




One of Belgium's biggest-ever wildfires blazed out of control Monday even as cooler weather and rain eased conditions for firefighters, while in Greece a fire briefly flared up near the main airport on the outskirts of Athens.

The resumption of hostilities in the Middle East in July sent gas pump prices back up, after a brief ceasefire cooled them in June. Inflation for food bought from stores cooled in July, with fresh vegetable and chicken prices driving the decline.