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Air quality in Sydney plummeted to levels among the world's worst as smoke from bushfires in the north blanketed the harbour city.

Firefighters have been battling blazes in the state that have already killed two and destroyed dozens of homes.

Several regions have been given high fire danger ratings as authorities warned high winds could whip up bushfires.

A heavy downpour over the weekend helped to contain those blazes and allowed firefighters to bring further under control.

In a summer that was supposed to be unusually cool and wet, Australian builder Rob Lye did not expect to be trapped by a bushfire on sub-tropical Fraser Island.

The fires have razed nearly half of the island, which is a world heritage listed for its tropical rain forests and sand dunes.

Bushfires, drought, urban encroachment of their habitat are some of the many destructive forces that continue to threaten their survival.

Angered by a new koala conservation law it says comes at the expense of farmers in New South Wales.

The fires destroyed more than 11 million hectares across the Australian southeast, equal to about half the area of the United Kingdom.

Lewis Hamilton described a visit Tuesday to parts of Australia ravaged by months-long bushfires as heartbreaking, saying it was "one of those days that really put things into perspective".

Firefighters have extinguished blazes that ravaged Israel and the occupied West Bank for five days and forced tens of thousands to flee, authorities said.

Hundreds evacuated as bushfires spread in Israel

Tens of thousands of Israelis fled raging bushfires in the northern city of Haifa Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any proof of arson would be treated as "terror".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday if proof was discovered that any of the fires across Israel were deliberately sparked they would be treated as acts of "terror."

The areas affected have been reduced but heavy smoke hampered the Fire and Rescue Department's work.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.

It represents a big legal victory for Donald Trump, who won the Nov. 5 US election and is set to return to office on Jan. 20.

Rescue services said the plane hit the ground, split into pieces and slid over 100 metres (110 yards).

The warm-up matches will involve matches against better ranked teams in the world, namely Austria (first) and Belgium (third).

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

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