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Italy is planting one tree for every single resident of its second city to clean the air by 2030, with the project still underway

Milan is planting millions of trees and shrubs across its metropolitan area. The Forestami program aims to reach this goal by the year 2030. This initiative seeks to improve air quality and create more green spaces for residents. The project involves planting trees along streets, in parks, and on vacant…

The Times of India · Jul 24

Southern Europe still battling wildfires as Spain declares national emergency in Madrid region

Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires threaten the Madrid region, while France seeks EU help and Italy battles blazes across Sicily.

Euronews · Jul 24

European travel platform Omio raises $10 million and buys Rail Europe as it chases Asia's tourism market

Why Omio is betting on trains and buses—and not planes—to crack Asia's travel boom

Fortune · Jul 24

'Respect the City': How Dubrovnik is managing overtourism without losing its charm

Mayor of Dubrovnik Mato Franković tells Euronews Travel how the popular Croatian city is utilising data, staggered arrival flows and planning to reshape local tourism to preserve one of Europe’s best-known destinations for the future.

Euronews · Jul 24

Latest news bulletin | July 24th, 2026 – Morning

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 24th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Euronews · Jul 24

Once a textile powerhouse, Syria is betting on an industrial comeback

Syria once produced garments that reached Arab and European markets, but the civil war dismantled the industry over the years. With sanctions lifted and investors beginning to return, Aleppo's first major trade fair in years is testing whether that world can be rebuilt.

Euronews · Jul 24

Wildfires force more than 200,000 people in France and Spain to flee

Massive wildfires burned out of control in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate more than 200,000 people. French President Emmanuel Macron ordered the military to mobilise as wildfires approached the city of Bordeaux. Spain declared a national emergency in two regions.

France 24 · Jul 24

Why Animals Act Like It's Night During a Solar Eclipse: Behaviour, Instinct, and the Sudden Darkness

Birds Go to Roost Mid-MorningThe most visible sign that something has broken in the natural order is birds flying back to their trees at 11 a.m. During the 2017 total solar eclipse across the United States, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences used citizen-science reports from iNaturalist to document…

Times Life · Jul 24

How Animals See Ultraviolet Light and What Their Vision Reveals About Color and Perception

The part of light we never seeSunlight contains far more than what human eyes register. The visible spectrum, the band of wavelengths our photoreceptors detect, runs roughly from 380 to 700 nanometres. Ultraviolet light sits just below that, between 10 and 380 nanometres. We cannot see it. Many animals can,…

Times Life · Jul 24

Tens of thousands flee wildfires as heatwave grips southern Europe

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The Independent UK · Jul 23