A wildfire has broken out in Glossop, Derbyshire, in northern England, as an intense early-summer heat wave continues to grip the UK, bringing unusually high temperatures and leaving vegetation dry and highly flammable. According to a statement by Derbyshire's Fire & Rescue Service on Thursday, firefighters are tackling the blaze on moorland near the town, […]
Continue ReadingCountries bordering Russia must prepare for "various forms of escalation" as the security situation on NATO's eastern flank remains "highly unstable," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Thursday. Speaking after a meeting of leaders from NATO's eastern flank in the northern Polish city of Gdansk, Tusk said countries sharing borders with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine […]
Continue ReadingA sign warns of uninvited shark visits to Sydney beaches.Image: keystone June 26, 2026, 07:32June 26, 2026, 07:32 Due to a series of shark sightings, several beaches in Sydney have been closed off and on for four days – including the world-famous Bondi Beach. Rescue workers and drones discovered sharks again in the morning (local […]
Continue ReadingTobias Flückiger* runs a small antiquarian bookstore and sells his books online. He has been receiving strange orders for a month.Image: watson/Hanna Hubacher At the same time, antiquarian bookshops in Germany are reporting suspicious orders from a Canadian company – AI companies could be behind this. Now it turns out that Swiss antiquarian bookstores are […]
Continue ReadingTwo-and-a-half years after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram, the shrine is embroiled in an unsavoury row over allegations that donations from devotees worth tens of millions of rupees have been embezzled. The temple in the once-flashpoint city of Ayodhya in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh replaced […]
Continue ReadingThe current heat wave continues to have Europe firmly in its grip. In the French city of Angers there was a real rush for air conditioning and fans on Wednesday. As early as 8:30 a.m., numerous customers rushed into a Carrefour branch to secure devices from the newly arrived delivery. Shortly after 9 a.m., the […]
Continue ReadingJune 25, 2026, 10:00 a.mJune 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m Oil prices have continued their decline. North Sea crude oil fell for a fourth straight trading day, falling to its lowest level since the start of the Iran war. In the morning, a barrel (159 liters) of the global benchmark Brent variety for delivery in August […]
Continue ReadingTotally destroyed houses in the Venezuelan capital Caracas.Image: keystone Over 900 major earthquakes have occurred in the 21st century. With magnitudes of 7.5 and 7.2 and over 10,000 possible deaths, the earthquakes in Venezuela could be among the worst natural disasters in the last 26 years. The overview. June 25, 2026, 6:43 p.mJune 25, 2026, […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/25/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 The European Commission said on Thursday that Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud services should fall under a strict regulatory regime, at least on a preliminary basis, as Brussels tries to make the cloud market fair and competitive while promoting European providers. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The decision means Microsoft Azure and Amazon […]
Continue ReadingJune 25, 2026, 3:40 p.mJune 25, 2026, 3:40 p.m Image: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana (ARPAT) Investigators have uncovered a large-scale illegal export of textile waste from Italy to Turkey. According to the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf), based in Brussels, several thousand tons of textile waste were seized. In Italy, the authorities […]
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