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The deaths — reported by Maui County officials as a blaze torched the area, including the historic town of Lahaina — appear to make the wildfire the second deadliest in the United States in a century. It trails only California’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in 2018.  The blaze that ravaged Lahaina was 80% […]

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expanded federal aid for Hawaii on Thursday as deadly wildfires engulfed the island of Maui, and he expressed condolences for the devastation in a call with the state’s governor. Biden approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii aimed at spurring resources to allow the island to rebuild, the White House said in […]

Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. The fire took the island by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking […]

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s capital Jakarta topped the list as the world’s most polluted city on Wednesday, having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally since May, according to data by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. Jakarta, which has a population of over 10 million, registers unhealthy air pollution levels nearly every day, according […]

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA —  Players who reached the knockout round at the Women’s World Cup got larger individual bonuses that can be life-changing for many of them. FIFA designated $30,000 for the 732 players among 32 teams in the tournament field. The payout rises to $60,000 for players on the 16 teams that advanced out of […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence to find and fix security flaws in U.S. government infrastructure, in the face of growing use of the technology by hackers for malicious purposes. “Cybersecurity is a race between offense and defense,” said Anne […]

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA — Eugenie Le Sommer netted two goals to lead France to a 4-0 victory over debutant Morocco in their last-16 match at the Women’s World Cup. France is in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time. Kadidiatou Diani’s fourth goal of the tournament, a header in the 15th minute, sparked an eight-minute, three-goal Les […]

A massive explosion rocked a factory in the Moscow region on Wednesday, injuring dozens and blowing out windows in nearby buildings, local officials said. At least 45 people were hurt with six in intensive care as a result of the blast at the Zagorsk optical-mechanical plant in the city of Sergiev Posad, northeast of the […]

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), noting the new technology’s “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects.” Francis, who is 86 and said in the past he does not know how to use a computer, issued the warning in a message for the next […]

WASHINGTON — Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part. Squeezing out the last bit of excess inflation and reducing it to the Federal Reserve’s […]