•A woman walks with an umbrella to protect herself during a heatwave in Bordeau, yesterday A 30-year-old man died on an athletics track outside Paris yesterday, as a new heatwave swept across much of France, forcing the cancellation of dozens of trains and the suspension of classes. Although astronomical summer does not begin until Sunday, [&...
•Two collided passenger trains in Slovakia today Emergency services in Slovakia scrambled to free rail passengers today after two trains crashed into each other, leaving at least 20 people injured and wrecking one of the engines. Firefighters and rescue workers were “pulling people out through the doors”, according to emergency services, and t...
•Severe Tropical Storm Maria makes landfall in northern Japan Hundreds of Japanese flights and trains were cancelled today in the middle of a major holiday week as another typhoon roared towards the archipelago. Days after Tropical Storm Maria dumped record rains, Typhoon Ampil was set late today to skirt the Tokyo region — home to […]...

