His parents left him in India when he was just 10: How a Norwegian child survived against all odds and built a life in Mumbai |

While Mumbai is known for several historic architecture and modern buildings, for this Norwegian national named Lasse Lund, the city represents something far unbearable. Living in Mumbai, his childhood was spent surviving alone after he says he was abandoned by his parents at a tender age of 10 during a family vacation to India. The…

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Planes sent to tackle wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ near Paris

Two firefighting planes have been rushed to the Paris region to tackle a large wildfire south of the French capital. The Fontainebleau forest blaze, described by officials as “virulent” and of “exceptional scale”, partially closed the country’s main north-south highway, disrupting traffic during the first major weekend getaway of the summer. Early on Monday, officials…

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