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Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with ragi...
'I started crying': Battle to tame fresh blaze near French seaside
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
To one side, blue sky, to the other, ashen smog, as erratic winds fanned the flames from the forest fire threatening to raze even more of the French coast.
Danube drops to 'historic lows' as fresh heatwave hits
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Plummeting river levels have already brought shipping to a standstill in parts of Serbia, squeezing fuel imports and energy production -- and now heatwave warni...
Two firefighters die battling blaze on Crete: official
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Two firefighters died battling a forest blaze on the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, the fire department said as several fires broke out around the country,...
US to loosen environmental safeguards on space industry
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday said it plans to exempt its private space sector from numerous environmental regulations to accelerate the pace of space launches a...
US aims to loosen environmental safeguards to support space industry
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
The US on Tuesday said it plans to exempt the US private space sector from numerous environmental regulations, a deregulatory move aimed at accelerating the pac...
Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday but thousands more were ordered to leave...
Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday but thousands more were ordered to leave...
Spain allows wildfire evacuees to return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday, after the country lifted evacuation ord...
Spain allows wildfire evacuees to return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday, after the country lifted evacuation ord...
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Tuesday.
France pressures Suriname as illegal mining plagues border
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Illegal mining along Suriname's border with French Guiana is viewed as a ticking time bomb by French authorities, who are pushing for a joint effort to defuse t...
France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks alon...
'Not out of danger': Residents return to scorched French village
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
The scent of cinder lingered in the air as Michael Elicegui sipped a coffee on a cafe terrasse after returning to his French village following a wildfire.
CORRECTED: Will heatwaves push European holidaymakers to 'coolcations'?
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
European holidaymakers worn down by recurrent heatwaves are currently snubbing Mediterranean destinations for northern climes in hopes of cooler temperatures, b...
Cruise ship runs aground on the Danube due to low water levels
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Bulgarian border guards on Tuesday began evacuating nearly 200 passengers from a cruise ship that ran aground on the Danube because of low water levels, the int...
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Tuesday.
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Tuesday.
Kenya probes death of 15 elephants at Amboseli park
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
An investigation has been opened into the unexplained death of 15 elephants in one month at a Kenyan nature park, the Kenyan Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
Spoiled milk, dead chickens: in Tunisia, the heavy toll of power cuts
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
On a poultry farm just outside Tunisia's capital, a backhoe gathers hundreds of chicken carcasses to bury them in a pit.
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