As firefighters struggle to contain some of the worst European wildfires in living memory with reduced numbers of aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factory.
The World Health Organisation said Sunday that over 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in connection with the record-breaking heatwave roasting much of the continent.
At least 191 million people are forecast to endure temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday in Europe, with the heat particularly intense in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, according to AFP estimates.
Tens of millions are braving a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with some countries announcing rising death tolls and health services warning of saturation.
Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday with Dara's catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga" sweeping the 70th edition of the world's biggest live televised music event and pushing into second place Israel, whose participation had triggered a major boycott.
The risk of jet fuel shortages in Europe grows each day tankers remain stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, although it isn't clear when exactly supplies will run out and what that will mean for travellers.
Between 8,000 and 10,000 people joined an emotional silent march in Copenhagen on Saturday organised by Denmark's Veterans' Association to protest Donald Trump's comments downplaying the role of non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Nine European nations including France, Germany, Denmark, Norway and the UK vowed on Monday to build up North Sea offshore wind power with the aim of boosting climate-friendly energy while reducing dependence on foreign powers.
Denmark's defence minister said Wednesday that it would "strengthen" its military presence in Arctic territory Greenland and was in dialogue with allies in NATO.
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen says the country faces a "decisive moment" in its diplomatic battle with the United States over Greenland, after President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory.
Greenland's government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said "that's enough" in response to repeated assertions by US President Donald Trump that the US will seize control of the Arctic territory.
Greenland's prime minister yesterday stressed that decisions about the autonomous territory's future would be made on the island, after US President Donald Trump’s latest assertions that the United States will annex Greenland for "national security".
The European Court of Justice on Thursday said it was up to Denmark's courts to decide whether a Danish law requiring authorities to redevelop poor urban "ghettos" with high concentrations of "non-Western immigrants and their descendants" was discriminatory.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and UK counterpart Keir Starmer have jointly called for the European Convention on Human Rights to be modernised, with governments in both countries keen to pursue a restrictive stance on immigration.
Denmark's Novo Nordisk, which recently changed its CEO and laid off 9,000 of its employees, announced on Tuesday that it would call a meeting to elect new members for more than half of its board seats, including the chair.
Sofia Corradi, the creator of the EU's Erasmus program which has sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91, Italian media reported Saturday.
Unidentified drones flew over Danish military sites including its biggest base overnight following a slew of earlier sightings that Copenhagen has termed a "hybrid attack", hinting at possible Russian involvement.
Denmark's military intelligence service says it has not been able to identify who was behind the drone flights over the country's airports that have triggered security fears this week.
Copenhagen and Oslo airports were both open again on Tuesday morning after unidentified drones in their airspace caused flight diversions and other travel disruption overnight.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky to Copenhagen on Wednesday as Nordic and Baltic leaders met Zelensky to discuss more support for Ukraine.
