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The US wildfire season is off to its worst start in a decade, especially in California. CNN's Stephanie Elam reports.

Seven COVID-19 vaccines have received the green light from the World Health Organization so far. And as new variants of the coronavirus evolve, questions arise about how well each vaccine works. It can get confusing. But as VOA's Steve Baragona reports, when it comes to keeping people out of the hospital and the grave, any shot will help.

The East African nation's apparel sector is localizing its supply chain, as Kenyan-made apparel is stocking shelves across the world.

Two law enforcement officers were shot and a suspect is dead following a shooting in the parking lot of a Baltimore shopping mall, authorities said.

Washoe County (United States) (AFP) – Crews from the Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue use bulldozers to construct firelines to help stop the spread of an "aggressive" fire near Reno, Nevada. A combination of two blazes sparked by lightning near the California-Nevada border last week, the Beckwourth Complex fire has rapidly grown to some 90,000 acres.

Gym-goers work out in Seoul, where Covid restrictions have been brought in that include banning upbeat songs during group exercises and applying a speed limit on treadmills in a bid to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Street furnishing, sports facilities and children's playgrounds: in public spaces around Paris, urban planners are trying to reduce gender inequalities by making the areas safer and more welcoming to women.

Ransomware attacks are on the rise with an estimated $350 million paid out in ransom in 2020. Here's everything you need to know and how to prepare yourself if you're targeted next.

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official for the state of Tennessee, says she was fired after sharing a decades-old state policy about minors between ages 14 and 17 being able to receive medical care without parental consent, in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine.

In the future, keyboards and remote controls may be replaced with a more direct way for humans to interact with machines – hand gestures. VOA's Elizabeth Lee has more. Camera: Elizabeth Lee Produced by: Elizabeth Lee

CNN's John Avlon gives a guide to the voter fraud claims in the 2020 election and how easily they were debunked.

Nasiriyah (Iraq) (AFP) – Aerial images show the aftermath of a fire which enveloped a Covid isolation unit and killed 64 in southern Iraq. The deadly blaze at Al-Hussein Hospital in the provincial capital Nasiriyah, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months.