Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders have endangered the work of emergency teams battling a persistent forest fire in the area. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation said Friday that the
In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government’s expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest. After some initial suspicion, he and his father accepted machetes and soap in what was
Firefighters tackling a forest fire have issued dramatic pictures from the scene – and confirmed they expect to remain in the area for days to come. Hampshire and Isle of Wight County Fire and Rescue Service along with Forestry England attended the
LSU staved off elimination from the College World Series for a second time. And now the Tigers are right where they expected to be all along. Cade Beloso hit a go-ahead three-run homer, freshman Griffin Herring pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout
A few minutes after he made the defensive play of the game, Bennett Lee delivered the hit that put Wake Forest on the inside track to the College World Series finals. The Demon Deacons came from behind to win a second straight
Terrifying images show the moment a snarling dog bared its teeth as it lunged at a New Forest pony. The shocking incident involving the Australian cattle dog took place at Wilverley Plain, near Brockenhurst, Hampshire. The terrified pony was forced to launch
France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year. The fire erupted Sunday and burned
Brown bears live in the forests and woodlands in the region of Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy, where the mauled body of victim Andrea Papi, 26 was found.
Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires. The country’s Aemet weather agency said Friday that statistics showed Spain
Vladimir Putin has ordered larger air defence systems to be deployed in Moscow to intercept incoming missiles and aircraft as paranoia grips the Kremlin with Putin’s ever-present fears of being toppled over the Ukraine war. These defence systems include the Pantsir-S1 and