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- Three injured as new tremors hit Granada in Spain August 18, 2026Tourist access to the medieval Alhambra complex was restricted after three more earthquakes shook Spain's southern Granada province.
- Winds hampering efforts to extinguish Belgian wildfire August 18, 2026Firefighters have launched a potentially decisive push to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
- Oberstown workers protesting outside Dept of Children August 18, 2026Workers from Oberstown Children Detention Campus have begun a protest outside the Department of Children as part of an ongoing industrial relations dispute.
- Ebola outbreak could be contained within 3 months - WHO August 18, 2026Hope remains that it will be possible to bring under control an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is outpacing containment efforts, a World Health Organization official has said.
- Major Meta trial begins as lawyers argue over damages August 18, 2026Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins today in California, where attorneys have argued over witnesses and financial penalties.
- Money Doctor John Lowe dies aged 75 August 18, 2026The founder of Money Doctors, financial adviser John Lowe, has died.
- Over 1,100 asylum applications processed under new Act August 18, 20261,106 asylum applications were processed through the new screening system introduced under the International Protection Act in its first two months of operation.
- Women's Hockey World Cup recap: Ireland 3-2 N Zealand August 18, 2026Ireland battle their way to a 3-2 win over New Zealand to keep their World Cup hopes alive.
- Food prices to be main driver of inflation in 2027 - ECB August 18, 2026Chief Economist with the European Central Bank Philip Lane said food inflation is going to be one of the main drivers of overall inflation into next year.
