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At least one person has died and around 40 others have been injured after a severe wildfire tore through cities on Croatia’s coastline on Thursday night and Friday morning. The blaze broke out near the village of Lokva Rogoznica on Thursday evening, and spread quickly towards the nearby tourist town …

British teenage cyclist Finlay Tarling has died after a serious incident in the Volta a Portugal race, the event’s organisers said. The 19-year-old, from Wales, was taking part in the cycling race on Friday when he was run over by a car that entered the road, according to local media …

The accounts have managed to manipulate the algorithms on major social media sites by sharing emotive and hopeful content to gain more traction. Insiders at the biggest social media companies have previously told me how posts triggering a strong reaction are more likely to go viral. When I tried to …

Soon after, they alerted police to the discovery and explained that them keeping it for themselves was not an option. “There are so many coins and bars – it would be almost impossible,” the site manager Mario told VRT. “Besides, that would be theft.” Kobe agreed: “€9m – you simply …

Drifting ash caused by an eruption from Mount Etna has led to hundreds of flights being cancelled in the past week. Europe’s highest and most active volcano started its latest activity in Sicily on 6 August, with experts noting an unusual amount of ash is being spewed out. It means …

An American missionary has been released after spending more than nine months in captivity, the international Christian organisation he worked for has said. Kevin Rideout – who was kidnapped outside his home in Niger’s capital Niamey last year – was “in good health in the care of US officials”, SIM …

The case of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, is back in the spotlight. His lawyers are preparing to meet federal prosecutors for a potential plea agreement, according to reports in US media. Mangione faces two federal charges of stalking resulting …

Back at the end of June, the two teenagers had gone to the beach on Venezuela’s Caribbean coastline. Winder wanted to take their 10-year-old brother Moissés, but he was grounded. “I kept insisting but my mum just wouldn’t budge,” he says. As they were heading home on the evening of …

Four people have died after heavy rain and flooding in Japan, with thousands more left stranded. One person has been reported missing, with victims including a man found floating in a flooded road in Ichikawa City and a woman who had been stuck in a flooded car in Sakura City. …

A blast at a petroleum storage facility in the port of Rotterdam has killed one person and wounded six others, Dutch officials said. The explosion occurred at Europe’s largest port, in the Netherlands, at about 11.30am local time on Thursday. The cause remains under investigation. A spokesperson for Gunvor, a …

One of the most enduring mysteries that has been puzzling scientists forever is how the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the corona – is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. And how does the corona continue to remain so hot despite frequent eruptions during which it loses huge amounts of …

A shattered window through which a passenger was partially sucked out of during a Ryanair flight last month was caused by broken engine parts, US investigators have said.  According to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a fan blade in the plane’s right engine broke off, sending …

The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties. The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China …

Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe. The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania’s electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 …

Air India is to test all of its pilots for banned substances, starting immediately. It comes after an incident last week in which its Phuket to Delhi flight suddenly lost altitude, with a preliminary report saying the senior pilot had to retake their substance test. Reports say they had tested …

Concern about living conditions on a US aircraft carrier that has been deployed in the Middle East for more than 250 days is leading a US senator to demand answers from the military about the vessel and putting more pressure on the Trump administration over the Iran war. Reports suggest …

Mali is a former colony of France, and has been gripped by a security crisis fuelled by an Islamist insurgency since 2012. It was one of the reasons given for Goïta leading a coup in 2021 but attacks by jihadist groups have continued and even increased. At the time of …

DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province. Africa CDC director-general Jean Kaseya said on Thursday that the man had travelled from Isiro in Haut-Uele province to Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, where he died. The outbreak …

The players had been accused of assaulting the woman, known as EM, in a hotel room in 2018 in London, Ontario, where they had been attending a gala. They were acquitted in July 2025 when Justice Maria Carroccia said she did not find EM’s evidence “credible or reliable”. The court …

Kingsport, Tennessee, is a manufacturing town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Home to generations of industrial workers, it is home to an ammunitions plant that manufactures explosives that the US military relies on. It has long been a Republican stronghold and many voters there say they still plan …