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Largest recorded wildfire in Belgium forces 600 residents to evacuate as blaze spreads towards German border towns.
Belgium called in aerial reinforcements from across Europe on Sunday as firefighters battled the country’s largest wildfire in more than a century, with flames spreading rapidly through a difficult-to-reach nature reserv…
Germany's Amanal Petros and Finland's Alisa Vainio both set new championship records on their way to gold in the men and women's marathons, on the final day of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
As World War II erupted in 1939, England’s chess team withdrew from the Buenos Aires Olympiad. In Grandmaster Aarav Dengla’s fourth column for TOI, he explores how three players, Hugh Alexander, Stuart Milner-Barry, and…
Firefighters battling Belgium’s largest modern-day wildfire were counting on crucial air support on Sunday to help tame the blaze in a hard-to-access nature reserve, after it doubled in size over the previous 24 hours. M…
HAUTES FAGNES/BRUSSELS, Aug 16 - Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium's biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border,…
Belgium is battling what has been described as the country's largest wildfire in modern history, forcing hundreds of villagers to evacuate near the German border. Firefighters, EU reinforcements and local farmers are wor…
The Charlotte Hornets are acquiring veteran point guard Dennis Schroder and cash from the Cleveland Cavaliers for guard Tre Mann, according to a person close to the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on…
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BEIJING — A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic, part of new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but which environmental groups warn could speed up the melting of po…
The world record for the men's 1,500m freestyle, an event once dominated by Grant Hackett and Kieren Perkins, has been obliterated by German star Johannes Liebmann.
Germany's Johannes Liebmann and American Kate Douglass set swimming world records on Saturday, dazzling crowds at events in Paris and California.
Climate action does not seem to be a priority for the German government — despite record temperatures, heat-related deaths and drought. Why aren't more people taking to the streets in protest?
After the Taliban retook power on August 15, 2021, Berlin promised to bring Afghan staff to Germany. But people are still waiting to leave in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
HUERTGENWALD, Germany, Aug 15 - A wildfire in western Germany that forced the evacuation of thousands of people on Friday has stabilised, local authorities said on Saturday, although residents were still barred from retu…
Decades after the Berlin Wall fell, observers see deep-seated regional grievances and feelings of second-class citizenship driving a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.