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Some 33 countries recorded their hottest July since records began, according to a detailed analysis of Copernicus data

Record July heat in regions home to 900 mn people: AFP analysis

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is standing for re-election next March

Embattled Infantino target of letter from three confederations

A wildfire burns in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park near Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

Drones and helicopters deployed

Eighth day of wildfires in Indonesian national park

A customer looks at a board with the menu at AGI Bar in Beijing's in Zhongguancun district on August 9, 2026.

Gaining traction

Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs

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

Tens of thousands evacuated

One woman confirmed dead in western Canada wildfire

Protests in Ranchi -- capital of the eastern state that is home to more than 33 million people -- began on July 29, over alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations. Several students are on hunger strike

Including hunger strikes

Indian students step up exam protests in Jharkhand

Offshore wind farms are powering the country's ports -- among Europe's busiest -- in a more sustainable way

Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map

40-year tradition

Luxembourgish roots celebrated at Luxembourg Fest in Wisconsin, USA

State media were merged into MTVA under Orban

Stopped broadcast, layoffs: Hungary media eyes post-Orban renewal

Kusman runs his finger over a tablet engraved with the ancient Urartu language

Ancient inscriptions

Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive

People visit the Bund in Shanghai in heavy rain, a day after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Shanghai, on August 10, 2026.

Bringing heavy rain

Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China

A worker pushes a wheelbarrow at a brick kiln in Sheikhupura, in Pakistan's Punjab province, on July 20, 2026.

Dark plumes billow

Pakistan brickmakers scorched by sun above and fire below

World number two Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova to reach the Canadian Open quarter-finals

World number two

Rybakina survives scare as Gauff, Osaka race into Toronto quarters

Successive heatwaves and a drought have created ideal conditions for wildfires in Europe this summer.

Historic summer of heat

Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Tourists next to a statue of Odysseus by Korina Cassianou, on the Homeric hero's home island of Ithaca

After Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film

Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom

Defending champion Ben Shelton of the United States celebrates a victory against Brazil's Joao Fonseca of Brazil in the fourth round of the ATP Montreal Masters

Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final

Victoria Falls on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border is one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls

Copper-rich nation

Five things to know about Zambia ahead of the presidential vote

Fourteen candidates are contesting Zambia's presidency

Who are the main contenders in Zambia's presidential vote?

Up to 8.7 million Zambians are eligible to vote

Closely watched election

Zambia vote to test Hichilema's economic record

US tech company Meta is facing lawsuits over allegations of children being harmed by its social media platforms

Nearly $1 billion in damages

Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is going on trial over the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

High-profile unresolved murders

Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur's killing

A portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin hangs above the military base of Hmeimim in Latakia province in western Syria in 2024

Key ally under Assad

Syria says reached deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases

Argentine football star Lionel Messi arrives at the Islas Malvinas International Airport in Rosario after the death of his father Jorge Messi aged 68

Following cancer battle

Lionel Messi bids farewell to father who guided his glittering career

A bridge in Pozo de Gamboa, Mexico from which five bodies were found hanging, as seen on August 7, 2026

Grim images from the past

Bodies hanging from bridge revive violence in once-calm town in Mexico

Israel has rejected outright a new US-backed plan that would see its forces pull back in Gaza as Hamas disarms

Endorsed by Hamas

Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan in new break from Trump

Kurds have regularly demonstrated for the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan

Kurdish PKK criticises Turkey bill on fate of its fighters

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026

Blockade continues

Iran Guards say won't reopen Hormuz without US meeting Tehran's demands

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian strikes had wounded eight people in Odesa overnight

Five dead in new Russia, Ukraine strikes

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