Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country’s biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). Although January to March…
Paul Adams BBC News, West Bank EPA The month-long operation has displaced about 40,000 Palestinians from four camps in the West Bank “The army forced us out. Me, my wife and family. We took nothing with us.” Alaa Ofi is trying to figure out how to manage his drastically changed circumstances. “We left behind our…
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship amid tensions between the Trump administration and Canada. The petition, which opened to signatures five days ago, accuses Mr Musk of acting against Canada’s national interest and undermining its sovereignty. In Canada, citizenship can be revoked only if someone has…
Getty Images A federal court is issuing a “very limited” temporary order to halt President Donald Trump’s plan to gut the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The judge issued a restraining order that would block 2,200 employees from being put on administrative leave as was scheduled by midnight Friday. USAID employs about 10,000…
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity. Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday. More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the past 48 hours near the island –…
Tens of thousands of people are fleeing towns in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east, as rebel forces close in on the city of Goma. Explosions and gunshots were heard in city – home to more than a million people – late on Sunday evening, according to local media reports. A spokesman for rebel group…
Getty Images Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney’s botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink is about to bloom in Australia – and captivated in the internet in the process, with thousands already tuned in to a livestream ahead of its grand debut. The…
Watch: Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration Thousands of mostly female demonstrators took to the streets of Washington DC on Saturday to rally against President-elect Donald Trump two days ahead of his inauguration. The People’s March – previously known as the Women’s March – has taken place every year since 2017. A coalition…
British oil and gasoline company BP (British Petroleum) signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on July 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images British oil major BP on Thursday said it is planning to cut thousands of jobs as part of a major cost-reduction exercise. “Today, we have today told staff across bp that…
BBC Firefighters in Los Angeles are battling a number of blazes in city suburbs, as tens of thousands of residents are forced to flee. The rapidly changing situation is compounded by Santa Ana winds and extremely dry conditions. Currently authorities say there is no possibility of bringing some of the fires under control. The Palisades…
