- Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe Reuters
- Wildfire descends on Croatian tourist town, injures 36 Reuters
- Dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatia wildfire BBC
- One dead, dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatian wildfires – as it happened The Guardian
- Croatia's raging wildfires seen from above Yahoo
Russia’s Black Sea’s Sheskharis terminal halts loadings after drone attack, sources say – Reuters
- Russia's Black Sea's Sheskharis terminal halts loadings after drone attack, sources say Reuters
- Russian Strikes on Dozens of Grain Ships Threaten Global Food Supplies The New York Times
- Russia-Ukraine War Is Squeezing Another Global Chokepoint: The Black Sea WSJ
- World in Brief: America accuses China of evading tariffs; Israel removes settlers from West Bank The Economist
- Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack BBC
Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope – Reuters
- Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope Reuters
- How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died The Washington Post
- A $10 Billion Earthquake Bill Imperils Colombia Austerity Drive Bloomberg
- Buenaventura residents criticise state neglect after Colombia’s earthquake Al Jazeera
- Inside Colombia's big quake – and why more could be coming : Short Wave NPR
Count Binface wins hearts, if not the election, in bid to defeat Trump ally Nigel Farage in U.K. – CBS News
- Count Binface wins hearts, if not the election, in bid to defeat Trump ally Nigel Farage in U.K. CBS News
- Farage puts seat on the line over ‘establishment hit job’ — voters send him right back Fox News
- ‘Disgraceful’: what one election photo tells us about British politics in 2026 The Guardian
- Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election NBC News
- Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can CNN
BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration
Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January
BP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.
BP will partner with two oil firms with close links to the Trump administration to develop the second phase of the Loran gasfield, in one of the first large-scale foreign investments in Venezuela since the US ousted its leader Nicolás Maduro in January.
Continue reading...Head of extinct thylacine sells for £60k at auction – BBC
European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent – AP News
Pope Leo XIV on liturgy: Priests must remain faithful to Mass rubrics – EWTN News
- Pope Leo XIV on liturgy: Priests must remain faithful to Mass rubrics EWTN News
- Pope Leo calls on priests to ‘respect’ the post-Vatican II liturgies in new letter America Magazine
- Pope: Sunday Mass must form Catholics through reverent worship Vatican News
- Pope urges clergy to stick to ‘approved texts’ in liturgy The Catholic Herald
- Pope Leo XIV: Attendance at Sunday Mass cannot be replaced by virtual participation EWTN News
Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property
Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.
Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property – BBC
- Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property BBC
- Builders discover £7.6m of gold hidden in wall The Telegraph
- Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer The Guardian
- Construction Workers Dig Up Mysterious $10M Gold Stash While Working on Sewer System People.com
- $10M of gold found hidden in brewery cellar while laying sewage pipe New York Post
Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property
Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.
Russia jails man on Poland spying charges after Warsaw foils hit job – Euronews.com
- Russia jails man on Poland spying charges after Warsaw foils hit job Euronews.com
- Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw CNN
- Poland says it thwarted Russian assassination attempt on U.S. citizen in Warsaw The Washington Post
- Kremlin hired assassin to murder American on Polish soil, says Tusk The Telegraph
- Russian hitman in Warsaw targeted Ukrainian rapper Kyivston Українська правда
Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people – AP News
- Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people AP News
- 'Unprecedented' rain in Japan kills eight people BBC
- Japan's record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight Reuters
- ‘Unprecedented’ rain kills five in Japan as thousands stranded at airport The Guardian
- Record rainfall leaves four dead, thousands stranded in Japan Al Jazeera
With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks – The New York Times
- With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks The New York Times
- Kushner to visit Israel after Netanyahu rejects Gaza Board of Peace plan Al Jazeera
- Kushner to Visit Israel Next Week for Talks on Gaza Peace Plan Bloomberg.com
- Jared Kushner to visit Israel and Egypt next week with Board of Peace officials to talk Gaza AP News
- Jared Kushner may visit Israel next week for talks on Gaza, source says Reuters
Joe Rogan reacts to Trump secretly ditching press on decoy plane: ‘Holy s—’ – NJ.com
- Joe Rogan reacts to Trump secretly ditching press on decoy plane: ‘Holy s---’ NJ.com
- Why officials decided to smuggle Trump out of Turkey with a catering truck and a secret plane CNN
- How Do You Report on a Presidential Ruse? The New York Times
- The Flawed Logic of Trump’s Airplane Escape The Atlantic
- CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey The Washington Post
China calls Taiwan’s annual military drills a ‘wasteful charade’ – Reuters
- China calls Taiwan's annual military drills a 'wasteful charade' Reuters
- How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan The New York Times
- China & Taiwan Update, August 14, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Taiwan military drills clear streets, slow internet in Taipei Reuters
- The Existential Estuary USNI News
Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross
BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.
Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross
BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.
Ukraine’s Strikes Wipe Out Wildberries’ Major Warehouses as Losses Near $12 Billion – UNITED24 Media
- Ukraine’s Strikes Wipe Out Wildberries’ Major Warehouses as Losses Near $12 Billion UNITED24 Media
- Russia’s ‘Amazon’ in deep-strike Ukraine blitz, wiping billions from Putin-linked CEO Fox News
- Wildberries under fire: Why is Ukraine targeting a Russian retail giant? Al Jazeera
- She is Russia’s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames. The Japan Times
- Russia estimates Wildberries and seller losses from Ukrainian strikes at US$7-8.5bn Українська правда
Mount Etna eruptions: here’s the latest advice for travelling to Sicily – Time Out Worldwide
- Mount Etna eruptions: here’s the latest advice for travelling to Sicily Time Out Worldwide
- Hundreds of Flights Canceled in Sicily as Mount Etna Erupts The New York Times
- Etna’s eruptions have a surprising environmental impact Euronews.com
- Italy’s Catania Airport Re-Opens While Etna Eruption Continues Bloomberg.com
- Mount Etna continues to belch lava and ash, affecting air traffic over Sicily AP News