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Exhausted crews battle wildfire as heat grips southwest France
In Le Temple, a typically quiet country road lined on one side with with corn crops and the other, tight rows of pine forest, turned into a buzzing firefighting base Wednesday afternoon.
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CBC identifies Canadian woman accused of spying at NATO military HQ
A CBC News investigation has identified the Canadian woman arrested last week in Belgium on espionage charges as Biwei Zhang, a systems engineer whose resume suggests she has previously worked for the Canadian Space Agency and Statistics Canada. Identifying information from Zhang's social media profiles, graduate thesis and a federal court case matched Belgian authorities' description of the NATO intern apprehended on Friday.
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Iran resumes missile attacks as U.S., Saudis strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq
The U.S. military said Wednesday that it launched strikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attack on American forces in the Middle East. The latest barrage came after the U.S. partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in neighbouring Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes 5th Amendment, declining to answer questions at Senate hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canadian film financier Jason Cloth faces fraud charges in U.S.
Canadian film financier Jason Cloth is facing fraud charges in Illinois, where he's accused of defrauding clients out of more than $100 million US.