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Louise Miner

Indonesia

Hundreds of trekkers head down side of volcano after earthquake struck

Around 700 had been stranded on the slopes of the volcano for a day after the quake

Mali

Counting in Mali presidential poll is underway amid increasing ethnic and jihadist violence

Voting was briefly suspended at a polling station in a village in the northern region of Kidal after militants fired about 10 mortar bombs

Syria

Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon return home

Around 900 Syrian refugees who had been in Lebanon have returned to their homeland over the weekend. This is the fourth round of people to return to Syria in a one-month period

Argentina

Agriculture Ministers from G20 criticise protectionism

The meeting in Buenos Aires came amid rising trade tensions with China and the US placing retaliatory tariffs on American farmers after President Trump put duties on Chinese goods

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Greece

Greece: Search for 25 missing people continues

It's after 59 bodies were found, 28 are still yet to be identified and four people are still in hospital. Firemen and volunteers walk for hours, with the hope of finding traces of human presence after the wildfires devestated parts of Greece

Greece

Greece fire: DNA testing is the only way to identify people

The only way bodies can be identified is through DNA testing and dental records because people are so badly burnt beyond recognition. It's distressing for everyone

Italy

Rome: Bees used as pollution monitors

The tiny insects collect pollen from thousands of plants daily, in quite a tight radius and then their honey and wax are tested for various toxins. The project's been set up by Italian beekeepers and the carabinieri to understand the air pollution

Madagascar

Soaring prices of vanilla affecting Madagascar farmers

Soaring prices for Madagascar's vanilla should have been good news for farmers but now, because thieves stole many crops last year, it's now a stressing and worrying, taking matters into their own hands

Business

Amazon.com Inc: Q2 profit of €2.14 billion

Amazon.com Inc reported a second-quarter profit of €2.14 billion ($2.5 billion) - its largest ever. Its thanks to the retailer's younger, higher-earning businesses, including cloud computing and advertising

Hungary

Swiss catamaran wins Blue Ribbon Regatta in Hungary for second time

The winners, Safram celebrated with champagne after sailing for just over 12 hours (12 hrs 40 minutes and 31 seconds) at Lake Balaton. Hungary came second with the PreVital team and third with the Fifty-fifty crew

Business

Brics summit: importance of "open world economy"

Leaders of the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, signed a declaration supporting an open and inclusive multilateral trading system under World Trade Organisation rules

Cinema

Italian National Hero made into an animation

Cyclist Gino Bartali helped around 800 Jews escape the holocaust because he smuggled fake documents in the frame of his bike. He pretended to be training but was carrying messages and photographs for passports to the Italian Resistance

Syria

Syria: Mass funeral after deadliest onslaught in Sweida

The so called Islamic State militants claim responsibility for the coordinated assaults in and around a government-held city and at several villages, in the group's deadliest onslaught in the country for years

Business

EC Bank will end its €2.6 trillion stimulus programme

The European Central Bank says the risks from an unpredictable global trade conflict doesn't warrant any deviation from its plan

USA

BMW jobs at risk in the US

The largest BMW factory in the world, in Spartanburg in South Carolina, makes a whole region live, but since Donald Trump threatens to tax imports in the sector, subcontractors fear to be the first victims

Business

Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest daily percent slump

Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest ever daily percent slump.

Europe News

Belgium: municipalities divided over the burkini in public swimming pools

A Ghent tribunal took a position ruling that in public swimming pools of the city and in Merelbeke, women should be allowed to wear the full body swimming suit. But the city Council has decided to appeal against this ruling

World News

Summer heatwave: soon the norm in Europe

Surface air temperatures have been increasing on a regular basis globally since 1979. On a monthly global average, since 1989, surface air temperatures have been increasing each month every year

USA

Trump and Juncker ease US-EU trade tensions, promise zero tariffs

Trump and Juncker ease US-EU trade tensions, promise zero tariffs

Greece

Greece fires took just minutes to reach the sea

Not many people had a chance to escape as the second fire which broke out Monday afternoon destroyed everything in its path within moments

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