Los Angeles wildfires: ‘Everything is burning up& as tens of thousands flee wealthy neighbourhoods

More than 30,000 people evacuated their homes as a wildfire ripped through an a wealthy coastal area of Los Angeles on Tuesday and into Wednesday, with Hollywood celebrities among those fleeing by car and on foot as flames engulfed homes and set hillsides ablaze.

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Friends and family ‘waiting anxiously& for news of British hikers missing in Dolomites

A close friend of two British hikers who have been missing in the Dolomites for nearly a week has said they are &waiting anxiously& for news in the search and that &the next few hours will be crucial&.

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SAG Awards nominations and premieres cancelled as wildfires hit Los Angeles

The Screen Actors Guild Awards have cancelled a live nominations announcement because of the wildfires in Los Angeles.

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Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil with Europeans on final trip
PARIS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Thursday to Rome for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of flare-ups with Turkey, capping what is likely his final trip.

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Philippines reports outbreak of H5N2 bird flu in backyard ducks
PARIS - The Philippines reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday.

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YouTube patriots? The men backing S. Korea's impeached president
SEOUL - Fears of North Korea, online conspiracies and unproven claims of electoral fraud -- conservative South Korean men told AFP why they had descended on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence to protect him from arrest.

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