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The fiercest wildfires have hit only parts of a few islands. But the effects of climate change pose a far wider threat to Greece’s tourism industry.

Along the vast 600-mile front line, Russia is mostly playing defense. In the northeast, it is once again mounting fierce offensive operations.

The opposition fears a slow descent toward authoritarianism, while the government is waiting to see how disruptive and prolonged the response will be from its critics.

About the only thing clear from Spain’s muddled election results was that Spaniards were turning away from the political extremes.

As firefighters fought blazes kindled by tinder-dry conditions, the authorities sent tourists and residents on Rhodes to schools, gyms and boats moored at the port for shelter.

A month of reporting by New York Times journalists found the fighting mostly stalemated and Ukraine facing an array of obstacles against a determined foe.

The national elections could see a far-right party enter the Spanish government for the first time since the 1970s.

Greek Coast Guard vessels were dispatched to rescue visitors and residents trapped in threatened seaside villages on the large island, a leading tourist destination. Some fled in their bathing suits.

The officer was also charged under Canada’s Security of Information Act with helping Beijing “identify and intimidate’’ an individual.

Severe protests have roiled France in recent weeks, after a police officer fatally shot a French teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent in a suburb of Paris. The demonstrations fit a longstanding pattern.