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Officials warn fires that have already consumed more than 170,000 hectares of Spanish forest could persist into November, as a new heatwave approaches France and Spain.
The Silicon Valley giant bypassed public scrutiny by negotiating privately with local officials to lock in land, permits, and incentives for one of the largest data center projects in U.S. history.
Germany's chancellor called for stricter surveillance Monday after authorities revealed the Berlin Pride attacker had attempted to join ISIS and was released from custody just two months ago.
Sara Gilson, who built a following on parenting content, was killed in an apparent murder-suicide by her husband shortly after she published a social media clip naming him in allegations of child sexual abuse.
Bucharest's military has now intercepted three Russian drones since Friday, prompting a formal diplomatic summons — the NATO member's latest response to a pattern that shows no sign of stopping.
Washington suspended strikes against Iran for a second consecutive night Sunday as negotiations continued, with senior military commanders warning the Pentagon that munitions stockpiles are running dangerously low.
Nathan Matthews, 43, died Friday from burns suffered during a June burnover near the Colorado-Utah border, becoming the fourth fatality from the incident.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has ordered military aircraft into fire operations as evacuations sweep coastal and inland regions across both countries.
A Gen-Z protest movement has become the largest challenge to Narendra Modi's twelve-year government, forcing one minister from office and showing no sign of dispersing.
Two arrested in County Monaghan after Garda operation targeting dissident republican activity intercepts a device described by officers as a serious threat.
A physiotherapist, a tailor, and a fashion historian have mapped the wardrobe hazards that land women in emergency rooms — and some of the culprits have been on trend for decades.
More measles cases have been recorded in the past two years alone than in the entire 25-year span from 2000 through 2024 combined, federal health data show.
Itamar Ben-Gvir led a mass incursion into Jerusalem's holiest contested compound on Thursday, escorted by armed Israeli police, in a move observers describe as deliberately provocative.
Brent crude surged more than five percent Thursday as widening conflict in the Middle East spooked energy markets and pushed prices to their highest point in more than two months.
The U.S. president has confirmed that American assistance in developing Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear program hinges on Riyadh formally joining the Abraham Accords — a condition that has stalled the framework for months.
Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than a thousand times in documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in the French capital, French authorities have confirmed.
The Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales marked their eldest son's thirteenth birthday with a new seaside clip, just weeks before he is due to begin at one of England's most storied boarding schools.
Washington is poised to announce an agreement granting Riyadh the right to develop nuclear energy, a move certain to alarm Israel and trigger a fight in Congress.
Joshua Kerry, 28, is alleged to have attacked the former politician while she ate lunch before stealing her wallet, a court heard Tuesday.
Israeli troops were in the middle of a U.S.-brokered withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory when Lebanese forces reported coming under fire during the handover.
A sixteen-year-old died following a confrontation on Irvine Beach in North Ayrshire in May 2025; two juvenile offenders have now been convicted of his murder and sentenced.
The former England captain and manager, who disclosed a stage four cancer diagnosis just seven weeks ago, has died, leaving British football mourning one of its most electrifying figures.
Russia struck Odesa on Monday, killing three, hours after Ukraine launched one of the war's largest drone barrages against the Russian capital in retaliation for a weekend assault on Kyiv.
Iran-backed rebels declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia on Monday as Kuwait confirmed it was under attack, and the US military identified two soldiers killed in Jordan by Iranian strikes.
Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli claimed victory at Spa on Sunday, stretching his drivers' championship lead after team-mate George Russell was eliminated in a race-ending crash.
American forces launched fresh airstrikes Sunday after Iranian attacks killed two US service members in Jordan and left a third unaccounted for, with the White House vowing swift punishment.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at 3 p.m. EST in New York, with security heightened across the venue as a sitting U.S. president takes his seat in the stands.
The Scottish-born distance runner broke a mark that had stood for years, electrifying a packed Diamond League crowd at London Stadium on Saturday evening.
Jens Spahn, who publicly condemned surrogacy as renting women's bodies, has resigned as CDU party chair after it emerged he and his husband used a surrogate mother to have a child.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani told the New York Times he is consulting the city's Law Department on whether he holds authority to detain the Israeli prime minister during any visit.
Kiran Kaur was sentenced after removing and concealing the murder weapon used against Henry Nowak, a student killed in a case that shocked the East Midlands.
American forces targeted infrastructure across Iran early Friday in the latest escalation, drawing immediate retaliatory fire from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
The same mass migration that emptied Venezuelan neighborhoods over the past decade spared millions from the rubble — and left them grieving thousands of miles from home.
A new report puts a hard number on the torrent of abusive posts aimed at female tennis players in 2025, and the figure — 12,000 posts in a single year — is drawing fresh calls for platform accountability.
On July 16, 2026, an Italian court handed Giovanni Castellucci twelve years for the Morandi collapse — eight years after forty-three people fell forty-five meters into the Polcevera riverbed below.
Mykhailo Fedorov, sacked last week as Ukraine's defense minister, publicly attacked the armed forces' entrenched leadership Thursday as large protests erupted in Kyiv over his dismissal.
The Kremlin issued a direct threat Wednesday against any allied troops deployed to Ukraine under a post-ceasefire peacekeeping arrangement, as European coalition members doubled down on their commitment to the plan.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, the attorney general nominee offered the most stirring promise of his legal career: that he intends, upon confirmation, to do the thing the job requires.
A sprawling heat dome is driving temperatures into the danger zone across the Northeast while pushing Canadian wildfire smoke eastward over millions of residents.
A British court handed down a murder conviction after jurors found the defendant had faked a suicide scene — and his own daughter delivered the courtroom's sharpest line.
The legislation, championed by Hillsborough families for years, returns to the Commons as Prime Minister Keir Starmer nears the end of his tenure in Downing Street.
A process that was already brutal for visiting artists has reportedly gotten significantly harder under the current administration, and some acts are quietly pulling American dates off the calendar.
Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to know whether JPMorgan Chase used Jeffrey Epstein's influence to fight a British tax on bankers' bonuses — and the bank has not said no.
A person was killed Monday in Maine during an encounter with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the second fatal shooting linked to federal immigration operations in less than a week.
A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were taken into custody Sunday in connection with a targeted shooting that left five members of the same family dead and two others wounded in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Heavy weekend rainfall overwhelmed parts of Missouri, triggering emergency evacuations at a summer camp and leaving one woman dead as rescue teams worked through the night.
Russia has suspended maritime traffic in the Sea of Azov after Ukrainian drones struck 90 vessels in under a week, closing a critical supply corridor.
The South Carolina Republican and close Trump ally died following a brief illness, drawing tributes from the president and colleagues across party lines.
Police investigating the death of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe believe she was attacked at her Devon home on Wednesday afternoon, roughly a day before her body was found on Thursday.
The former Liverpool manager has reached an agreement in principle to lead the German men's national team, stepping into the role vacated by Julian Nagelsmann's sudden resignation.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Muscat Friday for talks on the Strait of Hormuz days after heavy U.S.-Iran clashes and an exchange of threats between Tehran and Washington.
The president is withholding his signature to pressure Congress on voter ID legislation, but the housing bill passes into law automatically under constitutional rules.
The British actor, best known for Netflix series Top Boy and Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, was acquitted on both counts by a London jury following a full trial.
A 17-year-old girl died after falling from a truck during post-match celebrations in France, while London saw violent disorder following the quarter-final victory over Morocco.
Corporate deal-making hit its hottest six-month stretch in a decade during the first half of 2026, with artificial intelligence driving the lion's share of the frenzy — and sceptics already asking how long it holds.
The island's Assisted Dying Law received Royal Assent this week, making Jersey the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to formally permit people to end their own lives with medical assistance.
Iranian state media reports explosions near the Bushehr nuclear facility as both sides trade blows and Kuwait condemns Iranian attacks in a formal foreign ministry statement.
With Reform UK's leader under investigation for an undisclosed gift, British parties are refusing to field candidates in Clacton — leaving a man in a trash-can costume as the most prominent challenger.
President Trump declared 'a lot of progress' on ending the Ukraine war after a bilateral pull-aside with Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara, and renewed his push for the US to acquire Greenland.
Police mounted a major operation at Welfen-Gymnasium in Schongau after two 13-year-old students were seriously wounded in an attack on school grounds.
A Paris appeals court confirmed the far-right leader's embezzlement conviction Monday but shortened her ban on holding office, opening a potential path to the 2027 presidential race.
Donald Trump told NATO partners he was 'very disappointed' in them — then said he never wanted their help in the first place, which is the kind of logic that turns an alliance into a bill of grievances.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced Monday he is resigning as MP for Clacton and triggering a byelection while facing a second parliamentary investigation into financial gifts.
A federal court has rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to stall payment of a $5.8 million judgment awarded to E Jean Carroll after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her.
A 33-degree afternoon at the All England Club produced the tournament's most dramatic quarter of results, with Naomi Osaka eliminating the defending champion and Jannik Sinner advancing without incident.
The U.S. president confirmed Saturday he personally telephoned FIFA president Gianni Infantino to lobby against striker Folarin Balogun's one-game ban, triggering an international row over World Cup integrity.
An attempt by Mexico supporters to disrupt England's pre-match rest ahead of the World Cup last-16 clash fell flat, with players reporting little or no effect on their sleep.
Financial disclosures reveal a sitting head of state departing with two billion more dollars than he arrived with, prompting experts to warn that western democracies are discovering public office is, in fact, a business.
France edged past Paraguay on penalties in the last 16 as Kylian Mbappé's seventh goal of the tournament pulled him level with Lionel Messi at the top of the Golden Boot standings.
Aid workers trapped in the besieged North Kordofan capital say attacks on civilian infrastructure have reached their worst intensity yet as the army and RSF paramilitary battle for control.
Forecasters warn a new heatwave is set to grip the United Kingdom with temperatures topping 30 degrees Celsius, and this one is expected to last longer than any heat event seen so far this summer.
England walked into a wall of noise in Mexico City, Cape Verde nearly ended Argentina's tournament, and Australia's penalty shootout collapsed in real time.
Delegations from China, Russia, Pakistan and a dozen allied nations arrived in the Iranian capital Thursday as multi-day state ceremonies commenced for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Around 100 guests descended on Madison Square Garden Wednesday night for the rehearsal dinner opening a celebrity-packed run of events ahead of the pop star and NFL champion's nuptials.
A Belfast court acquitted all three defendants Thursday in the 2019 killing of journalist Lyra McKee, shot dead during rioting on the streets of Londonderry.
Germany's SAP is staking its AI transition on retraining workers rather than replacing them, a strategy economists and labor analysts say faces long odds.
The National Weather Service is warning that heat index values could hit 115°F across central and eastern states as a prolonged dangerous heatwave intensifies into the holiday weekend.
The pop star and the Kansas City tight end are set to wed over July 4 weekend at one of the busiest venues in Midtown Manhattan, and the city is already bracing for it.
At least some of the 146 Venezuelans flown out of the United States on the day a major earthquake hit their homeland are confirmed dead, with dozens more unaccounted for.
A five-justice majority blocked President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, but legal scholars say the margin signals how close the court came to rewriting a century of constitutional law.
A mandatory government document filed in 2025 shows the Trump family collected roughly $1.4 billion from crypto ventures while Donald Trump held the presidency — a number that deserves to be read slowly.
The author of the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade steps down Monday, handing President Trump a second Supreme Court nomination and triggering a Senate confirmation fight.
The justices upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejected Trump's executive order, and issued split decisions on transgender athletes and campaign finance in a consequential final session.
While most U.S. states have quietly wound down capital punishment, Florida is running its execution chamber on a schedule that looks nothing like the national trend.
A sharp inter-agency clash has erupted over a Trump administration demand that intelligence services pool their lists of foreign espionage targets, raising alarms inside the CIA and NSA.
With the official count almost certainly an undercount, rescue teams are digging through rubble in a race against time — and the heat — as the scale of the disaster in Venezuela becomes harder to contain.
New legislation will hand ministers powers to claw back asylum housing and living costs from adults granted refugee status, with repayment demands expected to reach roughly £10,000 per person.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy went public Saturday accusing President Trump of cutting Congress out of war decisions entirely, calling the chamber little more than a rubber stamp.
A new workplace buzzword is making the rounds in HR circles and group chats alike — and if you've spent the last six months watching the clock, it might already have your name on it.
Two more crew members were injured Saturday as multiple fast-moving blazes tore through drought-parched terrain straddling the Colorado-Utah state line.
A brutal heat system has killed dozens across Germany and Italy and pushed Denmark to its highest temperature ever recorded, with no immediate relief forecast for the continent's most crowded tourist weeks.
The Vice President claimed America holds all the cards on Iran hours before fresh military exchanges erupted in the Strait of Hormuz Friday.
George Russell beat Charles Leclerc by 0.236 seconds to take pole at the Red Bull Ring, though the closing seconds of qualifying were immediately disputed after Max Verstappen's crash triggered a yellow flag.
