Society & Science

Two Romanian climbers die after falling into a 20-metre crevasse on Gran Paradiso

The bodies of two Romanian climbers were recovered Monday morning from a crevasse on the Gran Paradiso massif in the Italian Alps, ending a multi-day search that began on 9 July.

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Climate·7h ago

Fallen power cable sparks deadly Spain wildfire, killing at least 13; Sánchez urges prevention culture

At least 13 people have died, including four Britons and a French national, after a wildfire sparked by a fallen power line tore through Almería province. The blaze scorched 7,000 hectares and forced hundreds to evacuate before being stabilized Sunday.

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Safety·from Jul 13·upd. 7h ago

EU experts recommend restricting social media for children under 13, propose tiered access model

EU Commission experts advocate an EU-wide restriction on social media access for minors under 13, with under-threes facing a total screen ban and platforms required to prove safety for teenagers.

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Safety·from Jul 13·upd. 2h ago

Bull bison throws 65-year-old grandfather into the air at Yellowstone campground, leaving him with severe injuries

Carl McDaniel, 65, was struck by a 900kg bull bison and thrown eight feet into the air at Bridge Bay Campground on Friday evening. He remains hospitalised with severe leg and hip injuries.

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Health & Education·4h ago

Portugal exam digitisation errors force repeat grading; minister apologises, 92% corrected

Digitisation glitches in Portugal's secondary school exams forced teachers to re-grade thousands of papers; the education minister says 92% are now corrected and results will be posted Friday, amid opposition calls for a parliamentary inquiry.

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Safety·5h ago

Aurora Tila's ex-boyfriend confesses in appeal: 'I threw her from the balcony'. Court adjourns to 10 September

On 13 July 2026, the ex-boyfriend of Aurora Tila, now almost 17, confessed in Bologna's Court of Appeal to throwing the 13-year-old from a seventh-floor balcony in Piacenza on 25 October 2024, ending a year-and-a-half of denials. The trial has been adjourned to 10 September pending a prison conduct report.

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Discoveries·7h ago

Spanish-led team detects sugar in interstellar space for the first time, revealing ingredients for life form before stars exist

Using two radio telescopes in Spain, astronomers have identified erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar found in raspberries, inside a molecular cloud 27,000 light-years from Earth. The finding fills a gap in prebiotic chemistry and shows that sugars essential for life's building blocks can assemble before stars or planets.

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Safety·3h ago

Car crashes into women's clothing store in Vrilissia after driver confuses reverse with forward gear

An automatic SUV smashed through the glass front of a women's clothing store on Pentelis Street in Vrilissia on Monday, 13 July 2026, after the driver accidentally selected first gear instead of reverse. No one was injured.

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Safety·10h ago

Norwegian royal Marius Borg Høiby transferred to house arrest with ankle bracelet at crown prince's estate

Oslo court moves Marius Borg Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, from high-security prison to electronic house arrest at the Skaugum royal estate, pending appeal of his four-year conviction for rape and violence.

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Safety·8h ago

Louvre heist suspects break silence: mastermind 'thought we could have taken more' than €88m crown jewels

Two suspects charged in the €88 million Louvre jewellery heist have given detailed confessions, revealing that the unidentified organiser thought they 'could have taken more' and was disappointed with their haul.

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Health & Education·8h ago

Italy opens medical 'semestre aperto' registration with extended exam dates and fewer penalties

From 13 July, aspiring doctors can enroll in Italy's free-access medical semester; exam dates are pushed to December and January, with more time for tests and a best-score rule for retakes.

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Health & Education·3h ago

Prosecutor drops charges against Catalan health officials over COVID vaccine delay for national police

The public prosecutor in Barcelona withdrew all prevarication charges on Monday against former Catalan health minister Alba Vergés and her senior team, who had been accused of deliberately delaying COVID-19 vaccinations for National Police and Guardia Civil agents in Catalonia during 2021.

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Two Romanian climbers die after falling into a 20-metre crevasse on Gran Paradiso

Fallen power cable sparks deadly Spain wildfire, killing at least 13; Sánchez urges prevention culture

EU experts recommend restricting social media for children under 13, propose tiered access model

Bull bison throws 65-year-old grandfather into the air at Yellowstone campground, leaving him with severe injuries

Portugal exam digitisation errors force repeat grading; minister apologises, 92% corrected

Aurora Tila's ex-boyfriend confesses in appeal: 'I threw her from the balcony'. Court adjourns to 10 September

Spanish-led team detects sugar in interstellar space for the first time, revealing ingredients for life form before stars exist

Car crashes into women's clothing store in Vrilissia after driver confuses reverse with forward gear

Norwegian royal Marius Borg Høiby transferred to house arrest with ankle bracelet at crown prince's estate

Louvre heist suspects break silence: mastermind 'thought we could have taken more' than €88m crown jewels

Italy opens medical 'semestre aperto' registration with extended exam dates and fewer penalties

Prosecutor drops charges against Catalan health officials over COVID vaccine delay for national police

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