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VOA says the US has evacuated 7,400 people from Kabul in the past 24 hours, as officials confront what Antony Blinken described as an “incredibly volatile situation at the airport”.

VOA says a wildfire in Northern California continued to grow out of control, as blazes destroy hundreds of homes and forces thousands of people to evacuate.  

France24 says at least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing.

TRT World says catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least eight dead and dozens missing as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes.

France24 says This time, Barry Manilow didn’t make it through the rain as Hurricane Henri cut short the New York Covid-19 recovery concert.

Aljazeera says the number of children hospitalised with COVID-19 has hit a record-high in the United States, which continues to grapple with the Delta variant.

VOA says California will require that all teachers and school staff be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gavin Newsom said. No other state has enacted such a requirement.

The Guardian says two more women who identified themselves as victims of New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s pattern of sexual harassment in the workplace came forward on Tuesday.

CNN has fired 3 employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated. It is one of the first examples of a US firm firing staff for breaching rules.

VOA says Apple has unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers.