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Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages

France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge

BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.

VOA says the delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) now accounts for 83% of new cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Aljazeera says the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has declared a state of emergency amid a surge in wildfires that have forced hundreds of people from their homes

Aljazeera says twelve people were killed in the underground rail system of Zhengzhou as torrential rain lashed China’s central province of Henan forcing tens of thousands to flee

Arab News says pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj rituals successfully complied with health measures spread across all holy sites as there were no recorded Covid cases

France24 says people wanting to go to cinemas, museums, sporting matches and other cultural venues in France will have to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test

BBC News says a top police officer will be put in charge of tackling violence against women and girls in England and Wales, the home secretary will announce.

The largest of several dozen Western wildfires have roared through more drought-parched brush and timber in southern Oregon.