THOUSANDS FLEE 'HISTORIC' CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

Some 13,000 residents are leaving their homes as nearly two dozen wildfires rage across drought-parched California. More than 9,000 firefighters are trying to dampen the 21 conflagrations. The biggest inferno, the Rocky Fire, jumped over a highway that had served as a containment line on Monday afternoon.                 It...

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EATING SPICY FOOD LINKED TO LIVING LONGER

Eating spicy food has been linked to living a longer life. A study analysed the food habits and health details of nearly half a million Chinese people. It found those who ate spicy food six or seven days a week had a 14% reduced risk of dying compared with people who ate it less than once a week. Eating spicy food was also associated...

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RUSSIA CLAIMS VAST SWATHES OF ARCTIC TERRITORY

Russia has submitted a bid for control of vast territories in the Arctic to the United Nations, its foreign ministry has confirmed. Moscow said in a statement that it was claiming 1.2 million sq km (more than 463,000 sq miles) of the Arctic sea shelf, extending more than 350 nautical miles (around 650km) from the coast. The US, Canada,...

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BRITISH LINK TO SMUGGLING AT MIGRANT CAMP

Sky News has witnessed British registered vehicles hovering around a refugee camp outside Dunkirk. Local volunteers from the town of Teteghem say the camp, which is home to around 100 migrants, is controlled by people smugglers. The vehicles, a large white van and two cars, were seen parked up next to containers where people are living. While...

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SANDRA BLAND'S FAMILY FILE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT

The family of a black Texas woman found dead in her jail cell after her arrest for a minor traffic offence have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Sandra Bland's relatives say officer Brian Encinia showed a "deliberate indifference to and conscious disregard for the constitutional rights and safety" of the 28-year-old. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, also names the Texas Department of Public Safety, Waller County...

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