LAVRIO, Greece( Reuters)-Strong winds fanned two wildfires outside Athens on Monday, threatening

ATHENS( AFP)-Greek firefighters struggled to control two new blazes that broke out around Athens on Monday( Aug 16), forcing the evacuation of several villages and clouding the sky over the capital as they braced for a long night battling the flames. Greece's prime minister has linked the devastating fires to the" climate crisis", speaking last week as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, engulfing parts of Greece, Italy and Spain. Scores of firefighters battled fresh blazes near the Greek