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A satellite image shows lingering smoke from Canadian wildfires over multiple regions in North America, July 17, 2026. Photo: Reuters The Canadian military was preparing on Saturday to evacuate a remote community of 600 people threatened by forest wildfires that have spread, choking smoke across a broad swath of the United States. Federal Emergencies Minister … Read more
Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.
HumansFirst, a grassroots group, is leading protests against data centres across the US A view of a “No Data Center Traffic” sign in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USJune 24, 2026. REUTERS Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers plan to hold protests on Saturday in at least 125 locations across the United States, the first … Read more
Canadian emergency minister cites billions spent on forest sustainability as evacuees flood Thunder Bay shelters A helicopter uses a bucket to drop water on the Brunswick Complex wildfires near North Bend, British Columbia, Canada, July 11, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian … Read more
Singer Zoha Waseem claimed in an interview that the realities for male and female celebrities were very different and that people often failed to differentiate between genders and extend equal respect. She shared, however, that she doesn’t let online backlash affect her mental health. The singer of the viral hit Majboor, Zoha reflected on the … Read more
PARIS: The World Cup has “exceeded expectations” with an 80% increase in betting volume compared to the 2022 edition, even taking into account the higher number of matches for a 48-team tournament, a betting expert told AFP. Although many football fans were sceptical about the increase in the number of teams from 32 to 48, … Read more
Xingshu Tiansuan said the Tiansuan Constellation will be built in three phases as an open satellite platform An artist concept of “Tiansuan Constellation”. PHOTO: BY SPACETY Shanghai Xingshu Tiansuan Space Technology Co. on Saturday said it had launched the first constellation of a space-computing project that in total aims to deploy 1,000 satellites in space. ingshu … Read more
The implicated products were marketed under several brands, and had been shipped as recently as Thursday.
Kuwait accuses Iran of targeting civilian sites after attacks spark fires.
Apple held a $4.88T valuation, narrowly ahead of Nvidia at $4.86T after the chipmaker’s 3.5% drop Last month, the company rolled out a long-delayed overhaul of Siri, betting the upgraded assistant would help close the gap with Big Tech rivals and new-age startups in the crucial AI race. PHOTO: PEXELS Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become … Read more