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Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up help

Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed the blazes’ advance. Much of southern...

Thousands evacuated as wildfires rage across Spain during scorching heat wave

Thousands of people in Spain faced evacuation orders as wildfires continued to burn across the Iberian Peninsula during a heat wave expected to reach...

Trump to put capital’s police under federal control and bring in National Guard

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to...

Dozen regions placed on red alert as France is hit by heatwave

A blistering heatwave gripped south-west France on Monday, sending temperatures soaring to 43C in parts of the Charente and Aude. In Aude, a patchwork of...

Victoria Mboko claims maiden WTA tour title with win over Naomi Osaka

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko claimed her first WTA Tour crown as she denied Naomi Osaka a first title for four years in the National...

California wildfire threatens some 800 structures and injures three people

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through...

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former president Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered house arrest for former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly leading a coup attempt after losing...

Hong Kong imposes new measures on overseas-based activists

Hong Kong authorities strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures...

Meta stock surges after Q2 results beat expectations despite heavy AI spending

Meta has posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, buoyed by growing ad revenue even as its expenses increased. Shares in the Facebook owner surged...

Rock star welcome for Pope who poses for selfies at Catholic influencer festival

Pope Leo XIV received a rock star’s welcome at the Vatican’s festival of Catholic influencers – priests, nuns and ordinary faithful who use their...

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