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The fire, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, has put the community, which is haunted by the costliest wildfire in Canadian history, on high alert.

Robert Fico was taken to a hospital after the attack in the town of Handlova, northeast of the capital, Bratislava.

Hundreds of police officers in France were engaged in a manhunt for the escaped prisoner and the armed assailants who freed him.

The U.N. has begun citing a much lower death toll for women and children in Israel’s military offensive, acknowledging that it has incomplete information about many of those killed.

The fire, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, has put the community, which is haunted by the costliest wildfire in Canadian history, on high alert.

While Ukrainian officials and analysts said that a Russian advance across the border appeared to be slowing, President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled his participation in international events.

North Macedonia tries to ensure diversity — and keep the peace — with computer-generated state hiring quotas. Fraud and bloat have tainted that effort.

Jonathan Yeo’s painting of King Charles III has prompted both admiration and bemusement, but it’s far from the first royal portrait to divide opinion.

The French authorities have undertaken a “massive” mobilization of security forces since violent protests broke out over a constitutional amendment that changes voting rules in the South Pacific territory.

The king, who was diagnosed with cancer in February but has since returned to public duties, unveiled the striking painting by Jonathan Yeo at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.