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France sends boats to evacuate tourist hotspot Cap Ferret as wildfires rage
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France sends boats to evacuate tourist hotspot Cap Ferret as wildfires rage

French authorities ordered the complete evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on Friday, launching boats to help rescue people from…
The Iran and Ukraine wars are colliding on the world’s biggest lake. Here’s what to know
Middle East

The Iran and Ukraine wars are colliding on the world’s biggest lake. Here’s what to know

The Caspian Sea has become the latest region to be sucked into the growing conflict between Iran and its adversaries…
More than 63,000 people in central Spain have evacuated from path of fires
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More than 63,000 people in central Spain have evacuated from path of fires

Wildfires have forced at least 63,152 people to evacuate their homes in the central Spanish regions of Madrid, Toledo and…
Madrid wildfires advancing more slowly but remain “uncontrolled,” authorities say
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Madrid wildfires advancing more slowly but remain “uncontrolled,” authorities say

The wildfires tearing through the landscape just west of Madrid advanced more slowly overnight but remain “active and uncontrolled,” Spanish…
Ukraine sees highest civilian casualties since 2022
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Ukraine sees highest civilian casualties since 2022

Ukraine has seen the highest number of civilian casualties in the war with Russia this month for more than four…
‘Up in smoke’: Attacks on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring Putin’s war closer to home
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‘Up in smoke’: Attacks on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring Putin’s war closer to home

A series of Ukrainian strikes on the warehouses of Russia’s largest online retailer has sent potentially hundreds of millions of…
Firefighters battle one of Spain’s biggest-ever wildfires during heat wave across the Mediterranean
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Firefighters battle one of Spain’s biggest-ever wildfires during heat wave across the Mediterranean

Firefighters in central Spain battled a wildfire on Wednesday that has burned more than 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) in one…
Why a week of protests pushed Zelensky to bring in a younger military chief
World

Why a week of protests pushed Zelensky to bring in a younger military chief

For a war imposing such radical change on the battlefield, the retention of 60-year-old Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine’s top commander…
Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s military chief following widespread protests
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s military chief following widespread protests

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi, after days of widespread protests against the removal…
Stranded houseboats and grounded cruise ships: Europe’s rivers are shrinking amid heat and drought
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Stranded houseboats and grounded cruise ships: Europe’s rivers are shrinking amid heat and drought

Houseboats lie perched on desiccated riverbeds, receding water levels have left wide stretches of newly exposed riverbank and the shipping…
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