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About 60,000 ordered to evacuate from fires in Spokane, Washington
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Around 60,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane in Washington state, local officials said Sunday, adding the...
Aug 2, 2026
Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu
CANBERRA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns o...
Aug 2, 2026
Two people hospitalised after building collapse in Sydney
SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Two people were hospitalised after a building collapsed in a central area of Sydney on Monday, emergency services said. A spokesperson for New South Wales Ambulance said it w...
Aug 2, 2026
Trial begins of former Australian radio host Alan Jones over alleged sexual assaults
SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Former Australian radio host Alan Jones arrived at a Sydney court on Monday as his high-profile trial opened on charges that he indecently assaulted and sexually touched six ...
Aug 2, 2026
Taiwan minister says close ties with U.S. Pacific Command boost defence readiness
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's cooperation with the United States may be closer than many imagine, the island's Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Friday, as it strives to deepen...
Aug 2, 2026
Trump says Iran talks to take place on Monday, sets no deadline for deal
By Steve Holland, Menna AlaaElDin and Yasmine Ghania ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadline...
Aug 2, 2026
Ukrainian drone kills one child, injures two in playground in Russia's Belgorod region
Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone strike killed one child and injured two others on Sunday in a playground in the Russian border region of Belgorod, the acting regional governor said, with a top Rus...
Aug 2, 2026
Crew of Iranian ship hit in Ukrainian attack returns home, news agency says
DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The crew of an Iranian commercial ship that was hit in a Ukrainian attack and the body of a sailor killed in the incident have returned to Iran, according to Iran's semi-offic...
Aug 2, 2026
Gunmen kill 12, abduct women and children in Nigerian village
MAIDUGURI, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Armed men killed at least 12 people and abducted women and children during a night attack on a village in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses said. Six members ...
Aug 2, 2026
Suspected suicide bombing at police station kills 17 in Pakistan, officials say
PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug 3 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a r...
Aug 2, 2026
