Record heat wave may have killed 500 people in western Canada

Nearly 500 people may have been killed by record-breaking temperatures in Canada’s westernmost province, as officials warn the grim toll from “heat dome” could rise again as more deaths are reported.

By Mahmoud El-Yousseph

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Massive explosion in Beirut kills at least 100, injures 4,000

Two huge blasts at Beirut port that devastated entire neighborhoods of the city have killed more than 100 people and injured over 4,000, the Lebanese Red Cross said on Wednesday.