Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in northern Portugal and central Spain—the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.
Athletes will be eligible to compete in the female category at world events only if they pass a one-time gene test, World Athletics announced on Wednesday.
A radar-related technical issue hit the UK air traffic control system, disrupting flights for over four hours at major London airports on Wednesday, but it was later resolved and departures resumed.
Scientists found thriving communities of marine creatures in two northwest Pacific trenches that survive by converting chemicals into energy instead of consuming organic matter.
Six workers at Greece's largest port Piraeus, arrested for allegedly participating in a gang smuggling cocaine hidden in shipping containers from Latin America, were jailed pending trial on Friday.