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California braces for second-worst wildfire in state history
The winds weren’t expected to reach the ferocious speeds that helped the Dixie Fire explode in size last week. As of Sunday, the fire had destroyed 489,287 acres (198,007 hectares), authorities said, up from the previous day's 447,723 acres.
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Taliban take another Afghan provincial capital
The city's fall was the latest in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalise their pullout from the war-torn country.
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India registers 35,499 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
The federal health ministry said on Monday the deaths rose by 447, taking total fatalities to 428,309. The number is slightly lower than yesterday's 39,070 cases.
According to the ministry's data the fresh cases, the overall tally has reached 31,969,954.
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UAE Travel Update: Rapid PCR test counters to be set up at Pak airports to facilitate UAE-bound travellers
The decision comes after hundreds of passengers were denied boarding passes to travel to the UAE for not having rapid PCR test reports, which is required to be conducted within four hours before the departure of flight.
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China’s famous herd of wandering elephants finally will be heading home
Local authorities have deployed trucks, workers and drones to monitor the elephants, evacuated roads for them to pass safely and used food to steer them away from populated areas.
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Tiger kills a safari park worker in Chile
She did not realise the door of the cage was open and was immediately mauled by the tiger, the authorities said.
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Shopping malls, restaurants, cinemas can operate at 80 per cent capacity in UAE
The UAE National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority announced an update to the precautionary measures and the increased capacity of various facilities in the country.
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US finish on top as Tokyo douses Olympic flame closing pandemic-defying Games
In Tokyo, athletes got a surreal glimpse of everyday Tokyo life on Sunday when the closing ceremony was briefly transformed into a park with grass, buskers and BMX riders in a valediction after weeks spent under the regime of a pandemic Games.
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VIDEO: 4 of a family killed in horrific Saudi road accident
The horrific accident occurred after two vehicles collided on King Faisal Road at the Diras intersection, west of Buraydah.
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Talabat app reveals husband's infidelity, wife catches him red-handed with foreign girl in Dubai
The wife quarreled with her husband at the scene of the incident and the quarrel snowballed into an assault on her. Consequently, she filed a complaint with the police stating that her husband had assaulted her and caused her multiple injuries.
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VIDEO: Tunisian old man starts dancing after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
The video of the man dancing went viral. The old man was like a young man skilled in acrobatic movements and jiving to music, surprising the audience who filmed the act with their phones.
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Man catches fish with human-like teeth, eats it and says ‘it is delicious’
The fish is known as a Sheepshead fish, which has several rows of molars for crushing prey.
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