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Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic stressed the dangers of the fire and praised the efforts of the firefighters

At least 10 in intensive care

Body found after wildfire hits Croatian coastal town

This handout photo released on August 8 by the BC Wildlife Service shows the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland in Canada's western British Columbia province

Forced to evacuate

Wildfire threatens Canada wine region

Luigi Mangione's case has laid bare deep anger over America's for-profit health care system

'Normal guy' turned killer over US insurance industry grievances

Cartons of eggs are seen at a supermarket in Houston, Texas, on August 11, 2026

Salmonella Enteritidis

US says 19 million recalled eggs pose deadly risk

Israeli settlers began their siege of Palestinian homes on Sunday

Step towards annexation?

Israel calls for police to replace military in handling West Bank settlers

Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin's rocket explosion had been 'a punch to the gut'

Battle for supremacy

Liverpool deal with Bezos consortium raises stakes in US battle for Premier League power

Tottenham defender Cristian Romero

Controversial figure

Argentina's Romero confirms Tottenham exit as Atletico move looms

Nine-year-old Sebastian lost his family home to the powerful quake in Colombia

As rescue efforts continue

Homeless, jobless: Colombia quake survivors 'left with nothing'

Luigi Mangione, pictured here in May 2026, pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges

Amid cult-like support

'I shot Mr Thompson': Stunning confession in US health exec's slaying

Alexis Mijan sets up his rooftop bed in Old Havana

Amid summer heat

Cubans find rest on rooftops as blackouts drive them from home

UK firefighters douse the smoldering ruins of a fire-damaged house, outside the central town of Stourbridge

In wildfire town, PM says UK must 'face up to climate change'

World record-holder Summer McIntosh failed to make the final of the 400m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships

World champ McIntosh crashes out of Pan Pacs 400m free

Mangione, 28, is accused of killing chief executive of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thompson, 50, in New York in December 2024, in protest of the US insurance system

Pled guilty to stalking charges

Mangione admits shooting health care CEO

In a setback to President Emmanuel Macron, the constitutional authority struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15

Constitutional Council

France upholds assisted dying law, strikes down social media ban for children

Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos

Around one-third

Premier League club Liverpool sell minority stake to Jeff Bezos consortium

Helicopters were deployed to help battle the fires in Germany

Helicopters and army equipment deployed

Wind spurs forest fire in western Germany, with scores evacuated

The paintings were taken by masked thieves from the villa of the Magnani Rocca Foundation, near Parma in northern Italy, in a heist that lasted under three minutes

Missing since March

Italian police recover stolen Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse works

This screen grab of a handout video taken and released by Spain's Military Emergencies Unit (UME) shows firefighters taking away the bones of the first Aragonese kings on August 13, 2026

History preserved

Bones of medieval kings saved from Spanish wildfire

Conditions have deteriorated dramatically in Cuba

Firms fear US reprisal

UN warns sanctions chill is stopping Cuba aid

Locals evacuated by boat

Luxembourger recounts experience of Greek wildfires

The massive earthquake that struck western Colombia has disrupted thousands of lives

Colombia quake survivor faces life without triplet sisters

Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism over a Paris Match cover showing him riding a jet ski

Out of touch with the country

France's Macron in hot water over jet ski picture

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell 9.7 points in January from December, to 84.5

Unexpected decline

US retail sales weakest in over a year, consumer sentiment plunges

A healthcare worker taking samples from an Ebola patient in Bunia, northeastern DR Congo

Facing serious risks

Nursing federation demands proper pay, protection on Ebola front line

A CH-47D Chinook water-bombing helicopter, on loan from Australia, and a French Civil Security helicopter flying above the forest of Luglon in southwestern France

Persisting danger

Europe wildfires: latest developments

Recent records for key stock indexes suggest investors see little risk from rising temperatures

'Inclined to short-sightedness'

Hotter Europe isn't cooling investor fervor for stocks

A firefighter examines the destroyed building of a medical facility hit by a missile strike in Dnipro in May 2023

'Healthcare should never be a target'

WHO decries lack of justice over 10,000 attacks on health care

This was the second time that such a drone had been shot down in Latvian airspace, the defence ministry said

Escalating concerns

NATO jets shoot down drone in Latvian airspace: spokesperson

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