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A major forest fire in southern Argentina has burned more than 5,500 hectares, authorities said Saturday, as hundreds of firefighters and volunteers battled to contain the blaze threatening small communities. The fire broke out Monday at Puerto Patriada, about 1,700 km (1,050 miles) southwest of Buenos Aires in the Patagonia region, and has since surrounded Epuyen, a town of 2,000 residents. Nearly 500 personnel are deployed, with reinforcements expected from Cordoba and Chile. Fires are active in other Patagonian provinces, including Neuquen, Rio Negro and Santa Cruz. The region lost 32,000 hectares to wildfires in early 2025.
By Euronews Published on 11/01/2026 – 9:35 GMT+1 With the government facing the threat of two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to explore the possibility of holding early general elections alongside local elections on March 15 and 22, according to several French media and the AFP news agency. The move comes after the far-right National Rally (RN) and the radical left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) submitted no-confidence motions against the government, citing its failure to prevent the approval of the EU–Mercosur trade deal. The two motions are expected to be debated in the National…
By Euronews with AP Published on 11/01/2026 – 8:30 GMT+1 The United States carried out large-scale strikes in Syria against the Islamic State group in retaliation for an ambush attack in Palmyra last month that killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. The strikes, which were conducted by the US alongside partner forces, hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria. It comes less than a month after the US launched a similar attack on Dec 19, striking 70 targets across central Syria that had IS infrastructure and weapons. “These strikes are part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which was launched and announced…
Video games have long been a popular at-home hobby, but they’re now also influencing the way people travel. Gamers increasingly want to go beyond the screen and experience the real-life destinations that have shaped and inspired some of their cult-favourites. This has led to the rise of gaming vacations, or gami-vacations. From visiting Japan to shadow the Pokémon and Final Fantasy worlds, to marvelling at the dramatic Norwegian landscapes behind Skyrim, gami-vacations have boomed as the latest hobby-based travel trend. Demand for more experiential travel fuels gami-vacations One of the biggest reasons behind the recent surge of gami-vacations is more…
Just 10 days into 2026, and Donald Trump has already launched a series of back-to-back attacks on the climate. The US administration has slowly been peeling away from acknowledging its involvement in the climate crisis or tackling it, despite being the world’s second-largest annual emitter of greenhouse gases and, historically, the largest contributor to global warming. Last year, the US didn’t send a delegate to COP30 talks, and has since scrubbed all mention of fossil fuels from its Environmental Protection Agency’s website. Meanwhile, Trump has been criticising the renewable energy boom and taking his “drill baby drill” attitude global. So,…
The anti-government demonstrations continued on Saturday, amid reports of overwhelmed hospitals and an appeal by the Iranian military to citizens asking them to foil “enemy plots.” According to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran, at least 65 people had been killed as of Friday, 2,311 individuals had been arrested, and protests had been recorded at 512 locations in 180 cities. Time magazine reported Friday that more than 200 people have died in the protests. A Western diplomat told POLITICO that reports of a higher death toll than what has currently been reported, citing NGOs, were “credible.” A spokesperson for…
By Rafael Salido & AP Published on 10/01/2026 – 12:54 GMT+1 Relatives of jailed opposition leaders, activists and journalists in Venezuela held a second night of vigils outside several prisons in the country, awaiting further releases after the government began releasing a small number of detainees nearly a week after President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US forces. Candles were lit outside El Helicoide, El Helicoide, the headquarters of Venezuela’s intelligence service and detention center, in Caracas, and also at the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, where relatives and friends called for their loved ones to be set free. Many have voiced their…
Prospects of a trade deal come as all sides start to consider more seriously how to end the war in Ukraine and how to ensure peace in the future. Europe and the U.S. presented a detailed plan for Ukraine in Paris earlier this week, including security guarantees with American backing and a promise to deploy British and French troops after a ceasefire. But Washington did not sign on to join a multinational force for Ukraine, raising concerns about its level of commitment. The offer of a free-trade deal could act as an additional incentive for the U.S. to remain committed…
At least three people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday during an anti-ICE demonstration in Minneapolis in the United States. The protest comes amid wider rallies against immigration enforcement tactics by the US government, as well as over the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good earlier this week. A separate shooting incident in Portland, Oregon, in which border patrol agents shot and wounded two people just a day after Good’s killing, added further fuel to the fire. Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agent during an immigration raid in a residential…
“We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters during an event at the White House on Friday. “I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way, we will do it the hard way,” he said. But the Greenlandic leaders pushed back, repeating their request to be left alone to manage their own affairs. “We would like…