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UN urges evacuation of 6,000 sailors stranded in Hormuz strait

Oil prices retreat after surge, as stock markets diverge

Thousands flee wildfires in France, Spain

Volkswagen profits skid on one-off costs, China competition

Joshua's focus on Prenga as Fury lies in wait

Spain coach blasts 'unacceptable' behaviour of Argentina after World Cup final

Klopp handed task of reviving Germany's football fortunes

Rugby brain injury court case at risk of collapse

Some 40,000 people evacuated due to wildfire in southwest France: minister

Recharged Klopp back to turn Germany from doubters into believers

Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Here are the main events related to the fires raging in Europe.

Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe

Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through parts of western Europe, triggering states of emergencies and calls for EU help.

South Korean tycoon ordered to pay $644m in divorce

A South Korean court ordered an AI chip-manufacturing tycoon on Friday to make a trimmed-down $644 million divorce payment to his former wife.

Wrestling to become a man in Togo's ancestral rite of passage

The bare-chested young men emerged from a forest ceremony in northern Togo chanting war songs, ready for the initiation tradition of "Evala" in which they wrestle to become men.

Hundreds flee French peninsula by boat to escape wildfire

Hundreds of people fled by boat from a peninsula in western France on Friday, as authorities ordered it evacuated in the face of a rapidly advancing wildfire.

WAFCON favourites Nigeria eye World Cup slot and record prize money

The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) kicks off in Morocco on Sunday with qualification for the World Cup and a record two-million-dollar first prize on the line.

Brian Lara Stadium hosts maiden Test as West Indies face Pakistan

West Indies and Pakistan meet at Test cricket's newest venue in Trinidad on Saturday at the start of a two-match series in which the home side will be enjoying rare favoured status against the unsettled visitors.

Socceroos star Volpato allegedly tests positive for cocaine

Australian World Cup star Cristian Volpato allegedly tested positive for cocaine after he was pulled over for speeding in Sydney on Friday, police and reports said.

Volkswagen profit plunges as carmaker weighs mass job cuts

Volkswagen said Friday that its net profit plunged in the second quarter as the crisis-hit carmaker, weighing up to 100,000 job cuts worldwide, grapples with increasing competition in and from China.

India protest leaders to meet govt after Modi vows action

Leaders of India's youth-led "Cockroach" movement said they would meet the government on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged legal reforms and swift punishment for those involved in exam paper leaks.

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