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Norway opens world's biggest floating wind park 23 Aug 2023 - 03:56 pm
A view out of an aircraft shows offshore wind engines during a flight of Norway's Crown Prince and Norway's Prime Minister to attend the inauguration of the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm, situated between energy company Equinor's oil and gas fields Snorre and Gullfaks in the Norwegian North Sea off the coast of Bergen on August 23, 2023. Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP
Attempt to embrace Geneva fountain lands man in hospital 23 Aug 2023 - 03:42 pm
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Greek firefighters battle major blazes on multiple fronts 23 Aug 2023 - 03:33 pm
A Greek firefighter battles a forest fire spreading in Dikella near Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, on August 23, 2023. Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP
Italy detains third migrant rescue ship within 48 hours 23 Aug 2023 - 02:01 pm
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German push to ease citizenship rules passes Scholz’s cabinet 23 Aug 2023 - 01:53 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) talks with German Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building Klara Geywitz as they resume the weekly cabinet meeting after a summer break, on August 23, 2023 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
French heatwave sets new late-summer record 23 Aug 2023 - 12:18 pm
Langeais' bridge is seen from the sand banks of the drought Loire river, central France, on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Guillaume Souvant / AFP)
Russia's Putin attends BRICS summit in South Africa remotely 22 Aug 2023 - 09:21 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his remarks virtually during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 22, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
Athens district evacuated as Greek fire death toll hits 20 22 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm
A firefighting vehicle rides on a road during a wildfire in Chasia in the outskirts of Athens on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
EU climate czar Frans Timmermans quits job to lead center-left coalition in Dutch elections 22 Aug 2023 - 06:50 pm
Source: Twitter/@TimmermansEU
UK charges former OPEC president with bribery 22 Aug 2023 - 06:03 pm
File photo: Diezani Alison-Madueke, then Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources and Alternate President of the OPEC Conference, speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at their headquarters in Vienna on June 11, 2014. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Balkan leaders sign declaration supporting Ukraine 22 Aug 2023 - 05:22 pm
(Front row L-R) President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, European Council President Charles Michel, President of Moldova Maia Sandu, President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic, (Back row L-R) President of Romania Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski, Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Kristo and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolai Denkov pose for a family photo outside the Maximos mansion in Athens, on August 21, 2023, during an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Spanish firefighters gain upper hand against Tenerife fire 22 Aug 2023 - 03:02 pm
A hydroplane drops water in the area of Guilmar over a huge wildfire raging through forested areas that surround the Mount Teide volcano natural park, on the Canary island of Tenerife, on August 21, 2023. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP
Greece fights wild fires as heat blankets southern Europe 22 Aug 2023 - 12:52 pm
A photo shows flames burning vegetation during a wildfire near Prodromos, 100km northeast from Athens, on August 21, 2023. Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP
Russia says Ukrainian boat destroyed in new Black Sea clash 22 Aug 2023 - 11:51 am
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Mountaineers urged to delay Mont Blanc climbs amid Alps heatwave 22 Aug 2023 - 11:42 am
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Russia's space agency head vows to continue Moon race 21 Aug 2023 - 07:22 pm
In this grab from a handout footage taken and released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 11, 2023, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket with the Luna-25 lander blasts off from the launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region. (Photo by Handout / Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / AFP) 
Ukraine's Zelensky in Greece to meet EU, Balkan leaders 21 Aug 2023 - 07:10 pm
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (right) meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Maximou mansion in Athens, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
France sizzles in late summer 'heat dome' 21 Aug 2023 - 05:06 pm
Children cool off as they run through a public fountain in Colmar, eastern France, on August 21, 2023, as France experiences a late summer heatwave. (Photo by Sebastien Bozon / AFP)