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Portugal investigates crash on historic Lisbon funicular that killed 16

LISBON (Reuters) -Flags flew at half-mast in Lisbon on Thursday after at least 16 people were killed...

4th September, 2025

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Blaze erupts at industrial site in Russia's Novoshakhstinsk after drone attack

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A fire has started following a drone at an industrial site strike in Russia's sout...

21st August, 2025

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Death toll from blast at factory in Ryazan rises to 25, Russia says

(Reuters) -The death toll from an unexplained blast last week at a factory in Russia's Ryazan region...

19th August, 2025

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Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat, deploys more troops

By Guillermo Martinez and Ana Cantero VILLARDEVÓS (Reuters) -Scorching heat hampered efforts to cont...

17th August, 2025

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Spain battles 14 major fires with more expected

By Charlie Devereux and Ana Cantero MADRID (Reuters) -Spain battled against 14 major fires on Friday...

15th August, 2025

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One person dead after hot air balloon crash in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -One person has died and five others were injured after a hot air balloon crash-...

14th August, 2025

Image for France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed
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France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed

PARIS (Reuters) -One person has died as a result of a wildfire in the Aude region in southern France...

6th August, 2025

Image for Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts
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Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts

(Reuters) -The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years...

3rd August, 2025

Image for Hospitals in Syria's Sweida struggling after sectarian clashes, WHO says
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Hospitals in Syria's Sweida struggling after sectarian clashes, WHO says

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is o...

25th July, 2025

Image for Firefighters battle wildfire threatening French city of Marseille
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Firefighters battle wildfire threatening French city of Marseille

PARIS (Reuters) -A wildfire that broke out near Marseille in southern France forced the closure of M...

8th July, 2025

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One dies in violent storm pounding Milan

MILAN (Reuters) -One person was killed by a falling tree near Milan, local firefighters said on Sund...

6th July, 2025

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Huge explosion at Rome petrol station injures 45 people

ROME (Reuters) -Several people were injured, including three with severe burns, after a gas station...

4th July, 2025