The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.
Wildfires in Kefalonia and western Attica forced evacuations as strong winds hampered firefighting efforts and threatened homes and communities
The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people on all sides.
Washington and Tehran have been at war since 28 February, when the US and Israel launched surprise strikes against Iran, though months of on-off diplomacy have led to periods of relative calm.
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Brazil’s Workers’ Party meets to confirm Lula da Silva’s October bid. At 80, the leftist veteran faces right-wing liberal Flávio Bolsonaro in another polarised Lula vs Bolsonaro race.
Firefighters and helicopters battled a fast-moving wildfire west of Athens as strong winds fueled the blaze and forced emergency operations across the area.
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Record low water levels on Germany’s Rhine River left boats stranded in Cologne, as prolonged heat and drought pushed the country’s busiest waterway to its lowest level on record.
A total of 225 people on the ferry were rescued, while some passengers jumped into the sea to escape the fire, according to Basarnas, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency.