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The chief architect of France’s historic monuments says he’s afraid that the heat wave sweeping Europe could cause the vaulted ceilings of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral to collapse. Interested in Notre Dame Fire? Add Notre Dame Fire as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Notre Dame Fire news, video, and analysis […]

Europeans cooled off in public fountains Wednesday as a new heat wave spread across parts of the continent and is already breaking records. Belgium registered its highest-ever temperature while the Netherlands saw its hottest day in 75 years. And the mercury is expected to rise even further. Paris and other parts of France could see

Five Bedrooms and a Quiet Garden in Dublin $1.8 MILLION (1.625 MILLION EUROS) This five-bedroom, three-bath house is on a quiet lane in the Ballsbridge neighborhood of Dublin. It was built on the site of a coach house and stables for an adjacent property in the 1970s, when the owners of that property decided to

Light rain falling Wednesday in a forested Arizona city helped crews battle a wildfire that has raged for days in a mountain pass recreation area overlooking the city, officials said. Up to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain was allowing ground crews to directly attack the fire, extinguish blames and build containment lines in an

When the producer Simon Fuller reached out to Lupita Nyong’o to gauge her interest in narrating his latest project — a wildlife documentary directed by John Downer — the Kenyan-Mexican actress was intrigued. But once she watched the first two episodes, she was sold. Ms. Nyong’o understood that these shows can be mundane and repetitive,

The number of hotels in the United States that have digital keys available rose from 6 percent in 2016 to 17 percent last year, according to a survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Marriott International, Hilton, MGM Resorts and Disney hotels are among the brands offering loyalty members the option of using digital

One sweltering night last July, I found myself inside a small auditorium in a Norwegian valley called Setesdal for a community concert. A young woman stood in the right aisle, dressed in the valley’s traditional bunad dress, a billowing black skirt with red and green stripes at the hem, a full-sleeved white blouse, and a

The Latest on a wildfire in northern Arizona (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Flagstaff communities in the shadow of a wildfire. The weather service says up to an inch of rain already has fallen over the fire. Flooding is expected near downtown Flagstaff and

In 1991, as the Soviet Union collapsed around him, Alexander Mishakov was summoned to a place that was off-limits to most citizens — the Metropol Hotel. Newly graduated from a technical institute, the 24-year-old had scored an interview for a breakfast chef position. Catching the first morning train into central Moscow, he walked through the

Firefighters in Portugal on Tuesday brought a huge wildfire under control after the blaze raged for four days, injuring 39 people and leaving a trail of destruction. Around 1,000 firefighters were keeping watch over smoldering hotspots in the fire-prone area, amid gusting winds and temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Civil Protection