Funicular Accident Leaves Several Dead in Lisbon
According to Portugal’s health ministry, at least 15 people were killed and 18 others were injured after the Elevador da Glória funicular derailed and crashed in Lisbon on Wednesday.
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At Least 15 Dead After Lisbon Funicular Derails and Crashes, Officials Say
The funicular line, one of three in Lisbon, is a popular tourist attraction.
Portugal declares day of mourning for 15 people killed in Lisbon funicular railway crash
Another 18 people injured when Gloria funicular railway car derails and apparently crashed into a buildingA day of national mourning has been declared in Portugal after at least 15 people were killed when Lisbon’s well-known Gloria funicular railway ca…
Spain Calls in More Soldiers to Fight Wildfires
Across the Iberian Peninsula, thousands are trying to quell deadly flames amid dangerously hot weather.
Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal amid searing heat
Extreme temperatures exacerbated by carbon pollution fuel fires in southern Europe as green policies are rolled backEurope live – latest updatesEurope scorched by wildfires – pictures from spaceRelentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage so…
Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia
The soccer star has been living in the country with Georgina Rodríguez, the mother of his children, testing the boundaries of social change in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires
Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people f…
Weather tracker: Europe braces for another heatwave with highs of 44C
Parts of Spain and Portugal likely to bear brunt of heat, while drought conditions sweep North AmericaEurope live – latest updatesAfter a period of cooler weather, swaths of central and eastern Europe face another heatwave as hot air over south-western…
UK family killed in car crash on holiday in southern Portugal
Four members of family from Thetford, Norfolk, died after car collided with another vehicle in Alentejo regionA UK family have been killed in a car accident while holidaying in southern Portugal, local authorities have confirmed.Domingos Serrano, 55, h…
Weather tracker: Mediterranean heatwave sparks concern for marine life
Sea surface temperatures soar near Spain and Portugal, while torrential rain and landslides kill four in South KoreaA recent heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so severe that scientists are concerned for marine life.The human-induced climate cr…