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The Canadian province of Quebec says rain and outside help could help win the fight against more than 100 forest fires producing plumes of smoke...
Johnson’s shock exit reverberates through Conservative party
Old rifts resurfaced in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party...
Trump faces difficult odds in classified documents case
Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret documents upon leaving the White House in 2021, according to legal...
Italy’s former PM Berlusconi in hospital for leukaemia scheduled checks (updated)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was re-admitted to hospital in Milan for a scheduled medical checkup on Friday, just weeks after being discharged following a long stay....
Pope ‘progressively improving,’ off I.V. tubes, moving about
Pope Francis’ overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of bed, be detached from intravenous tubes and resume...
Smoky, dangerous haze parked over US east coast for second day
A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing...
Zelenskiy visits flood-stricken areas to assess scale of disaster
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday to assess the scale of devastation after the destruction of a huge...
Turkish lira extends losses as Ankara loosens grip on forex market
Turkey’s lira weakened 0.8 per cent to a record low on Thursday, extending losses after a heavy selloff in the previous session that was seen...
Lira plunges 7% as Turkey edges towards free market
Turkey’s lira plunged 7% to a record low on Wednesday in its biggest selloff since a historic 2021 crash, a move traders said is a...
Ukrainians face homelessness, disease as floodwaters crest from destroyed dam
Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floodwaters crested across a swathe of the south on Wednesday after the destruction of a vast hydro-electric dam on the...