Wildfires across northeastern Algeria have killed at least 12 people and injured 54, authorities said Wednesday night. Five deaths occurred in Jijel, four in Bejaia and three in Tizi Ouzou, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said. Six injured people remained in critical condition and were receiving intensive care after suffering burns. The fires spread across several provinces during a severe heatwave affecting Algeria and other parts of North Africa.
Gdansk will become Air Arabia’s fourth Polish destination from Sharjah once the announced December services are operating. The airline already serves Krakow and Warsaw Chopin Airport from its Sharjah base. Air Arabia will also launch four weekly flights to Katowice on Dec. 17, 2026. That service will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Together, the Gdansk and Katowice additions will extend the carrier’s direct Poland network beyond the country’s two cities it currently serves.
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Wildfires across northeastern Algeria have killed at least 12 people and injured 54, authorities said Wednesday night. Five deaths occurred in Jijel, four in Bejaia and three in Tizi Ouzou, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said. Six injured people remained in critical condition and were receiving intensive care after suffering burns. The fires spread across several provinces during a severe heatwave affecting Algeria and other parts of North Africa.
Business
Oil prices recovered modestly on Tuesday after Brent crude and WTI fell more than 2% in the previous session. Brent futures rose 27 cents, or 0.3%, to $92.44 a barrel by 0330 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate gained 37 cents, or 0.4%, to $85.38. The rebound followed Monday’s sharp pullback, which ended six consecutive sessions of gains across the two benchmark crude contracts.
Travel
Gdansk will become Air Arabia’s fourth Polish destination from Sharjah once the announced December services are operating. The airline already serves Krakow and Warsaw Chopin Airport from its Sharjah base. Air Arabia will also launch four weekly flights to Katowice on Dec. 17, 2026. That service will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Together, the Gdansk and Katowice additions will extend the carrier’s direct Poland network beyond the country’s two cities it currently serves.
Health
The European Commission has expanded its Ebola response with a €2.1 million purchase of PCR tests for the Bundibugyo virus outbreak. Shipments are due to start in August as health teams confront a large outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and affecting parts of the wider region. PCR testing allows laboratories to confirm infections and support surveillance around known cases, guiding patient care, isolation, and contact tracing. The latest supply package adds laboratory resources at a time when authorities continue to monitor transmission across several provinces and health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Automotive
The restructuring strategy, formally named the Future Package, was negotiated between the executive leadership of Porsche and the General Works Council in coordination with the metalworkers union IG Metall and the employers association Südwestmetall. Executives emphasized that workforce reductions will be executed through socially responsible mechanisms, including expanded partial retirement programs, voluntary severance packages, and natural demographic attrition. Management explicitly ruled out compulsory redundancies through 2035, while extending existing site guarantees for five years. In exchange for labor concessions, the automaker committed 2.1 billion euros in capital investments dedicated to upgrading its assembly plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and its research facility in Weissach.