Author: AP

Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were rushing to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate their homes as one of hundreds of wildfires raging in the territories moved closer to the city of 20,000. (Aug. 18)
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Away from historic Lahaina town, where much of the early focus has been, crews fanned out into pockets of oceanside neighborhoods that also were destroyed by the fast-moving fire (Aug. 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)

West African military chiefs met in Accra after a deadline passed for Niger’s coup leaders to reinstate the president or face intervention. (Aug. 18)

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during the wildfires that killed more than 100 people (Aug. 17)(AP video: Mike Householder)

A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington DC on Thursday in the mailing of a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House. (Aug. 18)

A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities Thursday, sending panicked residents out onto the streets and causing minor damage to Colombia’s congressional chamber. (Aug. 18)
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An endangered antelope has been born at a Chicago area zoo. The male addax was born Aug. 8 at Brookfield Zoo. Experts estimate there may be fewer than 100 of the African antelopes still living in the wild. But three have been born at the zoo in the pas…

A bus caught fire on Wednesday on a busy road in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires. (Aug. 17)

Intense fighting continued along the northeast frontline in Ukraine on Wednesday as Kyiv’s forces used drone intelligence to strike Russian positions.

On a bustling street in Rivne, a western Ukrainian city, former Ukrainian soldier Denys Abdulin took his first steps independently since he was severely wounded and blinded while fighting Russian troops. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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