G - The main forest fires raging in Portugal since the weekend, which have killed more than 60 people, were brought under control on Thursday, the civil protection agency said.

Sydney - Elon Musk has gone against prevailing wisdom with a statement that a working Mars colony with large numbers of colonists. The current thinking is that the technical difficulties have to be solved first. That thinking is also pretty turgid and negative.

Red Deer - A city in central Alberta, Canada experienced an extreme weather event Tuesday night that left a large swath of the community looking like a hurricane had torn through the area.

While the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces are confronting the Islamic State in eastern Syria and beginning to enter the strategic city of Raqqa, the Syrian Army has been taking control of positions in their rear further west.

Former WBA Super Lightweight champion Adrien Broner got a surprise of his life when he found out that he is a 5-1 underdog in his upcoming fight against unbeaten WBC Lightweight champion Mikey Garcia.

Taf - The handcuffed Afghan flashed a boyish smile at the cameras as he entered the packed Hungarian courtroom on Wednesday to stand trial over the deaths of 71 migrants found dead in the back of a truck nearly two years ago.

Leuven - New research looking at the genomes of cats has come up with something interesting: the domestic cats of today are genetically equivalent to ancient cats. Cats did not genetically adapt to become domesticated, they chose to.

Inflight internet access, a nascent market still hobbled by slow speeds, is set to take off as dedicated satellites make surfing in the skies a reality, experts say.

Basel - Researchers in Switzerland have been examining what may turn out to be the world's oldest known prosthetic device. The 3,000-year-old wooden toe attests to the skill, medical and anatomical knowledge of the ancient artisan who made the device.

Duma - The scene in Syria's besieged rebel-held town of Douma is almost surreal -- tables laden with food to break the Ramadan fast are surrounded by the crumbling carcasses of bombed-out buildings.

Farmingville - On June 21, country star Canaan Smith performed at the Pennysaver Amphitheater in New York, for "Guys With Guitars Under The Stars."

Farmingville - On June 21, rising country artist Drew Baldridge performed at the Pennysaver Amphitheater in Farmingville on Long Island.

Washington - For the first time in almost a century the United States is preparing for a coast-to-coast solar eclipse, a rare celestial event millions of Americans, with caution, will be able to observe.

Washington - US President Donald Trump pitched a new concept to his supporters for the wall he intends to erect on the Mexican border: cover it with solar panels -- and use the energy to cover construction costs.

Baghdad - Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul's iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 declared himself "caliph" in his only public appearance, Iraqi officials said.

Mosul - Mosul's trademark leaning minaret was missing from its skyline for the first time in centuries Thursday after desperate jihadists blew it up as Iraqi forces advanced on an ancient mosque compound.

Farmingville - Country star Michael Ray performed at the Pennysaver Amphitheater on Long Island, as part of "Guys With Guitars Under The Stars."

Caracas - Her enemies have branded her insane, but those close to Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega say her defiance of the government over the country's deadly political crisis is pure courage.

Farmingville - On June 21, Jerrod Niemann performed at the Pennysaver Amphitheater in New York, as part of My Country 96.1 FM's "Guys With Guitars Under The Stars."

Microsoft has launched a video streaming service for enterprise customers of its Office 365 cloud platform. Microsoft Stream is described as an "intelligent enterprise video service" that's built to give companies a robust online video platform.