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HAY RIVER: Wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories yesterday forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hay River, a community of about 4,000 people on the Great Slave Lake, authorities said. The government of the Northwest Territories ordered everyone in town, including essential workers, to go to the Hay River […]

KYIV: Russia is regrouping in the Moscow-controlled eastern part of Ukraine in order to resume an offensive, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian military’s ground forces, said yesterday. “After a month of fierce fighting and significant losses in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, the enemy is regrouping its forces […]

WASHINGTON: Former president Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail in Georgia on Thursday, CNN reported yesterday, citing sources. That date was set during negotiations with the Fulton County district attorney’s office yesterday over his consent bond and release conditions, CNN reported. […]

KYIV: Ukraine’s defence ministry urged military-age citizens to update their data at army enlistment offices and “overcome their fear” in a campaign launched yesterday as a summer counter-offensive grinds through its third month. The campaign, which draws on slickly-produced videos and photo testimonials of prominent soldiers describing their fears, aims […]

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected typhoon-hit farmlands, state media said on Friday, after tropical storm Khanun swept over the Korean Peninsula last week amid mounting concerns over a food crisis in the reclusive country. Kim praised the military’s efforts to salvage crops and said the troops were […]

TAIPEI: The leading candidate to be Taiwan’s new president, Vice President William Lai, said in an interview today that he has no plans to change the island’s formal name, but reiterated that Taiwan is “not subordinate” to China. Beijing dislikes of Lai for previous comments saying he is a “practical […]

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden may be headed for a criminal trial, US Special Counsel David Weiss said shortly after promotion into that role yesterday, in a sign that courtroom drama could play an outsized role in the 2024 presidential election. A potential trial raises the possibility of […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament is due to be dissolved today, ushering in a technocrat-led interim government to oversee an election that will not include the country’s most popular politician, Imran Khan. The country has been in political turmoil since the former international cricket star was booted from power in April last […]

GRAND CANYON: Joe Biden used the backdrop of the Grand Canyon yesterday to champion the climate fight — and distinguish himself from the Republican right — by designating large swathes of surrounding sacred land with protective status. The US president, kicking off a three-day tour of the American southwest, pumped […]