The devastating wildfire in the French department of Gironde is far from under control and may continue to rage for weeks or even months. The warning came on Monday morning from Fire Lieutenant Colonel David Annotel via franceinfo. “It will take several more weeks, if not months, before we can definitively report that the fire has been extinguished,” he said.
Italy has a problem. A large proportion of school-age children are now overweight. The authorities want to improve the children’s physical fitness and health once again. Is it time to say goodbye to pizza and pasta?
In Los Angeles, prosecutors in the case against singer D4vd have shared new evidence that they say shows that 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was pregnant and had undergone an abortion before her death. The revelations came to light on Friday during a pretrial hearing in the case against the artist, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.
Eddy Merckx looks on with admiration at Tadej Pogačar and doesn’t even rule out the possibility that the Slovenian will soon hold the Tour record all to himself. In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Belgian cycling legend says he expects Pogačar to “break our record soon.”
In Collinsville, Kentucky, 43-year-old Sara Gilson was shot and killed by her husband. This happened two weeks after she posted a video about him on TikTok in which she accused him of pedophilia. The man, Jeremiah “Shawn” Duffey, then committed suicide, according to U.S. media and police reports.
A tourist boat off the Indonesian coast has been found after a harrowing period of uncertainty. All those on board were found alive. Only the captain remains missing. On board were two Belgians, four members of a Dutch family, one Czech, three Germans, one Frenchwoman, and two Indonesians, including the captain and a crew member.
Europe has been suffering from persistent heat and drought for weeks, and the impact remains devastating, especially in Southern Europe. Major wildfires are raging in France and Spain, resulting in mass evacuations, destroyed homes, and increasing warnings for tourists and residents.
Tragic news has reached us from Germany.
An all-out search is underway on Lake Como in Italy for a 45-year-old Dutch tourist who went missing after trying to save his 16-year-old son. The man was on a rented boat with his three children when a family outing turned into a dramatic rescue attempt.
One person was killed and 29 were injured on Saturday evening in Berlin during an attack on the Pride parade. German authorities are treating the attack as an Islamist terrorist act and are conducting a large-scale manhunt for the prime suspect, 21-year-old Abdul Ballout.