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At least 50 injured in downtown Cairo fire

CAIRO , Egypt (AFP) -- At least 50 people including firefighters suffered minor injuries on Monday when a fire spread…

China landslide death toll rises to 26

BEIJING , China (AFP) -- The number of bodies recovered from a landslide that engulfed workers at a Chinese construction…

Weather aids firefighters battling blaze in Canada oil region

by Michel COMTE FORT MCMURRAY, CANADA (AFP) -- Authorities battling a forest fire in Canada looked to Mother Nature for more…

Mercury rising: Astronomers gear for planetary alignment

PARIS, France (AFP) Monday 5/9/2016 by Pascale MOLLARD Mariëtte Le Roux-- Astronomers on Monday were preparing for one of the highlights of the skywatchers'…

Panama braces for online release of Panama Papers

by Juan José Rodríguez PANAMA CITY , Panama (AFP) -- The Panama Papers scandal promises to deepen around the world…

N. Korea congress adopts policy to improve, expand nuclear arms

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) -- North Korea's first ruling party congress for nearly 40 years formally adopted leader Kim Jong-Un's…

Wildfire’s advance slowing in Canada’s Fort McMurray: official

FORT  MCMURRAY , Canada (AFP) -- The wildfires around the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were moving "much, much more slowly"…

Death toll jumps to 73 in Afghan road accident: health ministry

GHAZNI , Afghanistan (AFP) -- At least 73 people were killed Sunday when two buses and an oil tanker burst into…

Canada fire ‘out of control,’ may double in size

  by Michel Comte Fort McMurray, Canada (AFP) -- A ferocious wildfire wreaking havoc in Canada was expected to double in…

INC brethren in Canada prepare aid for wildfire victims

(Eagle News) -- Iglesia Ni Cristo members in Canada prepare food and other items to help victims of the forest…

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