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Wildfires continue raging across France and Spain as Europe enters its fourth heatwave of summer 2026, with temperatures and dry conditions intensifying the blazes. According to Channel 4 News, Maria Zuber, head of the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre, warned that if the heatwave continues...

Senate lawmakers scrapped a committee vote scheduled for Thursday on Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, unwilling to proceed without assurances that Blanche will not attempt to revive a nearly $1.8 billion fund — created as part of a legal settlement — to compensate people...

Russian missiles and drones attacked multiple cities across Ukraine overnight, killing at least 13 people and forcing residents to seek shelter in metro systems, according to DW News. Kyiv officials renewed requests for additional air defense systems to counter the sustained aerial campaign. Poland scrambled...

Reuters reports that more than 1,000 people have been evacuated after a wildfire erupted on July 29 in the Arribes del Duero Natural Park area of Zamora in western Spain.

Thousands of people breached the border between Morocco and Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, on Thursday. Local authorities requested that the Spanish government declare a national emergency and deploy military forces in response to the mass crossing.

A cyclospora outbreak has sickened more than 18,000 people across 45 states, with Michigan reporting over 10,000 cases, according to TRT World. Health officials have tied initial infections to imported lettuce from Mexico, but say the massive case count suggests more than one contamination source....

South Korea's National Assembly was thrown into uncertainty on Thursday as the opposition launched a filibuster against a major judicial reform bill pushed by the ruling Democratic Party. According to Arirang News, the legislation would eliminate prosecutors' supplementary investigation authority, and the ruling party says...

Within one week, federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Maine and Texas, and a third person was struck by a truck and killed in Florida while evading ICE agents. A fourth person died in ICE custody after reportedly being denied medication. The...

French authorities gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees to return to their homes in southwest France after a wildfire burned an area roughly four times the size of Paris. According to France 24, the clearance is the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning...

South Korea's manufacturing sector reached its highest business confidence level in over four years this July, according to the Bank of Korea's Composite Business Sentiment Index, which stood at 103.2—a reading above 100 that signals optimism. The index has increased for four consecutive months since...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, causing a shopping mall to partially collapse and trapping multiple people, CBC News reports. Survivor Andrew Mitchell reflected on the experience and discussed why earthquake preparedness remains important.

During a Senate hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley confronted Dr. Anthony Fauci over his decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment, arguing that Fauci had no legal basis to do so given a presidential pardon. Hawley characterized the move as an attempt to avoid answering questions and...

Over 200,000 people gathered in Taipei on Saturday for an opposition-led rally demanding accountability from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party government over a contaminated soybean salad oil scandal that emerged earlier in July, according to ABC News Australia. Protesters called for President Lai to apologize and...

French fire crews are working to contain a large wildfire near Bordeaux as a fourth heat wave approaches the region. According to Reuters, firefighting official Eric Brocardi described the effort as fighting 'David against Goliath' as crews race to hold the line before temperatures rise...

Armed attackers stormed Naridon village in Kaduna state, northwestern Nigeria, early Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring four others, according to village officials. Eight of the dead were children; gunmen shot residents and burned houses during the assault, according to Dogon Rana, secretary...

South Korea's newly inaugurated National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik held his first press conference on July 28, 2026, according to Arirang News, outlining an agenda centered on democratic values and civic engagement for the second half of the parliamentary term. Per the report, Cho characterized...

Two people were killed and multiple others injured in a shooting Sunday evening at a food festival in Seattle, approximately one block from the Space Needle, according to fire officials, as reported by CNN.

Wildfires across France and Spain have forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 people, with flames advancing to within nine miles of Bordeaux in southwest France. Fire crews have contained some blazes west of Madrid, but new fires emerged around Valencia, where one death was...

According to CNA, a sudden flash flood struck a camping area in Gansu Province, China on July 26, killing at least 10 people and injuring 23 others. CNA reports that heavy rain upstream caused water levels to surge rapidly, trapping campers and sweeping away vehicles...

More than 350,000 people have evacuated as wildfires sweep across France and Spain, according to TRT World. One of France's largest blazes since World War II has advanced to within 15 kilometres of Bordeaux. Authorities warn that an incoming heatwave could intensify the crisis and...