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South Korea has deployed a bed bug sniffer dog at its main international airport to reduce the risk of the insects entering the country after the Paris Olympics.Ceco, a two-year-old beagle, is heading up the campaign at Incheon International Airport as the only canine trained in the country to detect the odour of pheromones emitted by bed bugs. The pooch is able to check for the blood-sucking creatures in a […]

A wildfire is burning just outside of Athens with hundreds of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control.More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers are fighting the blaze, which broke out around 3pm local time on Sunday about 22 miles from the Greek capital. Fifteen firefighting planes and nine helicopters were also involved in the operation.Fire colonel Vassileios Vathrakogiannis said the flames were […]

A pilot has died after the helicopter they were flying crashed into the roof of a hotel in a popular Australian tourist town.Hundreds of guests at the Hilton's DoubleTree hotel in the northern city of Cairns were evacuated after the incident at around 2am local time on Monday. "The pilot and single occupant of the aircraft was located and declared deceased at the scene, and forensic investigations are under way […]

The area around the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a man climbed the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony.The shirtless man was spotted near the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck. It is unclear where he began the ascent of the 330m (1,083ft) tall tower.French police said they "immediately intervened and arrested" the man. Image: A man climbs […]

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has claimed it was hacked by Iran in June.This was close to the time when the Republican presidential candidate was selecting his vice president pick for the upcoming US election. News website Politico said it had received emails in July from an anonymous source offering authentic documents from inside Mr Trump's operation, including a report about running mate JD Vance's "potential vulnerabilities"."These documents were obtained illegally […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged Ukrainian forces are conducting an offensive in Russia's Kursk region for the first time.The Ukrainian president said Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region was part of a drive to restore justice after Moscow invaded in 2022. Russia said Ukrainian forces had pushed into the Kursk region last Tuesday and Russian military bloggers said they made some headway, but claimed the situation has since stabilised.On Wednesday, Moscow's […]

The Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics has filed a legal complaint saying she has been a victim of online harassment. Imane Khelif's lawyer Nabil Boudi said the complaint was filed with the Paris Prosecutor's Office on Friday. On Saturday, the gold-winning boxer said: "All that is being said about me on social media is immoral. I want to change the minds of […]

Russia says it has used a thermobaric bomb against Ukrainian forces as it announced a "counter-terrorism" operation to retaliate against Ukraine's shock incursion into Kursk.The Russian defence ministry said fighting was continuing in the western Kursk region following Ukraine's unprecedented attack on its territory earlier this week. The Russian army has conducted airstrikes against Ukrainian forces, including using a thermobaric bomb, also known as a vacuum bomb.The pressure from the […]

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