France endured a rise of nearly 30 percent in the number of deaths recorded during the week starting June 22, as a record-breaking heatwave linked to climate change gripped much of Europe, health authorities said Friday. The number of deaths increased by around 62 percent in the Paris region over the same period, Public Health France said. Scientists
In the Venezuelan resort town of La Guaira, a group of rescuers watched as sensors that once detected life under the rubble now showed nothing, as silence gave way to resignation. Friday -- the ninth day since the devastating double earthquakes that killed nearly 2,600 people and injured tens of thousands in the South American nation -- will be the
Fifty members of the European Parliament have urged FIFA's ethics committee to investigate their president Gianni Infantino for awarding a 'peace prize' to US President Donald Trump. The MEPs signed a letter, supporting a complaint by British-based sports human rights lobbying group FairSquare in December. The letter, dated June 29 and released on
Authorities Friday were looking for a Ukrainian woman with a tattoo suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that injured three people including a Ukrainian-born tycoon, after German police raided her flat. Identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, the suspect is wanted in Monaco for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with
Iranian leaders began paying their respects on Friday before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, as Tehran prepared for a vast funeral. Khamenei's body arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Friday ahead of ceremonies which are expected to draw millions. A
"Private property. No entry", "No photography" read the signs on a gate set up in front of a traditional log house in Vlkolinec, a UNESCO-listed Slovak village visited by tens of thousands of tourists a year. "Are we in a zoo or something?" 68-year-old pensioner Anton Sabucha protested to AFP, nodding to the signs outside his house. Tourists are "going
A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed nine people and wounded 20, authorities said, in the latest challenge for Syria's Islamist leaders as they seek to stabilise the country after more than a decade of war. The bombing — the deadliest since a suicide attack on a church last year — was not immediately claimed. It took place near the
Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear population following a surge in maulings, an official told AFP on Thursday. Bears have killed at least five people since April 1, all in the northern region of Tohoku, after a record 13 fatal attacks across the country in the last fiscal
Violent clashes erupted between police and demonstrators outside Albania's parliament on Thursday, as protests sparked by a resort development linked to US President Donald Trump's family threatened to escalate. Protests began in late May against the planned construction of a luxury hotel linked to Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner
The United States posted weaker-than-expected job growth in June as new data showed the labour market is facing headwinds ahead of testing midterm elections for President Donald Trump's Republicans. Total non-farm payroll employment grew by 57,000, and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.2 per cent, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) said
