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The "Lava" and "Tennant" Fires have been blazing across Siskiyou County. Earlier in June, officials warned of a higher wildfire risk in California due to record heat and intense drought.

A sweltering heat wave that has settled over western Canada for several days is believed to be a contributing factor in dozens of sudden-death calls received by police in the Vancouver area, authorities said Tuesday. In the United States' Pacific Northwest, about a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand.

Brussels and London have struck a temporary truce over their "sausage war", announcing on Wednesday that they had agreed to extend a grace period for chilled meat exports between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The grace period, which the UK requested, will run until September 30.

Argentina has started searching abroad for children that disappeared during the military dictatorship. The international campaign called 'Help us to find you', is looking for 350 "disappeared" children born in the country between 1974 and 1983 and who know they are adopted or have doubts about their origins.

CNN senior legal analyst Elliot Williams says the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to overturn Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction is a "dark day in the history of American law."

Anup Bhardwaj , otherwise known as Anzy B, is a 33-year-old dancer and choreographer. He has worked with some renowned celebrities like Indian actors, Shah Rukh Khan , Varun Dhawan and Rani Mukherji . However, this is not where he started his professional career.

Efforts are taking place around the world to vaccinate as many people as possible to protect against COVID-19. Officials are tracking the safety and effectiveness of those efforts, but some medical experts say they aren't getting the information they need on Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

The International Finance Corporation – along with other Development Finance Institutions – has extended a joint financing package to South Africa's Aspen.

Oregon Zoo releases a video showing Asian elephants Samudra, Rose-Tu and Chendra splash around Oregon Zoo's Elephant Lands pool while enjoying some tasty treats. A record-breaking heatwave has swept across parts of western US and Canada since the weekend, prompting authorities to issue heat warnings and advisories.

CNN's Cyril Vanier talks with the president of the Basketball Africa League, Amadou Gallo Fall, to explore the league's profitability, its partnership with the NBA, and a commitment to growing the sport in the region.

Demand for refilling oxygen cylinders has increased dramatically due to the Covid pandemic in Uganda. The Roofings plant, previously refilled around 50 cylinders of oxygen per day, but now refills almost 400 cylinders a day.

Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) – The usually busy streets of Brisbane have fallen quiet, with Australians under stay-at-home orders as the country battles multiple small outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant.