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A group of scientists has found that climate change caused by humans has made Canada's wildfire season significantly worse.
The country is currently experiencing its worst fire season on record.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Japan is monitoring and testing radioactive, treated wastewater for remaining isotopes ahead of releasing it into the Pacific Ocean from Thursday.
The government and energy company TEPCO is set to begin a decades-long process to discharge more than a million tons of water used to cool the wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US stocks turned lower on Tuesday following disappointing earnings from household names.
Bank stocks turned south after several lenders were downgraded.
Sally Patterson has more.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to fresh charges on Tuesday.
He faced a new indictment accusing him of fraud and conspiracy in a New York Federal Court.
Last year, Bankman-Fried was charged by the U.S. government of orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history.
Earlier this month the 31-year-old was sent to jail after a judge revoked his bail.
Sally Patterson has more.
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West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS, has rejected a proposal by Niger's military junta to hold elections within three years.
The Junta finally agreed to start mediation talks with ECOWAS after initially refusing to open diplomatic channels with ECOWAS delegations sent since the coup in July.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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Four more people have died in India's Himalayan region after torrential rains triggered flash floods.
More than 100 people have been killed and many more injured this year after an erratic rainy season.
Ishan Garg has the latest from New Delhi.
IN: Schools have...Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun a three-day visit to South Africa where he will attend the BRICS summit.
This is the first in-person BRICS meet since 2019 when the COVID pandemic hit.
At the sidelines of the summit, Mr Modi is expected to hold a series of bilaterals. The Indian government has not denied that a meeting with China's Xi Jingping could be on the cards, saying the Indian Prime Minister's schedule is still being finalised.
Shalu Yadav reports from New Delhi.
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CUE: The president of China, Xi Jinping, has arrived in South Africa for the fifteenth summit of BRICS … the international grouping of developing economies led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Here’s Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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Japan is set to begin discharging radioactive, treated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.
The government has planned the discharge for two years while accumulating more than a million tonnes of treated water, which has been stripped of most radionuclides in a special facility.
However, the water will still contain traces of the isotope tritium and the project has drawn criticism from Japan’s neighbours China and South Korea.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Joe Biden has visited the Hawaiian island of Maui, almost two weeks after deadly wildfires there killed more than hundred people.
The US President has faced criticism for not traveling to Hawaii sooner.
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US stocks were mostly higher on Monday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading gains.
This week investors will be watching for clues about the health of the US economy and whether interest rates could be hiked once again.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Tropical Storm Hilary has shattered rainfall records in Southern California, leaving heavy flooding in its wake.
It's the first tropical storm to hit the Los Angeles area in more than 80 years.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Canada is deploying its military to tackle wildfires raging across the province of British Columba.
The area is battling nearly 400 fires, which have forced thousands of evacuations.
On Friday, British Columbia declared a state of emergency.
The region also imposed a ban on non-essential travel to free up accommodation for people being evacuated and emergency services.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Donald Trump should drop out of the US Presidential race, according to a senior Republican Party Senator.
Bill Cassidy says Mr Trump is trailing incumbent Joe Biden in the polls, as the twice-impeached former President grapples with almost one hundred pending criminal charges.
Trump, vying for the Oval Office again, remains the frontrunner to be the Republican nominee.
Benji Hyer reports.
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