ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS: As searing temperatures blanket much of Europe, wildfires are erupting and evacuation orders are being issued across multiple countries, weeks earlier than usual.
In Turkey's Izmir province, more than 50,000 residents have been forced to flee as wildfires raged into a second day, fanned by powerful winds. The country's AFAD emergency authority reported
VENICE, Italy: Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters marched through the narrow streets of Venice to voice their opposition to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his new wife Lauren Sánchez, and their lavish three-day wedding celebration.
The couple was married on June 27 in a private ceremony on the secluded island of San Giorgio, attended by about 200 celeb
PARIS, France: France is taking stronger steps to reduce smoking. A new health rule announced on Saturday will soon ban smoking in many public places. This includes all parks, beaches, sports areas, bus stops, and near schools—anywhere children might be present.
Smoking has long been seen as a part of French culture, especially in films. Because of this, government efforts to limit smoki
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Elon Musk's success has been built on government subsidies. Without them, he says Musk would have to close up shop and return to South Africa.
The U.S. president has also floated the idea that DOGE, the initiative to search out and eliminate government waste, which Musk headed until recently, should take a "good, hard look," at subsidies going to Mu
EVERGLADES, Florida: Over the weekend, a diverse coalition of environmental activists, Native American leaders, and residents gathered near an airstrip in the Florida Everglades to protest the rapid construction of a new immigrant detention center. The site, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," lies within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an ecologically fragile and culturally significant region.
BEIJING, China: China's national soccer team may struggle to stir excitement, but its humanoid robots are drawing cheers — and not for their athletic prowess.
In Beijing, four university teams sent AI-powered robots onto the soccer pitch over the weekend in a fast-paced 3-on-3 tournament that delighted crowds and marked a first in China.
The fully autonomous matches—with no human control or in
]LONDON, U.K.: A World Health Organization (WHO) expert group investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic released its final report on June 27 with an inconclusive outcome: scientists still don't know how the pandemic began.
At a press conference, Marietjie Venter, who chaired the group, said most available scientific evidence supports the theory that the virus originated in animals and later jumped
DOVER, Delaware: California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken legal aim at Fox News, accusing the network of deliberately distorting the facts about a phone call he had with President Donald Trump — and seeking a US$787 million payout in response.
In a defamation lawsuit filed this week in Delaware Superior Court, Newsom claimed the network acted with "actual malice" in covering the timing and content of a c
FRANKFURT, Germany: Germany has become the latest country to challenge Chinese AI firm DeepSeek over its data practices, as pressure mounts across Europe and the United States over how the company handles personal information.
This week, German data protection commissioner Meike Kamp formally asked Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek's app from their respective app stores in the country. The reason: concerns tha
TORONTO, Canada: Harvard University and the University of Toronto have created a backup plan to ensure Harvard graduate students continue their studies in Canada if they can't return to the U.S. due to visa problems.
This is the first such international backup announced after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently tried to stop Harvard from enrolling international students. A federal judge later
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