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Lightning triggers over 130 wildfires in Canada
Military aircraft are mobilised as fires engulf British Columbia following a record-breaking heatwave.
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Lightning triggers over 130 wildfires in Canada
Military aircraft are mobilised as fires engulf British Columbia following a record-breaking heatwave.

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack
A cyber-security firm says it believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is responsible.

Boeing cargo jet ditches into sea off Hawaii
The US Coast Guard rescues the two pilots of the plane, which went into the water near Honolulu.

US sprinter Richardson banned for cannabis
US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson receives a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana - and is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics.

Last foreign forces quit Afghanistan's Bagram base
The sprawling airbase has been the centre of operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda for almost 20 years.

Statues of British queens toppled in Canada
Monuments are torn down in Manitoba at a protest over the deaths of indigenous Canadian children.

Boy Scouts reach $850m deal over sex abuse claims
The settlement was made with some 60,000 people over historic claims sexual abuse spanning decades.
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Lightning triggers over 130 wildfires in Canada
Military aircraft are mobilised as fires engulf British Columbia following a record-breaking heatwave.

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack
A cyber-security firm says it believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is responsible.

Boeing cargo jet ditches into sea off Hawaii
The US Coast Guard rescues the two pilots of the plane, which went into the water near Honolulu.

US sprinter Richardson banned for cannabis
US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson receives a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana - and is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics.

Last foreign forces quit Afghanistan's Bagram base
The sprawling airbase has been the centre of operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda for almost 20 years.

Statues of British queens toppled in Canada
Monuments are torn down in Manitoba at a protest over the deaths of indigenous Canadian children.

Boy Scouts reach $850m deal over sex abuse claims
The settlement was made with some 60,000 people over historic claims sexual abuse spanning decades.

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack
A cyber-security firm says it believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is responsible.

Boeing cargo jet ditches into sea off Hawaii
The US Coast Guard rescues the two pilots of the plane, which went into the water near Honolulu.

US sprinter Richardson banned for cannabis
US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson receives a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana - and is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics.
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