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Fire crews responding to the blaze at a mountainous national park in the Czech Republic were hampered on Monday by high winds and difficult-to-access terrain. Czech fire officials said more than 150 firefighters and 54 vehicles were on the scene at Boh…

Might the European Union face a complete halt of gas supplies from Russia? The European Commission fears so. The EU executive arm proposed that member countries voluntarily reduce their gas consumption by 15% to be ready for such an eventuality, while …

Russian state energy giant Gazprom will lower gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of capacity this week, fuelling fears about the potential for a total stoppage that could have disastrous effects on Europe’s largest economy. …

Russian state energy giant Gazprom says it will lower gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of maximum capacity, citing repairs of another turbine. The company said that gas flows through the pipeline that runs under the Baltic…

Amazon is ready to hit the road across the US with the first of its custom-made Rivian electric delivery vans, and a lot may be riding on it for both companies. Rivian CEO and founder R.J. Scaringe and top Amazon executives were on hand to unveil the e…

Ukraine will hand over Eurovision hosting duties to Britain next year, despite winning this year’s event, due to lingering dangers caused by the war there, said the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on Monday. Britain came second in this year’s contest…

Germany’s Verdi union has called on Lufthansa ground staff to walk off the job and strike on Wednesday, to increase leverage in salary negotiations with Germany’s flagship carrier. The strike is scheduled to start at 3:45 am (0145 GMT) on Wednesday and…

Malaika Mihambo’s long jump gold on the final day was no real consolation as German athletics lamented its worst ever performance at the world athletics championships. Mihambo’s gold and a bronze from the women’s 4×100 metres relay were the only German…

Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis broke his own world pole vault record yet again with an incredible 6.21 metre clearance in the last day of competition at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 22-year-old Swedish vaulter had already …

Hurdler Tobi Amusan and pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis set new world records in a busy last day of action at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday. Amusan smashed the women’s 100 metre hurdles world record clocking 12.12 seconds i…