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Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control' 09 Aug 2025 - 03:14 pm
This photograph shows a burned entrance sign following wildfires in Durban-Corbieres, in the Aude department, southern France on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)
UN plastic pollution treaty talks progress not 'sufficient': chair 09 Aug 2025 - 02:58 pm
Women sort plastic waste at a workshop in Pekanbaru, Riau, on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Wahyudi / AFP)
Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze 09 Aug 2025 - 12:42 pm
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Madero Cubero / AFP)
Portugal's top court rejects parts of immigration law 08 Aug 2025 - 10:12 pm
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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana 08 Aug 2025 - 04:11 pm
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Germany suspending arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza: Merz 08 Aug 2025 - 02:23 pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement to journalists following a meeting of the security Cabinet of the German government at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 28, 2025. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Russia breaks ground for Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant 08 Aug 2025 - 12:58 pm
A view of the area where the construction of a nuclear power plant is planned near in the village of Ulken, located on the shores of Lake Balkhash, about 400 kilometers north of Almaty, on September 21, 2024. Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
Camel-led protest in Hungary aim to raise alarm over drought 07 Aug 2025 - 08:19 pm
A camel-led caravan of farmers, scientists and environmentalists crosses through central Budapest, Hungary to protest against the government's water management policy on August 7, 2025.(Photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP)
Trump might meet Putin in UAE coming days 07 Aug 2025 - 04:37 pm
This combination of pictures created on March 30, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Maxim Shemetov / AFP.
Kremlin announces upcoming meeting between Russian, US Presidents next week 07 Aug 2025 - 03:13 pm
(Files) US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
New discoveries at Pompeii show signs of life post-eruption 07 Aug 2025 - 03:01 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Pompeii Archaeological Park on August 6, 2025, shows new discoveries at Pompeii, where archaeologists have uncovered new evidence indicating the reoccupation of Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which left the city in ruins. Photo by Handout / POMPEII ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK / AFP
France seeks to 'stabilise' wildfire raging in the south 07 Aug 2025 - 02:00 pm
A Canadair aircraft of the French civil security drops fire retardant over a wildfire in Villeseque-Corbieres, southern France on August 7, 2025. Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP.
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk posts strong results but competition weighs 06 Aug 2025 - 03:57 pm
An employee walks past a door bearing the logo of Novo Nordisk at the factory in Hilleroed on September 26, 2023. Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP
Italy approves plans for world's longest suspension bridge 06 Aug 2025 - 03:46 pm
A general aerial view shows the Sicilian coast towards Cape Torre Faro, over the Strait of Messina, taken from the outskirts of the town of Scilla, in Calabria region in southern Italy, on July 7, 2020. Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP
Prince Harry cleared of 'bullying' in African charity row 06 Aug 2025 - 02:19 pm
(Files) Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he arrives to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, in central London, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
One dead, nine injured in huge France wildfire 06 Aug 2025 - 01:35 pm
A forest is engulfed in flames as a wildfire rages near Fontjoncouse, southwestern France, on August 6, 2025. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Italy to approve world's largest suspension bridge 06 Aug 2025 - 11:05 am
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EU halts 93-bln-euro tariffs on US goods despite members' dissent 06 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
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