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By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and it’s only 30% contained. The fire is so large and is burning so hot that it’s creating its own weather. It’s just one of the many blazes raging in the West; the National

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Workers are in high demand. And companies are having a hard time finding people to fill the positions. There were more than nine million job openings in the US at the end of May, according to the Labor Department. To attract applicants away from the competition, employers are beefing up

By Angela Dewan, CNN John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, urged the world’s governments to speed up efforts against the climate crisis Tuesday, saying the political response to it has “failed” to respond effectively for more than three decades. In a speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, Kerry

By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has claimed that the Prime Minister tried to maintain his weekly face-to-face audiences with Queen Elizabeth during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the elderly monarch being vulnerable to the virus. Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had

By Joe Sutton, Michael Guy and Hollie Silverman, CNN As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it’s creating its own weather. The fire has scorched more than 606 square miles — an area larger than Los Angeles

By Jackson Dill and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Two big storms have formed in the waters of East Asia, both of which are expected to lash the region with strong winds and heavy rains in the coming days. Tropical Storm Cempaka strengthened into a typhoon early Tuesday over the South China Sea. The storm had winds

By Paula Newton, CNN Canada notched a significant milestone this weekend, fully vaccinating about 50% of its population and surpassing the US vaccination rate for Covid-19. According to Health Canada, nearly 70% of Canadians have received at least one dose of the vaccine, putting the country very close to the 75% threshold that public health

By Jennifer Hansler and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US State Department raised its travel advisory for the United Kingdom to Level 4: Do Not Travel on Monday, aligning with an update made by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier in the day. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has

By Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists Olympic athletes are the world’s best. They train hard in conditions that will be similar to what they will face at the games, to acclimate their bodies to the weather they will compete in. And this year, the weather is hot. The Mei-Yu Baiu front — also

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Monsoon season is in full swing in the West with no end in sight, bringing hopes of a dent in the unrelenting historic drought — but with thunderstorms comes lightning and the potential for more wildfires. After enduring heat waves and years of minimal monsoonal moisture, the desert