
-
France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide
-
Most markets rise as China-US truce extended, inflation in focus
-
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70
-
Taylor Swift announces 12th album for 'pre pre-order'
-
Italian athlete dies at World Games in China
-
AI porn victims see Hong Kong unprepared for threat
-
Two dead, 10 hospitalized in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions
-
Steely Sinner advances amid Cincinnati power-failure chaos
-
Families forever scarred 4 years on from Kabul plane deaths
-
Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile
-
Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days
-
Spanish police bust 'spiritual retreat' offering hallucinogenic drugs
-
Jellyfish force French nuclear plant shutdown
-
One dead, 10 hospitalized in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions
-
Trump meets with Intel CEO after demanding he resign
-
Stocks cautious before US inflation report
-
Sabalenka survives massive Cincinnati struggle with Raducanu
-
Trump says plans to test out Putin as Europe engages Ukraine
-
Straka skips BMW but will play PGA Tour Championship
-
Chinese man pleads guilty in US to smuggling protected turtles
-
Trump sends troops to US capital, mulls wider crackdown
-
One dead, dozens injured in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions
-
Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days: US media
-
Pollock earns first enhanced England contract as Farrell misses out
-
Iraq announces nationwide power outage amid 'record' heat
-
Harry and Meghan sign reduced deal with Netflix
-
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
-
Trump says dealing 'nicely' with China as tariff deadline looms
-
Trump expects 'constructive conversation' with Putin
-
Trump says Nvidia to give US cut of China chip sales
-
No bread, no fuel, no dollars: how Bolivia went from boom to bust
-
Europeans plan Ukraine talks with Trump before he meets Putin
-
Women's Rugby World Cup to adopt flashing mouthguards to signal head impact
-
Trump deploys National Guard in Washington crime crackdown
-
Stocks cautious before tariff updates, US inflation data
-
UK scientist's remains found on Antarctic glacier 66 years on
-
Talks for landmark plastic pollution treaty grind on
-
Records smashed as new heatwave bakes southwest France
-
UN, media groups condemn Israel's deadly strike on Al Jazeera team in Gaza
-
The shrill is gone: AOL to shut down dial-up internet
-
Al Jazeera journalists hold vigil for staff slain in Gaza
-
Trump deploys National Guard to tackle Washington crime
-
Man City's Grealish to join Everton on loan: reports
-
Talks for landmark plastic pollution treaty stretch into second week
-
EU clears Just Eat takeover by Dutch group Prosus
-
Injured skipper Callender still in Wales squad for Women's Rugby World Cup
-
Gazans mourn Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel
-
Colombia presidential hopeful dies after June rally shooting
-
Stocks cautious before tariff updates, US data
-
India look to break 'final barrier' in Women's World Cup
RBGPF | 0% | 73.08 | $ | |
CMSD | -0.04% | 23.571 | $ | |
NGG | 0.31% | 71.23 | $ | |
GSK | -0.24% | 37.71 | $ | |
SCS | 0.5% | 15.96 | $ | |
CMSC | 0.04% | 23.06 | $ | |
BTI | 1.87% | 58.33 | $ | |
RELX | 0.08% | 48.04 | $ | |
RIO | 0.45% | 62.14 | $ | |
BP | -0.56% | 33.95 | $ | |
AZN | 0.72% | 74.07 | $ | |
SCU | 0% | 12.72 | $ | |
BCC | -1.67% | 80.74 | $ | |
JRI | -0.34% | 13.39 | $ | |
RYCEF | -0.84% | 14.3 | $ | |
BCE | 0% | 24.35 | $ | |
VOD | 1.3% | 11.51 | $ |

Acropolis closes at hottest hours amid Greece heatwave
The Athens Acropolis, Greece's top tourist attraction, closed during the hottest hours on Friday and may well close again Saturday as the country wilts under a heatwave.
Access to the UNESCO-listed archaeological site dating to antiquity is being suspended between midday and 5:00 pm (0900 GMT and 1400 GMT) before reopening "to protect workers and visitors", Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told public broadcaster ERT.
"It's highly likely that we will take the same measure tomorrow (Saturday)," she said.
Temperatures reached 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) in Athens on Friday, and parts of the country could see highs as much as 44 C on Saturday, according to the national weather service EMY.
Other popular tourist sites surrounding the Sacred Rock on which the Acropolis stands, such as the Ancient Agora, have remained open.
The Acropolis, which has seen a major rise in visitor numbers in recent months, is normally open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm every day.
Some tourists were left disappointed in front of the site's closed entrance, saying the official website had not provided enough information.
"I am not feeling really comfortable about it, but what can we do?" said Serbian human resources director Sonya Ivkovic, who planned to return for the reopening at 5:00 pm.
"We weren't expecting it, we just came and thought it would be open," Emelie Den, a doctor from Australia, told AFP. "Kind of caught us off guard but makes sense, it is really, really hot today... we've been drinking lots."
- Fire risk -
A summer heatwave is hitting several Mediterranean countries, with the mercury hitting 42C in parts of northern and western Greece on Friday.
The authorities have in recent days taken measures to help people cope. The Red Cross deployed at the Acropolis on Thursday to hand out water bottles and help visitors suffering from the heat.
"We're going to hand out at least 30,000 50-cl bottles of water a day," the president of the Greek Red Cross, Antonios Avgerinos, told AFP.
The authorities have warned about a greater risk of fires, particularly in regions where strong winds are expected.
Greece suffered major wildfires in 2021 as an exceptionally intense heatwave gripped the country.
T.Khatib--SF-PST