France sizzles in late summer 'heat dome'

Millions of people in France sweated through a late summer heat wave on Monday, with record temperatures expected in the wine-growing Rhone valley region and a forest fire blazing in the southeast.

Greenpeace slams Poland's new river protection law

Environmentalists on Friday slammed the passing of a controversial law in Poland on the revitalization of the Oder river, which was hit by toxic algae growth last year that caused mass fish deaths.

Huge blue whale washes ashore in southern Chile

An enormous blue whale, considered the largest animal on Earth, has washed up onto a beach in southern Chile, probably after dying at sea, local authorities said Sunday.

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