
Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire
President Macron said there would be no leniency for arsonists, as France – along with much of Europe – deals with a series of unusual heatwaves.
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President Macron said there would be no leniency for arsonists, as France – along with much of Europe – deals with a series of unusual heatwaves.

The air quality in large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed “hazardous” by authorities.

Companies are now required to verify a person’s identity electronically to curb theft and forgery.

Most of the recent cases were among travellers from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The company says it will create “high-tech, high-paying jobs”, and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.

A US Navy Blue Angels jet sent some beach items up in the air as it flew at a low altitude over a crowd in Pensacola Beach, Florida.

Blanche faces a bipartisan grilling as he seeks to assume the role of US attorney general permanently.

A former Canadian government nuclear bomb shelter in rural Nova Scotia may soon be home to the country’s first large-scale luxury survival shelter.

Scientists describe “amazing feeling” to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.

A large section of the giant Morandi motorway bridge crumbled and collapsed on to the railway tracks below.

“We owe our warriors the absolute best medical care in the world, and this program delivers on that obligation,” Hegseth said in a video.

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have asked educational institutions to review every book on their premises.

Dong Guangping, who has resettled in Canada, recounts his perilous escape from China to South Korea.

The same horrific scenes have played out before, spurring calls for action. So why has this happened again?

There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, the US think tank’s survey indicates.

Officials say they are suspected of selling “seditious” books which incited “hatred” against authorities.

A Tshwane University of Technology alumnus is using artificial intelligence to help young South Africans prepare for one of the most challenging aspects of entering the workplace — the interview process. Banele Mgwevu, a software developer from Etwatwa on the East Rand, studied Information and Communication Technology at TUT’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, […]

Ghana has launched a joint programme with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme — funded by the Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security — to harness artificial intelligence in improving health outcomes, strengthening system resilience and protecting vulnerable populations. The programme is implemented in collaboration […]

Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal’s rich tradition of textile manufacturing.

Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as the city hosted an annual economic forum promoted by President Putin.

The U.S. military said that Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, and that the U.S. launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response.