California Camp Fire: Death toll touches 42
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VALEC, Czech Republic, Aug 9 (Reuters) – As instructors shout commands, dozens of students taking part in a pilot Czech army programme aimed at boosting flagging enlistment numbers crawl through forest scrub carrying combat rifles and learning proper shooting positions. Like most former Soviet-satellite states now in NATO, the Czech Republic has missed recruitment targets…
Supporters of Brazil’s outgoing far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, tried to attack the headquarters of the federal police in Brasilia on Monday. Tension escalated after police arrested a pro-Bolsonaro indigenous leader. Mr Bolsonaro was defeated in last month’s election by his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but some of his supporters refuse to recognise…
Alaska is bracing for dangerous weather as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok move toward the Bering Sea region. Forecasters predict that the storm, set to hit on Friday, could bring “potentially historical” flooding, with some coastal areas seeing water levels up to 11 feet higher than the normal high tide. “Latest models show coastal surge…
Jan. 9 (UPI) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday launched what the U.S. military described as “a complex attack” involving missiles and drones in the Red Sea, further raising already high tensions in the Middle East. The attack occurred at about 9:15 a.m. local time, with Iran-designed one-way attack drones and anti-ship cruise and ballistic…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said. Most of the casualties were police officers. It was not clear how the bomber was able to…
Croatia, the European Union’s newest member, adopts the euro as its currency on Jan. 1. The move vaults the nation of around 4 million people into the EU’s core, making payments easier and cheaper and giving its financial system a safety net in future crises. The country, whose economy is highly dependent on foreign tourists,…