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A raging wildfire on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria forced the evacuation of some 5,000 people, warning it could take days for the blaze to be brought under control. The fire, which has spread to the mountainous Cruz de Tejeda region, is "extremely fierce" and "unstable", said Canary Islands president Angel Victor Torres. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/31OF2bH

he Spanish government on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark the more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the boat had spent more than two weeks waiting for a port to dock. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ne9ec4

Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. A bronze plaque will be unveiled in a ceremony. The plaque bears the inscription "A letter to the future." from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P1QSO1

A customer shot a waiter dead at an eatery on the outskirts of Paris, apparently enraged at being made to wait for a sandwich. The waiter's colleagues called police after he was shot in the shoulder with a handgun in the Noisy-le-Grand suburb east of Paris on Friday night, the source said. Attempts to revive the 28-year-old failed and he died at the scene. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2z8o9fO

The European Union on Saturday called for "inclusive dialogue" to calm tensions in Hong Kong, where ten weeks of protests have plunged the city into crisis and prompted mainland China to take a more hardline tone. "Engagement in a process of broad-based and inclusive dialogue, involving all key stakeholders, is essential," EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PeMNXc

Russian opposition activists staged a string of pickets in central Moscow on Saturday to call for free elections and for charges against protesters detained at recent rallies to be dropped. Moscow has been rocked by weekly protests for more than a month since the authorities barred opposition candidates from running in an election for the city's legislature in September. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Z4GvwX

Vandals removed plaques installed Thursday on three statues in the capital, Skopje, of ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great and his family, which clarified that they belong to ancient Greek history. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P58MiX

A push by most European Union nations for the world's biggest economic bloc to go carbon-neutral by 2050 was dropped to a footnote in June after fierce resistance from Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary who fear it would hurt economies like theirs dependent on nuclear power and coal. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zdqZ3f

The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that the German-Afghan dual citizen is charged with "a particularly serious case" of treason and of breaching official secrecy laws in 18 cases. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P3ZnbC

Oslo, Aug 15 (AFP) Norway's nuclear safety authority said Thursday it detected tiny amounts of radioactive iodine in a region bordering Russia after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2z97NUd

An unexploded World War II bomb was found in the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow during construction works on Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. The bomb was taken out of the Kremlin complex and will be liquidated. The Kremlin was a primary target for Nazi bombers during the Battle for Moscow when Hitler launched air raids on the city. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2z9tofd

A 9-year-old girl is suing a centuries-old German boys choir, arguing she was illegally rejected due to her gender. The girl has been trying to join the State and Cathedral Choir, which was founded in 1465 and has never admitted any girls. Her family is suing, arguing the rejection violates her equal right to opportunities from an institution receiving state funds. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P3PH0L

The six planes and five helicopters were concentrating on areas where access to the island's dense pine forest, which includes canyons, was difficult by land. More than 250 firefighters, dozens of soldiers and volunteers were battling the wildfire that broke out at 3 am Tuesday. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zbyc3G

The Taliban fighters arrived with hammers and hatred. What they left behind is laid out on tables at the National Museum of Afghanistan, 18 years later: shattered pieces of ancient Buddha figurines, smashed because they were judged to be against Islam. Museum workers in Kabul have been trying to fit them together again as a nervous country waits for the Taliban and the US to reach a deal on ending America's longest war. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZeOCHm

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The Pakistan government has specified to the Twitter that 200 accounts that were suspended in the past week were apparently posting about Kashmir, reported Dawn News. Over the last one week, a large number of Pakistanis have taken to Twitter to report that accounts were being suspended after they posted in support of Kashmir. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KKJq5T

China has the ability, through conventional missiles contained within the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, to decimate US military installations around Asia in places like Guam, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Such is the extent of this missile build-up that the USA may now have to choose whether to enter a conflict that is "enormously costly and dangerous". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33DaHP0

In recent weeks, Facebook and Twitter accounts that originated in China acted in a coordinated fashion to amplify messages and images that portrayed Hong Kong’s protesters as violent and extreme, the two social media companies said Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33OJg59

The fate of Italy's government is to be decided on Tuesday with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expected to resign after far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini pulled the plug on the dysfunctional coalition. Conte is due to speak in the Senate at 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) following a week of fallout from Salvini's dramatic decision to back out of the alliance on August 8, plunging the eurozone's third-largest economy into turmoil. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TL4bkN

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Fed up with being overlooked as a female scientist despite wading through mud carting heavy equipment and working twice as hard as her male colleagues, Ellen Currano is on a drive for change - by donning a beard. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33MMXba