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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.
Shell knew Nigerian thieves tapped pipes, but kept oil flowing: Amnesty
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Shell executives knew oil thieves were tapping pipelines but declined to shut them down in order to preserve profits, a report from Amnesty International and a ...
Australia suspects local transmission of H5 bird flu
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
The first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu local transmission prompted Australia to suspend beach tours at a popular island on Wednesday to protect wildlife...
Japan coral protectors race to save reefs from heat 'bomb'
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
From "heatwave simulators" to ecological bootcamps, scientists and conservationists are trying ways to revive and reinforce the famous coral reefs off Japan's O...
Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from huge wildfires returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle...
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...
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...
Five killed as fierce winds bring chaos to Rio, Sao Paulo region
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Five people have died after powerful gusts of wind in Brazil brought chaos to Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo state, cutting power and bringing public tra...
Three killed as fierce winds bring chaos to Rio, Sao Paulo region
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Three people have died after powerful gusts of wind in Brazil brought chaos to Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo state, cutting power and bringing public tr...
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 battled raging flames as a new heatwave gripped the region.
French maverick, oystermen stay put in ritzy fire-threatened peninsula
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Bare feet planted in the sand, 79-year-old Benoit Bartherotte oversaw bulldozers knocking down pine trees in southwest France, with a wildfire blazing just kilo...
CORRECTED: 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...
Wildfires rage near Turkey's tourist beaches
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkish firefighters on Wednesday battled wildfires near the country's southern tourist beaches that have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, authoriti...
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.
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.
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 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...
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...
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