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Footage from Niebla and Valverde del Camino, in Spain’s Huelva province, filmed on Monday 10 August 2026, shows firefighting helicopters dropping water on flames, plumes of smoke rising over the countryside, and evacuees gathered in a theatre in Zalamea la Real. Welder Daniel Lopez said neighbours were terrified after homes came close to burning, with some destroyed. More than 600 firefighters backed by 26 aircraft have battled the blaze since it broke out a week earlier, regional emergencies minister Antonio Sanz said, describing it as extremely difficult and dangerous with no forecast of it being controlled soon. Around 20,000 hectares…
Since Antiquity, eclipses have been interpreted as omens, as punishment or as romantic metaphors, and that fascination has left its mark on literature, cinema and music. In fact, the phenomenon has been depicted in numerous paintings, but how have eclipses influenced the most popular artistic creations? Here is a look at 10 books, nine films and eight songs that, in one way or another, revolve around an eclipse. 10 books marked by an eclipse 1. ‘The Odyssey’ (Homer, 8th century BC) In Book 20 of the poem, the seer Theoclymenus interprets a sudden darkening of the sky as heralding the…
Infantino has faced a deluge of criticism and demands to step down after revelations he planned to spin off a new company from the Swiss-based nonprofit that oversees international football. FIFA Forward Enterprise would have owned and managed the commercial rights to FIFA competitions — including broadcasting, sponsorship, ticketing, licensing and related businesses. Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was in line to be the lead investor in the controversial project. The FIFA boss withdrew the plan after days of blowback, but has dug his heels in as British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
By Holger Mann (SPD), is a memeber of the German parliament und a member of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Last week, Belarus classified the Euronews website – like many before it – as an “extremist medium”. What may sound like a dry administrative act is in fact an open declaration of war on the free press and an admission of its own weakness. Euronews is neither a radical…
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When Kazakhstan became one of the world’s largest crypto mining hubs five years ago, the boom strained the country’s power grid, and the government’s response resulted in most miners either leaving the country or going underground. Now the Kazakh government is looking to bring it all back home by offering tax breaks and legal certainty. The Kazakh government signed a decree designed to encourage citizens to declare cryptocurrency holdings, move them onto regulated domestic platforms and integrate digital assets into the country’s economy. The authorities are offering private investors a tax break on personal income from digital asset transactions for…
“Dear defense minister of Poland, can you give us five?” Fedorov recalled in this week’s interview. Berlin offered to top up the effort. “If you get 20 out of all the countries, I’ll give you an extra five,” Fedorov quoted German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius as saying. “That’s the exercise we had to perform to get more than 20. And it is a hard mission.” Kyiv is continuing those types of talks with its allies. “Of course, Ukrainian diplomats have been working with Spain, Greece and everyone in the world who has [PACs],” said the senior official familiar with the talks. “Everything…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:05 GMT+2•Updated 7:06 Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday annulled the only liberal, anti-war party party Yabloko’ registration for the country’s parlimentary vote also known as the State Duma elections. The ruling, which sidelines the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s war in Ukraine, came after the pro-Kremlin nationalist Rodina party filed a lawsuit on 7 August, seeking to remove Yabloko from the elections. Reacting to the decision at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov said that “there are no grounds at all for removing the party from the elections.” Rybakov…
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Greece’s power distribution operator HEDNO disputes suggestions that the network is a major cause of wildfires, saying only about 1 percent of wildfire incidents recorded in 2025 were attributed to the electricity grid, compared with roughly 3 percent in the U.S. The company also said its crews have been deployed to major fire fronts to support emergency services and restore electricity to affected communities. “The easy targeting of HEDNO whenever a fire breaks out serves neither the truth nor the protection of the public but creates false impressions, and, in many cases, appears to serve short-term expediencies and self-serving agendas…