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'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.
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,...
How an AFP beach snap became emblem of Europe's wildfire summer
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
AFP photo editor Maximilien Lamy was on holiday with his partner and daughter last week when he took a series of snapshots of vacationers in fire-struck southwe...
More than half of England 'officially in drought': UK govt
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Just over half of England has been declared in drought after "record-low rain and exceptionally high temperatures", the UK government said Wednesday.
Nepal's tiger numbers climb 20 percent to estimated 429: survey
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's tiger population has risen by roughly 20 percent in the past four years to an estimated 429, officials said on Wednesday, a conservation milestone despi...
Spain returns wildfire evacuees as France braces for worsening weather
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from the path of huge wildfires were returning home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions i...
Nepal's tiger numbers climb 20 percent to estimated 429: survey
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's tiger population has risen by roughly 20 percent in the past four years to an estimated 429, officials said on Wednesday, a conservation milestone despi...
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.
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.
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:
Queuing at dawn as Comoros taps run dry
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Like many residents of the capital of the Comoros, 86-year-old Ben Joma does not bother to turn off the taps at his home.
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...
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...
'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.
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...
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...
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...
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