Hundreds of volunteers help crews tackling Turkey wildfires
MUGLA, Turkey (AP) — Actor Tevfik Erman Kutlu was on a break from filming in Istanbul when wildfires that devastated swaths of southern Turkey first erupted.
US hiring surges in July, but the variant is the wild card
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S employers added 943,000 jobs in July and drove the unemployment rate down to 5.4% in another sign the economy is bouncing back with surprising vigor from COVID-19. But there is growing fear the fast-spreading delta variant
RCMP investigating after Mi’kmaq lobster boats cut loose from N.S. wharf, catch taken
WEYMOUTH NORTH, N.S. — The RCMP have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that ten lobster fishing boats operated by Mi'kmaq fishers were purposely cut loose from a wharf Thursday and that catch was stolen. Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief ...
More properties ordered evacuated in B.C. interior due to aggressive wildfires
MONTE LAKE, B.C. — An aggressive wildfire burning in the Central Okanagan region is forcing people in another 975 properties to leave their homes. The Regional District of Central Okanagan issued an evacuation order Friday night for the properties on t...
US probes whether Ford was slow to recall backup cameras
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators are investigating whether Ford acted quickly enough when it recalled more than 620,000 vehicles last year to fix faulty rear-view cameras.
West African court to rule on Venezuelan’s extradition to US
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A protracted legal battle over the extradition from Cape Verde to the United States of a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro comes to a head next week when the West African country’s Constitutional Court
Second Cabinet minister quits in blow to Malaysian leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A second Malaysian Cabinet minister resigned Friday, dealing another blow to embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who insisted he has majority support in Parliament despite the pullout of some governing alliance memb...
South Africa’s jailed ex-President Jacob Zuma in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's imprisoned former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation near the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month sentence, the government announced on Friday.
Central Asian leaders worried by turmoil in Afghanistan
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan (AP) — Leaders from five ex-Soviet Central Asian nations on Friday voiced concern about instability possibly spilling out of Afghanistan and discussed their response to potential security threats, while Russian heavy bombers ...
Thai police investigating death of foreign woman in Phuket
BANGKOK (AP) — An investigation is underway in Thailand after the body of a Swiss woman was found Thursday at a secluded spot on the southern island of Phuket.