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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

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has vowed a crackdown on 'uproductive' state-owned enterprises

Battling corruption

Indonesian leader vows to shut over 750 'unproductive' state-owned firms

Nigel Farage did not attend the announcement of the results in Clacton though other candidates, including Count Binface (C), did

'Limited consequence'

Farage wins UK by-election as Count Binface claims 'moral victory'

The Colosseum, built in the first century

Extended opening hours

Tourists beat the heat with 'magical' Colosseum night tours

The Almaraz plant contributes around seven percent of Spain's electricity production

Slated to close in 2028

Spain extends largest nuclear plant in policy U-turn

France has suffered a series of major fires this season

Amid new heatwave

Latest developments: Europe battles wildfires

Sau Paulo police say thieves overpowered a security guard at the library before grabbing the Matisse engravings and fleeing

Brazilian police recover Matisse works stolen in 2025

The charred remains of a tank from clashes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in March, as tensions build

Is a new conflict brewing in northern Ethiopia?

Cars pass a commuter on a flooded road near Chiba metro station on August 13

'Unprecedented'

Thousands stranded as 'unprecedented' rain kills at least five in Japan

Veteran politician Boris Nadezhdin fled Russia after he was summoned for questioning by investigators

'I stayed in Russia for as long as I could'

Exiled Putin critic says push for peace put him in danger

Magnitude 3.7 tremor

Earthquake shakes the Vosges, felt throughout region

Three firefighters were hospitalised fighting that blaze southwest of Birmingham

Amid drought conditions

UK firefighters 'under pressure' as multiple blazes rage

Lyme disease is the most common illness transmitted by ticks

World's most common tick-borne illness

EU to study potential vaccine for Lyme disease: companies

Swaths of Colombia's coffee region and western coast sustained heavy damage in the quake

More than 200 dead

Colombia vows to find all missing quake victims as rescue hopes fade

Southwest France has been ravaged by forest fires

1,100 hectares burned

New wildfire forces evacuation of 500 people in France

At a gleaming new factory in China's central hinterland, masked workers in white uniform season and sift through mounds of latiao

Junk food reputation

China's viral 'spicy strips' take a bite of global snack market

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won the by-election with 63 percent of the vote

As other parties shun contest

Farage wins UK by-election as Count Binface claims 'moral victory'

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