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More than 25,000 people in northern California were ordered to evacuate on Wednesday after wildfires burned out of control. More than 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of grass was consumed after a major fire broke out on Tuesday outside Oroville, near the state capital of Sacramento. There were at least a dozen smaller blazes as well, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. “The conditions in our county this summer are different than we’ve experienced the last two summers,” Butte County fire chief Garrett Sjolund told reporters. “The fuels are very dense. Brush is dry,…

The Irish Defence Forces are facing calls for urgent reform after a solider avoided prison for assaulting a woman, reigniting the debate about misogynistic abuse within the military. Natasha O’Brien, 24, was beaten unconscious in Limerick city when she asked a serving soldier, Cathal Crotty, to stop using homophobic slurs on the street. Crotty, 22, hurled punches at her, later boasting to friends on Snapchat: “Two to put her down, two to put her out.”Ms O’Brien was left with injuries including a broken nose and concussion, and says she later lost her job due to the psychological aftermath.”As I lay…

The chances of a newborn baby surviving in Gaza now are not good.On the malnutrition ward at The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, babies only days old and often premature, fight for their lives.Mothers are so malnourished themselves that they cannot breastfeed, and so babies are dying, literally starving to death, because they cannot get the vital nutrition that newborns need.”Within two weeks, we detected more than 250 patients of malnutrition,” explains Dr Hassam Abu Safah, the hospital’s director.”This was all detected in one hospital, our hospital, which means the number will most likely increase in the coming days.…

Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades on Wednesday. The new cash is fitted with 3-D hologram technology to curb counterfeits. The bills use printed patterns to generate holograms of the portraits facing different directions, depending on the angle of view. Japan’s National Printing Bureau, which is responsible for printing yen, claimed it is the world’s first for paper money. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised the “historic” state-of-the-art features of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes. “I hope the people will like the new bills, and they will help energize the Japanese economy,” he told…

Joe Biden has defiantly vowed to keep running for re-election after rejecting pressure from within the Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump.”Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can, as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running,” the president said, according to a top aide who posted his comment on X. “I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end, and we’re going to win,” he added, NBC News reported, citing a campaign official on the call.Read more: The key moments in the first US presidential election debateOn the…

Germany will be forced to field an altered starting 11 when they face Denmark in the round of 16. Head coach Julian Nagelsmann knows he can rely on his squad, and his bench, to help get the job done. Source link

BRICS is attracting Southeast Asian countries, with Thailand and Malaysia being the latest to express their interest in joining the bloc.  Last month, Thailand submitted a membership request, while Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview with Chinese news portal Guancha that his country would soon begin formal procedures. “Being a member of BRICS would open up trade and investment opportunities, so the question is ‘why not?'” Piti Srisangam, the executive director of the ASEAN Foundation, told DW.  “The bloc has members from all over the world, but none from Southeast Asia yet,” he added.  According to James Chin, a…

Turkey’s national football team was triumphant on Tuesday, defeating Austria in a Euro 2024 round of 16 match in Leipzig, Germany and qualifying for the quarterfinals. But defender Merih Demiral, who scored both of Turkey’s goals in the 2-1 win, drew attention for non-sporting reasons when he celebrated his winning strike with a hand gesture associated with far-right, ultranationalist symbolism. UEFA, European football’s governing body, has opened an investigation into Demiral, who could face a suspension. This is because the so-called wolf salute — pinching thumb, middle and ring finger together to imitate the shape of a wolf’s head — is the symbol of…

Jay Slater’s family are to remain in Tenerife to continue the search for the missing teenager.It comes after police on the Spanish island called off the land hunt on 30 June following 12 days of looking for the 19-year-old Briton. He was last heard from on 17 June after setting off to walk back to his accommodation – a journey of about 11 hours.In a statement on a crowdfunding page set up to help find Mr Slater – which has neared £50,000 of donations – his mother shared an update on how the funds would be used. Image: The land…

As the European Championship in Germany reaches the final stages, it’s not only the winner that’s undecided but whether the event has lived up to the claim that it was the most sustainable in the tournament’s history. Source link