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Europeans on alert as heatwave intensifies; temperatures heading into 40 degrees Celsius

  by Ryland JAMES Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Authorities raised alerts Wednesday as Europe's record-breaking June heatwave…

Spain battles wildfire amid European heatwave

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) -- Hundreds of firefighters and soldiers battled a wind-fuelled forest fire in Spain on Wednesday amid a…

Cyprus court hands 7 life terms to ‘first serial killer’; four of seven victims were from PHL

  A Greek Cypriot army captain who murdered five women and two girls was handed seven life sentences Monday in…

Mild earthquake hits near Rome: institute

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Rome on Sunday evening, the Italian geophysics institute said, with local…

‘I feel well,’ says Merkel a day after health scare

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to assure journalists and citizens Wednesday she was well, a day…

WHO says DRC Ebola outbreak not a ‘global’ emergency

By Ben Simon Agence France-Presse GENEVA, SWITZERLAND --  (AFP) The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…

More than 300 experts gather at Europol to address cryptocurrency-facilitated crimes

  (Eagle News) – More than 300 cryptocurrency experts from both law enforcement and the private sector attended the sixth…

Beating Boris: Race to replace UK’s May kicks off

by Alice RITCHIE LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The contest to succeed Theresa May as Britain's next leader heated up…

Light plane makes emergency landing on Portuguese highway

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- A light plane made an emergency landing on a highway in Portugal, leaving one woman aboard…

Huawei denies being bound by Chinese spy laws

by Dmitry ZAKS LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Huawei's cybersecurity chief told the UK parliament Monday that the Chinese telecoms…

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