players in baseball, so the fact that the X-ray was negative is a boost for baseball as a whole. The Guardians are fighting for a postseason spot. The Detroit Tigers have separated themselves from the Guardians in the American League Central, leaving Cleveland on the verge of a postseason spot. If Ramírez has to miss any time, Cleveland will be without its best player. More MLB: Red Sox Need Righty Pop; Could Braves $65 Million Slugger Be Fit?
