Solar eclipse turns day to night in Spain, wows crowds across Europe
Day briefly turned to night in Spain on Wednesday, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one … Read More
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Colombia quake death toll hits 265, as rescuers race against the clock
Tonnes of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of a powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the … Read More
China offers Colombia quake relief as new president’s US pivot leaves Beijing waiting
China said on Wednesday it would help Colombia recover from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the country’s west on Monday, killing more than 200 people. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo … Read More
Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt to step down
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Leavitt, 28, just recently returned to the … Read More
Drought declared in ‘almost three-quarters’ of England, government says
Some 71.3 per cent of England is in drought, the UK government said on Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with a fifth heatwave and scant … Read More
Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting
Eurovision Song Contest organisers announced rule changes on Wednesday excluding any country in an armed conflict from hosting the competition and increasing the minimum age of competitors. While they did … Read More
1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week
Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza, both sides said, breaking a relative lull as the US pressed a peace plan. … Read More
Tourists rush to Mount Etna as it erupts, alarming Italian guides
Spectacular images of lava flowing down the slopes of an erupting Mount Etna have drawn flocks of tourists to the Italian volcano – to the worry of local guides. The … Read More
Erdogan wants Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact to draw more countries
The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the US-Iran war, which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping … Read More
Fearing deflated China demand, US soybean growers pivot to new buyers and biofuel
US soybean growers are “adapting” to a steep decline in China-bound exports by selling to third countries and the American biofuel sector, compensating enough to cause only a small drop … Read More