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KELOWNA: Officials in western Canada’s British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed warnings and evacuate on Saturday as “rapidly evolving” wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna. The situation in the popular boating and hiking destination was “highly dynamic,” said Bowinn Ma, the province’s minister of emergency management. Around 30,000 …

SEOUL: Suspected North Korean hackers have attempted an attack targeting a major joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington that starts on Monday, South Korean police said. South Korea and the United States will kick off the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield drills on Monday through August 31 to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North. Pyongyang views such exercises as …

KELOWNA: Officials in western Canada’s British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed warnings and evacuate on Saturday as “rapidly evolving” wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna. The situation in the popular boating and hiking destination was “highly dynamic,” said Bowinn Ma, the province’s minister of emergency management. Around 30,000 …

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed on a visit to the Netherlands a “historic” decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to strengthen Ukraine’s Soviet-era air force. Zelensky landed at a Dutch air force base in Eindhoven at around midday, a Dutch government spokesperson said, and inspected the aircraft shortly afterwards. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte rubber-stamped the deliveries, saying: “The Netherlands …

JOHANNESBURG: Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies, which account for about a quarter of the world’s wealth, meet in Johannesburg this week looking to widen the bloc’s influence and push for a shift in global geopolitics. South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to host China’s President Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da …

NIAMEY: Niger’s new military ruler has said a transition of power will not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country “will not be the walk in the park” for those involved. “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” Gen­eral Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power “will not go beyond three …

Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States. With people already on edge, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the southern California town of Ojai but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. As of Sunday afternoon, Hilary’s core …

Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday. The allegations, described as “unfounded” by a Saudi government source, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous route from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, …

A British nurse will be sentenced on Monday for murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six others while they were in her care. Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of killing five baby boys and two baby girls, making her the UK’s most prolific child serial killer in modern history. She was arrested following a string of baby deaths at the …

Singer Sonu Nigam Shatters Records in Dallas with Historic Sold-Out Concert, Entertaining 8k Audience By Raja Zahid Khanzada Dallas: In Dallas, more than eight thousand people were entertained to a splendid performance by Sonu Nigam. Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, who has been a prominent figure in the Bollywood music industry for over four decades, graced the stage in Dallas on …