Turkey: residents on the front line help extinguish fires
Mugla (Turkey) (AFP) – Local residents support firefighters in their efforts to extinguish violent fires on the southern coast of Turkey, in areas that are often difficult to access.
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A day in the life of a Palestinian cat rescuer
Khan Yunis (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Ahead of international cat day, a look inside cat rescuer Mahmoud Shehadeh’s home. Mahmoud provides much-needed care and rehabilitation to neglected cats in his home in the city of Khan Yunis, before finding them a permanent home.
Outskirts of Athens evacuated as fire rages
Ágios Stéfanos (Greece) (AFP) – Fire continues to rage on the outskirts of Athens as thousands of tourists and residents were evacuated. At least 1,450 Greek firefighters along with 15 aircraft are battling the infernos. The blazes in Greece are set to continue, with strong winds and temperatures of up to 38 degrees Celsius (100°F) forecast in some regions making it difficult to contain the fires.
ITTF CEO aims to get more countries involved in global table tennis events
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is welcoming more athletes from across the world to participate in the sport of table tennis, said Steve Dainton, CEO of the ITTF on Friday, the last day of the table tennis competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Sri Lanka study shows Sinopharm vaccine effective against Delta variant
Researchers from one of Sri Lanka's leading universities, the Sri Jayewardenepura University, have found that China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is highly efficient against the Delta variant which has become the dominant strain across the world.
As wildfires rage, Forest Service suspends 'Let it burn' policy
This summer, 107 fires in 14 states, have already burned more than two million acres. The head of the U.S. Forest Service has declared it a 'national emergency,' and changed the policy of letting some fires shape the landscape, but do we have the resources to stop the destruction?
Melbourne races to track Covid outbreaks as it records "very, very significant" cases
Melbourne (AFP) – The leader of Melbourne’s Victoria state, Daniel Andrews, comments on the current coronavirus outbreak, after the state returned to lockdown for the sixth time since the pandemic began. Australia’s three largest cities are in lockdown, as New South Wales records 319 community cases of the virus and five more deaths — a third straight day of record case numbers.
Wildfires destroy over 3,000 hectares of land in North Macedonia
Unknown (AFP) – Macedonian firefighters, supported by their Austrian, Bulgarian and Slovenian colleagues, battle a wildfire near the town of Berova in the east of North Macedonia. The wildfires have been raging for several days in North Macedonia, particularly in the east of the country, destroying more than 3,000 hectares of land and forcing the government to declare a 30-day state of emergency.
Migrants await their fate as tensions mount in Lithuania
VYDENIAI (Lithuania) (AFP) – Illegal migration to Lithuania has increased hugely in 2021, with Lithuania blaming Belarusian strongman President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for encouraging the migrants to cross as retaliation against EU sanctions, calling it “hybrid aggression”. Lukashenko has denied the allegations, insisting instead that Lithuania triggered the migrant influx itself after Vilnius announced in July it would cut the asylum request process to 10 days.
Teen aims to close the gender gap in aviation with a globe-circling mission
A 19-year-old woman will embark on a solo flight around the globe with a mission to close the gender gap in aviation and potentially be the first person to circumnavigate the world in a microlight aircraft. CNN's Kim Brunhuber reports.
Meet the man with one of the rarest Olympic pin collections in the world
Even with spectators banned from the Tokyo 2020 Games, diehard pin collectors and traders are keeping the age-old tradition alive. CNN's Blake Essig reports.
DeSantis continues to escalate feud with Biden
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) escalated his ongoing feud with President Joe Biden over Covid-19 regulations, taking a stab at the President's memory following Biden's latest comeback.
