When Abdul Rahman Pasha al-Yusuf left his mansion in Souq Sarouja on 21 August 1920, heading for the Houran province in the Syrian south, he didn’t…
Eduardo Ramón
Given that Russia and Turkey are supposed to enjoy a “special relationship”, the Kremlin will not have been amused at the sight of Turkish leader…
While teachers around the world were grappling with the launch of generative AI at the end of 2022, Reine Azzi, a lecturer of English and Liberal…
There are vanishingly few people on the planet today who have the heart to deny that the climate is changing. As I write, large areas of the world…
Just before last week's Nato summit in Vilnius, Turkey grabbed headlines by dropping its objections to Sweden joining the alliance. It was a shocking…
Southern and Eastern Europe are bracing for record-breaking temperatures as a searing heatwave sets in. Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C in the…
Europeans sizzle amid relentless heatwave while Greece catches fire
AFP
Wild fires engulf the fields near the settlement of Pournari, in the area of Magoula, some 25km southwest of the Greek capital Athens on July 18, 2023.
AFP
More of the fire near Athens. Europe braced for new high temperatures on July 18, 2023, under a relentless heatwave and wildfires that have scorched swathes of the Northern Hemisphere.
AFP
More of the fire near Athens. Health authorities have sounded alarms from North America to Europe and Asia, urging people to stay hydrated and shelter from the burning sun, in a stark reminder of the effects of global warming.
Reuters
A person cools off at the Piazza del Popolo, during a heatwave across Italy, as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Rome, Italy July 18, 2023.
Reuters
People sit on stairs during a heatwave across Italy as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Bologna, Italy July 18, 2023.
Reuters
People cool off at the Piazza del Popolo, during a heatwave across Italy, as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Rome, Italy July 18, 2023.
AFP
During a heatwave in Croatia, a man cools his legs in a fountain in the centre of Zagreb on July 17, 2023.
AFP
A mother bathes with her sons in a branch of the Danube River next to Frecatei village in the eastern Dobrogea region, some 55 kilometres south of Braila, southeastern Romania, on July 17, 2023.
AFP
A woman covers herself with a scarf in Avignon, southern France, on July 17, 2023.
AFP
A girl cools off at a fountain in Pristina on July 17, 2023, as Kosovo is hit by a heatwave.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan kicked off his three-day Gulf tour on Monday accompanied by a number of his ministers, around 200 Turkish…
Lebanon has been at the centre of the European Parliament’s attention, with a call for action there against individual people deemed responsible for…
Baghdad: “Cold water! Cold water!” shout young children darting to and fro in dirty flip-flops, plying small bottles amid the traffic and at dusty…
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