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More than 230 deaths reported in British Columbia amid historic heat wave
Shawdesh Desk: More than 230 deaths have been reported in British Columbia since Friday as a historic heat wave brought record-high temperatures, officials said Tuesday. The province’s chief coroner calledReadMore
Scores dead as record-breaking heat wave grips Canada, US
Shawdesh Desk: Scores of deaths in Canada’s Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave, authorities said Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorchingReadMore
US general warns of civil war after Afghan pullout
Shawdesh Desk: Afghanistan risks sliding into civil war as the last American troops withdraw from the country, a top US commander has said. Fighting has surged since the US beganReadMore
Global Covid-19 case approaching 181 million
Shawdesh Desk: Amid countries’ struggle to contain the pandemic, the global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching the grim milestone of 181 million. The total caseload and fatalities from the virusReadMore
Sydney lockdown: NSW reports 30 new Covid cases
Shawdesh Desk: The Australian state of New South Wales has reported 30 new Covid cases on the second day of Greater Sydney’s two-week lockdown. An expanded lockdown now covers 5mReadMore
US ex-cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder
Shawdesh Desk: Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparkedReadMore
3 killed, 5 seriously injured in Germany knife attack
Shawdesh Desk: A Somali man killed three people and left five others seriously injured in an “incredibly brutal” knife rampage in the southern German city of Wuerzburg. The 24-year-old suspectReadMore
Cartel shootout leaves 18 dead in Mexico
Shawdesh Desk A shootout between suspected drug cartels left 18 people dead Friday in Mexico, a government official said. The gunfight happened in a remote area of Zacatecas state inReadMore
