For Saturday at least, the weather was milder, providing some help for fire teams battling to contain the flames of Canada’s worst fire season on record.
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Wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, official says
Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame the blaze that has raged out of control for the past five days.
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Zelensky vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed 7 and wounded almost 150
He identified a 6-year-old girl named Sofia as among the dead in the attack and confirmed that the wounded included 15 children.
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More villages evacuated as a large wildfire in northern Greece rages for the second day
Local authorities said about half a dozen outlying houses and outbuildings were badly damaged in two of the evacuated villages, as well as a church.
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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole
The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.
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A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger’s deepening crisis
A delegation from regional nations has arrived in Niger in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country’s president last month
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Large wildfire ravages forest in northern Greece as 8 villages are evacuated
There were no immediate reports of injuries to firefighters or residents, but authorities said some houses suffered damages in two of the evacuated villages.
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Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones
Officials acknowledge they don’t have a firm number on the missing. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law.
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Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of his criminal defense.
The former president is facing dozens of criminal charges in four separate indictments, two of them anchored in the Republican’s lie that he did not lose the 2020 presidential election.