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1,000 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal

Sunday, 21 July 2019, 15:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Some 1,000 firefighters are working to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured eight firefighters and 12 civilians, authorities said Sunday. Portugal's Civil Protection...

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

Sunday, 21 July 2019, 06:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance in her own country. Speaking Saturday at...

Russian, US astronauts blast off on moon landing anniversary

Saturday, 20 July 2019, 19:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has blasted off for a fast-track trip to the International Space Station. Saturday's took place on the 50th anniversary of the day U.S....

Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world

Saturday, 20 July 2019, 08:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time,...

Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot

Saturday, 20 July 2019, 06:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office with President Donald...

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