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Thousands battle US-Canada wildfires as smoke causes air quality alerts

First responders initially focused on saving lives and property endangered by the Park Fire, but that has has shifted to confronting the blaze head-on

Harris' AI doctored video shared by Musk raises concerns ahead of elections

The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released last week launching her campaign. But the video swaps out the voice-over audio

Ex-US VP Al Gore endorses Harris as Democrats' presidential candidate

Earlier, four leading environmental groups also announced their endorsement of Harris' White House bid

Putin warns US of Cold War-style crisis if missiles deployed to Germany

Earlier this month, the US said it would start deploying long-range missiles in Germany from 2026

Chinese investors pile into Saudi ETFs as two countries grow closer

The Saudi-focused ETFs enjoyed a bumper start when they debuted in Shanghai and Shenzhen on July 16 with both jumping by the daily 10 per cent limit on their first two trading days

Italy signs trade pact with China to renew ties after BRI project exit

The ANSA news agency reported that Meloni made the announcement at the start of a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on July 28

US, Japan, and South Korea boost ties, ink security cooperation treaty

Kihara, Austin and Shin had agreed to institutionalize trilateral security cooperation when they last met in June in Singapore

Iron lady versus autocrat: Venezuela faces existential vote for president

The election, held on the birthday of the movement's founder, Hugo Chávez, pits Chávez's successor, President Nicolás Maduro, against the previously little-known Edmundo González, a former diplomat

Trump calls for US to become crypto capital at Nashville bitcoin conference

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, Trump, 78, said

Harris campaign says it raises a record high $ 200 mn in less than a week

Vice President Harris, 59, is now the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic party after incumbent President Joe Biden on July 20 announced that he was withdrawing from the race

WTO accepts India's request to delay import duty dispute ruling till Oct

The issue came up during a meeting of the dispute settlement body (DSB) in Geneva on July 26

Nation 'broke & broken', says new UK govt as it plans to repair economy

The critique comes a day before Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is expected to outline a 20-billion-pound ($26 billion) shortfall in public finances during a speech to the House of Commons

Fed is about to nod at a interest rate cut as job growth moderates

US central bankers, who've kept interest rates at a more than two-decade high for a full year, are widely expected to leave them there again when their two-day meeting ends on Wednesday

Venezuela's presidential election could lead to a seismic shift in politics

Polls opened at 6 am, but voters started lining up at some voting centres across the country much earlier, sharing water, coffee and snacks for several hours

Student protests: Mobile internet restored in violence-hit Bangladesh

Users of Robi, Grameenphone, Banglalink and other operators in Dhaka said they could access the internet through their phones around 3 pm, a report said

5 killed, dozens wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region

Shortly after Donetsk Gov. Vadym Filashkin reported on the casualties Sunday, other local Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling wounded more civilians in the east and south

Most students worldwide lack access to minimum physical education: Report

Two-thirds of secondary school students and more than half of primary school students worldwide are not taught the required minimum weekly physical education

Commerce Secy Sunil Barthwal meets Russian, UAE ministers on trade issues

Barthwal held these meetings on the sidelines of the 14th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Trade Ministers' meeting in Moscow on July 26

Strike in Golan Heights kills at least 12, threatens to spark wider war

US intelligence officials have no doubts that Hezbollah carried out the attack on the Golan Heights, but it was not clear if the militant group intended the target or misfire

Beijing pressures lawmakers from 6 countries to not attend summit in Taiwan

The summit begins Monday and is being held by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, a group of hundreds of lawmakers from 35 countries concerned about how democracies approach Beijing