Wildfire on Spain’s Tenerife spreads to over 7,900 acres

Madrid, (UNI) The area of a natural fire raging on the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, Tenerife, has exceeded 3,200 hectares (7,907 acres) and continues to spread, affecting Arafo, Candelaria, El Rosario, Tacoronte and other municipalities, the Canary Islands’ government said. “As of 20:00 Thursday, the fire area reached 3,273 hectares on a perimeter of…

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Xi to attend 15th BRICS Summit, visit South Africa

Beijing, Aug 18 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement…

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Bolivian bus crash death toll rises to 20

La Paz, Aug18 (UNI) Local authorities confirmed Thursday that the death toll rose to 20 from an overturned public bus on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz Highway on Wednesday in Bolivia. Departmental Director of Traffic Police Colonel David Herbas told reporters that the accident occurred near the El Locotal sector in the central municipality of Colomi. A…

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