Seven British nationals are among 13 people killed in wildfires sweeping the Valencia region of Spain, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Twelve of the dead were foreign nationals caught in fast-moving blazes during an extreme heatwave.
The Ebola outbreak has spread to two new provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 31 deaths confirmed so far. Meanwhile, a Sudanese court sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo to death in absentia, and protesters in Nigeria’s Niger Delta demand action over devastating oil pollution.
Sam Neill, the actor best known for his role as Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, has died aged 78 in what his family described as a ‘sudden and unexpected’ death. Tributes have flooded in from across the world of film, politics and beyond.
The European Union’s Cohesion Policy is heading into one of its most consequential debates in decades, with the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework set to reshape how hundreds of billions of euros flow to Europe’s regions. The Committee of the Regions is now at the center of that fight, demanding that regional development funding isn’t gutted in the name of centralisation.
Jayden Adams, the South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder who featured at the World Cup, has died at just 25 years old. Tributes have poured in from across the football world following the devastating news.
Norway were knocked out of the World Cup in heartbreaking fashion, losing 2-1 to England in extra time. We asked Norwegian fans what they really thought of their team’s tournament run.
A 67 million-year-old T. rex skeleton with a $30 million pre-sale estimate could shatter auction records in New York. But scientists warn the sale represents a serious loss for paleontology research.
June 2026 brought a flurry of digital policy action across four continents, from the EU’s first major AI Act fine to India’s data localization crackdown. Here’s what actually matters and why it’s moving so fast.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents during a Houston traffic stop, but DHS now says he wasn’t the person agents were actually looking for. The mistaken identity shooting has sparked calls for an independent investigation and the release of any body camera footage.
Krithi Karanth was just one year old when her father first took her into the Indian jungle. Now she leads the Centre for Wildlife Studies and is one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists.
