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A motorised scooter has knocked Queen Mary to the ground after ploughing through a crowd of eager royal fans in Greenland.
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A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century
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Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh went missing June 9 while fighting for Ukraine.
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It was her first performance since she announced her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis in late 2022.
Olympic golden girl Charlotte Dujardin was dumped by her sponsors yesterday and will miss out on a damehood after whipping a horse 24 times ‘like a circus elephant’.
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A series of wildfires raging across the western United States and Canada has covered the region with a blanket of smoke. Meanwhile, fires across the Mediterranean have caused evacuations in parts of Italy and Spain, impacting holiday plans for many.
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We spoke to the French MP lonore Caroit, who’s from President Macron’s centrist Renaissance party.
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PC Craig Carter faces jail for taking money from the corpse of an Italian man who had suffered a fatal heart attack in London.
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Cond Nast Traveler editors swap horror stories and pick sides in the contentious carry-on vs. checked bag debate.
![Mangia! Mangia!: Buffalos Italian Heritage Festival returns to Hertel Avenue [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mp_1164945_0_90.jpg)
A big stretch of Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo is filled with red, white and green for the annual Italian Heritage Festival that kicked off Friday.
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Paris-based animation studio Illuminations Minions characters made an appearance and nodded to French writer Jules Vernes 1870 adventure novel.