Greek firefighters struggle to contain blazes – in pictures
Greek firefighters have been struggling for five days to contain deadly wildfires throughout the country, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens Continue reading…...
Month : August 2023
Spanish football president in kissing row denies new misogyny allegations
Tamara Ramos claims Luis Rubiales asked what colour her underwear was when they worked together Spain’s football federation president Luis Rubiales was at the centre...
Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine
Russian officials have said the Wagner group founder was on a plane that crashed outside Moscow. Some of those who knew him describe – what...
Niger observers link coup to president’s support for EU migration policies
Experts say army received bribes from people smuggling until 2015 law associated with Mohamed Bazoum Observers have linked Mohamed Bazoum’s support for European Union policies...
Russia-Ukraine war live: three drones downed in Moscow region, says mayor; Russia attacks Danube grain facilities
Window damaged in building in city centre but no casualties reported; Russian military shoots down two more drones over western part of the Moscow region...
Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80
Singer’s big hit, stuffed with cliches about Italian life, was irresistible to millions as far away as Russia and Georgia Toto Cutugno, the singer whose...
Hospitals forced to evacuate amid deadly wildfires in Greece – video
At least 18 bodies have been found in the Alexandroupolis region of north-east Greece where firefighters are battling a major wildfire. Record-breaking heatwaves continue to...
Wagner making ‘Africa even more free’, says Prigozhin in first post-rebellion video
Person who appears to be mercenary leader seen in desert area, saying his group is recruiting The Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has posted his...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine reportedly destroys Russian bomber; drones damage apartments near Moscow
Images of Tupolev supersonic bomber jet in flames emerge after Russian defence ministry says warplane damaged in airfield strike; Moscow airspace briefly closed after drone...
Ironman swimming race in Ireland in which two died did not have approval
Ivan van Chittenden and Brendan Wall were competing in event that Triathlon Ireland did not sanction owing to bad weather An Ironman swimming race in...
