At least 19 dead in Chile as intense forest fires approach densely populated areas

Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said Saturday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-forest-fires-1.7104302?cmp=rss

U.S. strikes targets in Iraq and Syria as retaliation for fatal drone attack in Jordan, officials say

The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, officials told The Associated Press.

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U.S. federal judge postpones Trump trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election

A U.S. federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts.

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3 dead, 280 injured in Nairobi after gas cylinders explode and resulting fire spreads

Liquid petroleum gas cylinders on a truck exploded in an illegal depot in a residential area of the Kenyan capital, killing at least three people and injuring 280 others, officials said Friday. The death toll was expected to rise.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kenya-deadly-gas-truck-blast-1.7103322?cmp=rss

Greta Thunberg, 4 others acquitted on London climate protest charges

A judge on Friday acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of a charge that she had refused to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-thunberg-charges-acquittal-1.7103065?cmp=rss