Record low Danube levels pushes countries to the brink of energy emergency

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down.

William and Catherine meet Team Wales athletes at Commonwealth Games

William and Catherine meet Team Wales athletes at Commonwealth Games

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain's Ceuta after mass crossing

CEUTA, Spain (AP) – The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.

Firefighters in central Italy battle wildfires with planes and helicopters

Firefighters in central Italy battle wildfires with planes and helicopters

Romania's military uses explosives to redirect water into the Danube

Facing low water levels, Romania’s military uses explosives to try to redirect water into the Danube

Italian Navy boards a tanker linked to Russian shadow fleet

Italian Navy boards a tanker linked to Russian shadow fleet, Ministry of Defense says

Windsurfers in Croatia chase the wind that's gone by breakfast

Windsurfers in Croatia chase the wind that’s gone by breakfast

Estonian village turns into a symbolic kingdom for a day

MIKITAMÄE, Estonia (AP) – As an accordion plays, 80-year-old Maime Kapten spins across the grass field, her embroidered skirt swirling and silver chains and coins around her neck jangling.

Ukrainian drones kill 5 in Russia and set fire to Wildberries warehouse

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least five people across Russia, also hitting industrial sites and a further warehouse belonging to Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries, local officials said. Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, is sometimes described as the country’s answer to Amazon.