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OTTAWA: Thousands ordered to flee wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada’s far north crammed into a local airport on Thursday to board emergency evacuation flights, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway. The order late on Wednesday to evacuate Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories marked the latest chapter of a terrible summer …

LONDON: An unfair dismissal case filed by British Pakistani journalist Saima Mohsin against CNN will be heard by a tribunal in the UK, the journalist confirmed this week. She tweeted, “I won! I won the hearing against CNN Employment Trib­unal will hear my case on unfair dismissal #disability discrimination & #equalpay in London.”     Ms Mohsin, who now works for Sky News, was left differently-abled after an accident …

WASHINGTON: A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals would limit use of mifepristone to the first seven weeks of pregnancy, …

LONDON: Police in Surrey are hunting for three people who spent thousands of pounds on one-way air tickets to Pakistan, as they try to solve the case of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in a house after a “call for concern” on Aug 10. The body of Sara Sharif, daughter of Olga Sharif and 31-year-old Malik Urfan Sharif, …

KUALA LUMPUR: A light plane crashed into a four-lane road near Malaysia’s capital on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said. The plane exploded into a fireball on impact, with thick black smoke seen rising from the site, video clips from the scene showed. “For now, I can say at …

THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to end the financial running of 25 Afghan hospitals by the end of August due to funding constraints, a spokesperson said, amid growing concerns over a plunge in aid to Afghanistan. “Although we continue to engage with government ministries, donors, and organisations to find alternative sustainable support mechanisms for the …

The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a US official said on Thursday. Ukraine has actively sought the US-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russian air superiority. Washington gave Denmark and the Netherlands official assurances that the …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Medical University (KMU) has expelled three employees including a lecturer and a professor on charges of harassment and plagiarism. According to a press release, a lecturer of the university in BPS-18 was forced to resign on the recommendation of anti-harassment committee after he was found guilty of harassment. The committee probed the matter after receiving complaints from staff …

WASHINGTON: The United States has a shared interest with Pakistan in combating threats to regional stability, the State Department has said. “We have a shared interest with Pakistan, quite candidly, in combating threats to regional stability and remain ready to work with Pakistan to combat militant and terrorist groups,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday. The US official was responding …

WASHINGTON: A genetically-modified pig kidney is continuing to function well a record-breaking 32 days after it was transplanted into a brain dead patient, a medical centre said on Wednesday. The experimental procedure is part of a growing field of research aimed at advancing cross-species organ donation and thus reducing transplant waiting lists. There are more than 103,000 people waiting for …