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At least two people died and hundreds evacuated their homes as wildfires raged in South Korea on Saturday. Two firefighters were found dead in Sancheong County in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported, citing local officials. Two others were reported missing as multiple fires blazed across the country, according to the Korea Forest Service. … Read more
Getty Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has told the BBC she believes Canada can win the trade war which was sparked by a series of tariffs ordered by US President Donald Trump. “We are the biggest customer of the US,” Joly told the BBC’s World Service Weekend programme. “We buy more from the Americans than … Read more
Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that resulted in double pneumonia. During the past five weeks, he presented … Read more
Three people were killed and 14 others injured in a mass shooting on Friday in the US state of New Mexico, according to local authorities. The shooting took place at a park in the city of Las Cruces, about 22:00 local time, the Las Cruces police posted on social media. They had not made any … Read more
Thirteen people – 10 of them police officers – have been injured after a car chase ended in a pile-up in the French capital, Paris. The accident – near Montparnasse train station – occurred after a driver refused orders to stop early on Saturday. Instead, the black car – with two other people on board … Read more
Columbia University has agreed to several demands from the Trump administration after $400m (£310m) in federal funding was pulled over accusations the university failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Columbia says face masks used for the purpose of concealing identity are no longer allowed, and anyone involved in a protest must, when asked, present university … Read more
PA Media Two men have been taken to hospital after reports of a shooting in the Republic of Ireland on Friday night. Their injuries have been described by gardaí (Irish police) as serious but not life-threatening. Officers were called to a disturbance at Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly at about 21:50 local time. … Read more
Hugo Bachega BBC Middle East correspondent Reuters IDF soldiers guard in the norther Israeli town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon. File photo Israel has warned it will “respond severely” after rockets were fired from Lebanon – the first since a bilateral ceasefire deal came into effect in November. Sirens were heard in the … Read more
A refinery in New Mexico that the federal government has accused of some of the worst air pollution in the country. A chemical plant in Louisiana being investigated for leaking gas from storage tanks. Idaho ranchers accused of polluting wetlands. Under President Biden, the Environmental Protection Agency took a tough approach on environmental enforcement by … Read more
US President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances from his previously defeated Democratic election rivals, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, as well as a number of other top former officials. The move comes after Trump said in February he was revoking security clearance for his predecessor Joe Biden. He confirmed that move in the latest … Read more