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Italy's Po River valley on drought alert
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Italian authorities raised the drought alert level to "high" on Thursday in the Po Valley, home of the country's longest river, due to worsening conditions and ...
Firefighters in eastern England battle 'dangerous' wildfire
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in eastern England were Thursday battling a "difficult and dangerous" wildfire which has devastated around 100 hectares (245 acres) of heathland an...
Volunteers rush to feed scared animals in fire-stricken France
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
The volunteer had barely put down the tomato when a small beak poked out from a bush and dashed towards it in an abandoned garden in fire-ravaged southwest Fran...
Turkey battles wind-fuelled wildfires on tourist coasts
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of Turkish firefighters battled on Thursday to contain wind-fuelled wildfires spreading near key tourist regions on the country's Mediterranean coast.
Italy's Po River valley on drought alert
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Italian authorities raised the drought alert level to "high" on Thursday in the Po Valley, home of the country's longest river, due to worsening conditions and ...
France, Spain eye wildfire reprieve as other blazes start up in Europe
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires in living memory, which have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing -- a...
Firefighters in eastern England make 'progress' battling 'dynamic' wildfire
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in eastern England were "making good progress" Thursday battling a "dynamic" wildfire which has engulfed swathes of heathland and prompted the evac...
Mexico escalates war against smelly seaweed on Caribbean beaches
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Mexico is deploying specialized navy ships to fight a massive influx of sargassum on the country's Caribbean beaches, authorities said Thursday, as the smelly s...
France, Spain eye wildfire reprieve as other blazes start up in Europe
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires seen in living memory, which have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing...
Rhine at lowest level in Netherlands due to drought: govt
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
The Rhine has dropped to its lowest recorded level at the point where it flows into the Netherlands and is due to drop further due to drought, officials said Th...
Cyanide poisoning likely killed 15 elephants in Kenya: investigators
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Fifteen elephants found dead over the past month in one of Kenya's best-known wildlife parks were likely poisoned by cyanide, possibly from pesticides used on n...
Southern Europe 'becoming more flammable' in hotter climate, experts say
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Southern Europe is "becoming more flammable" with the number of summer days primed for extreme fire conditions more than doubling since 1981, a new study found ...
Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Sinking water levels in the Danube river have unveiled bones of a mammoth in Bulgaria and could lead to further discoveries, a local museum director told AFP on...
France, Spain eye wildfire reprieve as other blazes start up in Europe
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires seen in living memory, which have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing...
Turkey confronts growing wildfires on tourist coasts
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of Turkish firefighters on Thursday battled to contain wildfires spreading near key tourist regions on the country's Mediterranean coast.
Cyanide poisoning likely killed 15 elephants in Kenya: investigators
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Fifteen elephants found dead over the past month in one of Kenya's best-known wildlife parks were likely poisoned by cyanide, possibly from pesticides used on n...
France firefighters hopeful, as Spain ends national emergency
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
France firefighters on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain lifted a state of emergency over wildfires near Madrid.
Spain ends national emergency for wildfires near Madrid
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday lifted the state of emergency over wildfires west of Madrid that forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of...
France firefighters hopeful, as Spain reports 'almost no flames'
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in France on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain said there were "almost no flames" left near Madrid but ...
Shell profit surges as Mideast war fuels oil prices
Jul 30, 2026 (AFP)
British energy giant Shell said Thursday that its net profit tripled to $10.8 billion in the second quarter as the Middle East war sent oil prices soaring.
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