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Russia announces capture of three cities in East Ukraine 21 Aug 2025 - 12:09 am
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 20, 2025, shows a Ukrainian emergency worker in action following an air attack, in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Emergency Service / AFP)
Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain 20 Aug 2025 - 04:17 pm
A general view of San Vicente de Leira, in the Spanish northwestern province of Ourense is seen after a wildfire on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Riopa / AFP)
Record number of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in Europe: health agency 20 Aug 2025 - 02:51 pm
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Historic Swedish church inches closer to new home 20 Aug 2025 - 01:47 pm
The wooden Kiruna Church is transferred to its new location, in Kiruna, Sweden on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
To get people reading, Denmark to end book tax 20 Aug 2025 - 12:46 pm
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Spanish PM says 'difficult hours' left in wildfire fight 19 Aug 2025 - 09:18 pm
Picture shows a burnt area after a wildfire in the northwestern Spanish village of San Vicente de Leira in Ourense province, on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Riopa / AFP)
Record number of aid workers killed in 2024, UN says 19 Aug 2025 - 07:31 pm
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More than 1,100 deaths linked to Spain's heatwave 19 Aug 2025 - 05:11 pm
This photograph shows sun rays shining through a handheld house thermometer reading 35 degrees Celsius, in Montreuil on the afternoon of August 14, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP.
Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building 19 Aug 2025 - 04:19 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on July 9, 2024 shows member of Finnish parliament Eemeli Peltonen of Finland's Social Democratic Party attending a plenary session in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Mikko Stig / Lehtikuva / AFP) /
UK drops demand for access to Apple user data 19 Aug 2025 - 04:17 pm
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'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary 19 Aug 2025 - 02:10 pm
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Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals 19 Aug 2025 - 01:59 pm
(Files) A woman walks past a Google logo at the Google Campus in Warsaw on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Historic Swedish church to relocate on trailers in logistical feat 19 Aug 2025 - 09:01 am
The wooden Kiruna Church is transferred to its new location, in Kiruna, Sweden on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Zelensky says ready for bilateral meeting with Putin to end war 19 Aug 2025 - 07:59 am
(L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump listen during a meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/ AFP)
Portugal's wildfire damage exceeds 2024 total, 2 deaths reported 18 Aug 2025 - 06:57 pm
Residents of some villages severely affected by wildfires protest against not being allowed to enter their towns, in Guardo, Palencia province, on August 18, 2025.  (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)
Spain wildfires burn record territory this year: monitor 18 Aug 2025 - 03:06 pm
People fight a wildfire in the village of Vilarino, in Carballeda de Avia municipality, northwestern Spain, on August 17, 2025. Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
Greta Thunberg, activists block Norway oil refinery 18 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm
Swedish climate and political activist Greta Thunberg (C) and activists from the climate protest group Extinction Rebellion take part in a protest at Equinor's oil refinery in Mongstad, north of Bergen, Norway on August 18, 2025. Photo by Paul S. Amundsen / NTB / AFP
European leaders to join Zelensky in Trump meeting 17 Aug 2025 - 10:51 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen leave at the end of a joint press conference in Brussels, on August 17, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP)