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Officials acknowledge they don’t have a firm number on the missing from the recent Maui wildfires that flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.  ‘I’m not going to give up until I see them,’ Kevin Baclig says of wife Angelica and …

Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire in the north remained out of control, though the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas.  Heat, wind driving flames that have burned 50 square kilometres of the island, affecting …

Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a Category 2 hurricane that’s likely to bring “catastrophic” flooding and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. One person drowned in a Mexican town when their vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream and California …

Analyst: China ships down to 19 from 32 during water-cannon incident at Ayungin A former US Air Force colonel and a security analyst said he is tracking 19 Chinese militia ships swarming the waters off Mischief Reef and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Raymond Powell, director of SeaLight …

The Department of Agriculture has approved the importation of 35,000 metric tons of various types of fish, including “galunggong” or round scad. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources spokesperson Nazer Briguera said the importation will cover the expected shortage due to the annual closed fishing season in Palawan from Nov. …

The U.S. believes nearly 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have been wounded or killed during the expansive conflict that has raged in Ukraine since February of last year, according to a New York Times report citing unnamed officials.  No immediate response from Kyiv, Moscow on reported estimate of conflict casualties. …

Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued a tropical storm watch for California and warned of life-threatening and possibly catastrophic floods.  National Hurricane Center official warns of flood risks from San Diego to L.A. and Las Vegas. …

Several properties have been destroyed by a fast-burning, “unpredictable” wildfire in the West Kelowna area, officials say, as crews fight through what the B.C. Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the province’s fire season.  Premier David Eby urged British Columbians to avoid non-essential travel to …

Northwest Territories officials said on Friday evening that more than 19,000 people have fled from Yellowknife due to wildfires and urged those who remain to join the evacuation efforts.  Officials urge those who remain to flee as soon as possible. Yellowknife almost empty after evacuation deadline passes With a wildfire …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Mortgage rates in the United States have surged to the highest since 2002, said a home loan finance company on Thursday, adding pressure to buyers who are already grappling with high costs and low inventory. The popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.09 percent this week, said Freddie Mac …