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Spain wildfire burns campsite to ash, leaving tears and despair

Commonwealth Games as 'training day', says Olympic champion McClenaghan

'Thrilled' 76ers sign James with eyes on NBA title run

Brazil's Amazonia theaters earn UNESCO World Heritage status

Renault to face criminal trial in France over dieselgate

Fury of fire-ravaged French village at being 'sacrificed' for millionaires' peninsula

Border crossings shut as heavy snow coats Argentine Andes

India activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters

Singer Carly Simon diagnosed with Parkinson's: statement

LVMH says growth accelerates in second quarter

France and Spain race to contain fires before new heatwave

India clears protest site after 'cockroach' movement scores a win

New Delhi municipal workers were busy painting over anti-government graffiti on Sunday after the youth-led "cockroach" movement had left a landmark protest site, satisfied with the government acceding to their demands.

Wildfires overwhelm exhausted firefighters in France and Spain

Fire crews in France and Spain battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed on Sunday as the unpredictable blazes advanced.

France fire situation 'remains very unfavourable': interior minister

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned on Sunday the wildfire situation in France was "very unfavourable" as firefighters battled to hold the blazes back from the UNESCO-listed city of Bordeaux in the southwest.

Urgent search for suspect after deadly attack near Berlin Pride

German police on Sunday were hunting for the prime suspect in a car-ramming attack on the outskirts of Berlin Pride, which left one person dead and 16 others injured.

D-Day beaches inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

The iconic D-Day landing beaches in Normandy were on Sunday inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, marking the culmination of a project launched nearly two decades ago.

As Zimbabwe's raw lithium ban pays off, ambitions grow

Zimbabwe's first plant to process clean-energy metal lithium -- of which it is Africa's top producer -- is up and running, a milestone in its expanding drive to stop the wholesale export of its raw mineral wealth.

German manhunt after deadly car ramming near Berlin Gay Pride

German police searched on Sunday for believed linked to Islamist circles after a car ploughed into crowds near Berlin's Gay Pride celebrations, killing one person and wounding 16 others.

Marvel announces 'Black Panther III' at Comic-Con

Superhero movie fans will officially return to the world of Wakanda in "Black Panther III," the newest entry in the Marvel film franchise, the studio announced at Comic-Con on Saturday.

Vienna's venerable vineyard taverns forced to move with the times

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

Will heatwaves push European holidaymakers to 'coolcations'?

European holidaymakers worn down by recurrent heatwaves are currently snubbing Mediterranean destinations for northern climes in hopes of cooler temperatures, but it remains to be seen whether it is just a fad or a durable shift in the tourism market.

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Thousands crowd shelters as wildfires force exodus in France, Spain