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Outside it was a sticky 111 degrees, but Ali Hamdan was shivering under two parkas as he sipped hot chocolate, surrounded by tables and chairs made of ice.

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Up and down the stone piers of Split’s raucous port we walked, past a melange of ferries, yachts, tugboats and fishing vessels. Up and down. Past double-decker sailing yachts with racks of bikes onboard.

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As parts of Europe are engulfed by a brutal heat wave this summer, it makes one wonder: Who’s getting it the worst? Athens. The city faced a record 115-degree day on June 27. Then on July 19, Greece’s national fire service reported over 100 fires, including one at an army base just outside Athens on a 106-degree day.

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It’s been 178 years since a New Mexican merchant found a spring surrounded by scarce greenery in the parched Mojave Desert and called it the Spanish word for “the meadows.” Now the water source that gave Las Vegas its name and slaked the thirsts of travelers on the Old Spanish Trail is getting new life in a typically Las Vegas way: reimagined and recreated, bigger and better.

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