
Half of France under red heat alert as alcohol banned at street music festival
Temperatures are forecast to peak on Monday, and authorities warn they could match historic highs.
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Temperatures are forecast to peak on Monday, and authorities warn they could match historic highs.

Abiy Ahmed’s party retains its huge majority despite unrest in several parts of Ethiopia and tensions with its neighbours.

The artist, who passed away at his home in London earlier this month, requested just his partner and great-nephew attend.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks the record for the fastest 50-over List A half-century in history on the same day he was not included in India’s one-day international squad.

Millions of candidates face biometric checks and frisking as air force deployed to secure exam papers.

Fuel had already been rationed due to shortages caused by Kyiv’s attacks against supply routes in Russian-occupied territories.

There may be about 5,000 miles between the Netherlands and their former colony Curacao but members of the Dutch royal family managed to see both sides play on Saturday.

Davey Hearn says he was simply touching the new paint at the site out of curiosity and did not remove or alter it.

The Russian frigate fired warning shots near a British retired couple on a yacht in the English Channel.

BBC reporter Max Matza is in Seattle, Washington, witnessing 400 drones light up the night sky and display the score of the Egypt vs. Belgium match.

The deal with General Electric is the latest sign of co-operation between US firms and Venezuela’s interim government.

A dismembered body found in a chain-bound trunk in the Seine in 1995 was only recently connected to the defendant by DNA evidence.

The move comes six months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway East African state.

US media say the plan would have involved a drone attack. The FBI boss says multiple suspects are in custody.

The vote fulfils a promise by new PM Péter Magyar to stop his predecessor from becoming prime minister again.

The number of foreign visitors is down by 58% compared to last year, Cuban officials say, amid sanctions and an effective oil blockade.

A Tshwane University of Technology alumnus is using artificial intelligence to help young South Africans prepare for one of the most challenging aspects of entering the workplace — the interview process. Banele Mgwevu, a software developer from Etwatwa on the East Rand, studied Information and Communication Technology at TUT’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, […]

Ghana has launched a joint programme with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme — funded by the Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security — to harness artificial intelligence in improving health outcomes, strengthening system resilience and protecting vulnerable populations. The programme is implemented in collaboration […]

Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal’s rich tradition of textile manufacturing.

Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as the city hosted an annual economic forum promoted by President Putin.

The U.S. military said that Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, and that the U.S. launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response.