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Spain PM hopes Tenerife wildfire will stabilise 'in coming days'
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» ARAFO, Spain: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he hoped a wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate on the holiday island of Tenerife will be stabilised "in the coming days".
Putin travels south to meet his generals
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» MOSCOW - Russian leader Vladimir Putin met with the commander of Moscow's Ukraine offensive in the Russian city Rostov-on-Don, the Kremlin said Saturday, in a rare trip close to combat zones.
Canada's far north speeds up evacuations as fire nears main city
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» EDMONTON (CANADA) - Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north raced Friday to evacuate ahead of a midday deadline as wildfires bear down on the remote city and other parts of the vast country.
Canada's far north speeds up evacuations as fire approaches main city
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» EDMONTON (CANADA) - Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north on Friday raced to evacuate ahead of a midday deadline as wildfires bear down on the remote city and other parts of the vast country.
Thousands flee wildfires in Canada's far north
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» OTTAWA - Thousands ordered to flee wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada's far north crammed into a local airport on Thursday to board emergency evacuation flights, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway.
35 dead after blast at Russian petrol station
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» MOSCOW: At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fireball at a fuel station in Russia's remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, authorities said on Tuesday.
Military intervention in Niger laden with risks: experts
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» NIAMEY (NIGER) - The West African bloc ECOWAS is mulling military intervention to restore Niger's elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after he was detained by members of his guard on July 26.
Virgin Galactic rockets its first tourist passengers into space
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.
First Virgin Galactic space tourism flight set to take off
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» The long-awaited, first civilian space tourism flight by Virgin Galactic was set for takeoff from a spaceport in New Mexico on Thursday, carrying an 80-year-old ex-Olympian and a mother and daughter who won their tickets in a sweepstakes.
Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea after Iran tensions
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» DUBAI - More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday.