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The bodies of two people were found inside a destroyed car in the path of a fire burning near the Oregon border in northern California. This is according to media reports, as firefighters fought the blaze for a fourth day. In the days since the McKinney Fire erupted on Friday, over 2,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes and critical infrastructure. This is mostly in Siskiyou County, which is home to the Klamath National Forest. More than 4,900 homes were threatened by flames, according to an update published on Monday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire…

During the Royal International Air Tattoo hosted by the Royal Air Force in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, held from July 15-17, members of the Kuwaiti air force were able to display their professionalism and dedication, according to a Kuwaiti official on Sunday. Kuwaiti pilots were among 56 teams taking part in the airshow, according to Brigadier Naif Al-Askar, head of the Kuwaiti military office in London. Kuwaiti air forces are eager to develop their capabilities and combat readiness during such events, he said. The commander of the Seventh Squadron, Colonel Issa Al-Rashidi, stated that this was the Kuwait’s second participation in…

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Project (Masam) dismantled 320 anti-tank mines and 380 unexploded ordnance planted by the Houthi militia during the second week of July 2022. As of now, 350,421 mines have been dismantled as part of the project. According to a local NGO, over 900 civilians have been killed by mines planted by Iranian-backed Houthis in southwestern Yemen since 2015. Yemeni Mine Observatory reported that 942 civilians have died from mines planted by Houthi militias in Taiz province over the past six years, including 223 children and 217 women. There were also 2,321 civilians injured…

H.H. Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai Women Establishment and wife of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, congratulated the wise leadership and H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), on the UAE’s new achievement in gender balance by ranking first in the Arab world in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Gap Report 2022.…

Multiple deaths have been caused by flooding and extreme high temperatures in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Zhejiang province, east of Shanghai, experienced record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, topping out at 42 degrees Celsius. Coastal provinces Jiangsu and Fujian were also experiencing high temperatures, while Henan, Sichuan, and Heilongjiang saw heat stroke hospitalizations, with an as-yet unreported number of deaths. There have also been floods in much of the country, with three people reported dead and five people missing in Sichuan province’s Pingwu county by midday Wednesday. In Heilongjiang, in the northeast, one person was reported dead…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has praised the speech of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He expressed his confidence that the UAE and the world will benefit from the insightful vision of Sheikh Mohamed, which was manifested in many situations over the past years. In a tweet on his official Twitter account, the Egyptian President said, “I followed with great interest the speech of my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, to the brotherly Emirati people, in which he laid out a clear roadmap for prosperity, development and fraternity, and clearly defined the UAE’s…

An Antonov-32 aircraft with four passengers on board took off from the main international airport carrying the impeached Sri Lankan leader and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and a bodyguard, immigration officials said. Following months of widespread protests against the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history, Sri Lanka’s embattled president flew to the Maldives early Wednesday. After fleeing his official residence in Colombo before tens of thousands of protesters overran it, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised to resign on Wednesday and allow a peaceful transition of power. To avoid the possibility of being detained, Rajapaksa is believed to have wanted…

In the wake of Elon Musk’s decision to terminate a 44 billion dollar takeover deal between Tesla and SpaceX, Twitter is considering legal action against him over his decision. It has been announced that the microblogging site, Twitter, has hired a large New York-based law firm in preparation for suing Musk. In the coming week, Twitter is planning to file a lawsuit in Delaware. According to Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor, the company is committed to closing the merger on the price and terms agreed upon with Musk, and plans to pursue legal action. A letter sent by Musk’s team to…

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to which the slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe also belonged, is expected to dominate today’s legislative elections. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination two days ago has overshadowed the parliamentary election. In many ways, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his party, which has ruled Japan for the majority of the past seven decades, is poised to win. Voter turnout may have boosted after Abe’s death and shifted the focus of the election. During a speech in support of a local candidate in Nara, Japan’s longest-serving leader was gunned down on Friday…

Disgraced Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will resign July 13 after protesters stormed his residence and set the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house on fire. Rajapaksa’s decision to resign on July 13, was revealed by Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. There were fireworks displays in Colombo in celebration of the president’s decision. In the early morning, Rajapaksa was evacuated from the presidential palace in Colombo after thousands of protesters stormed it and demanded his resignation. Hundreds of protesters packed into rooms and corridors in the president’s house, shouting slogans against the disgraced 73-year-old leader, according to a…