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US: Five killed in California wildfires

Multiple major wildfires raging across Los Angeles County, the most populous US county, has killed at least five people and damaged at least 1,100 buildings, authorities said.

Trudeau Resigns

Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Canada’s Prime Minister marks the close of an era that began with immense hope but ended amid growing challenges and dissatisfaction.

Dangers of pigeon-holing in positive discrimination

While the US Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious admission rules based on a pair of cases challenging “affirmative action” at Harvard and the University of North Carolina has predictably stirred up a hornet’s nest globally, a close look at the observations made by the several judges throws up profound insights into several aspects of how diversity should be treated.

Reservations followed Indians to US, now they may get reprieve

Some Indian immigrants to the US used to say that a reason for coming here was the reservations policy in university admissions and jobs in their homeland and they wanted their children to escape its clutches. But it followed them here in the form of affirmative action in universities and government programmes and threatened to spill over into technology and science jobs.

Arizona issues red flag wildfire warning

A Red Flag Warning for wildfire has been issued for much of Northern Arizona due to strong winds and very dry conditions, according to the US National Weather Service (NWS).