National·2026-07-18T00:13:47+00:00
Trump won’t hesitate to postpone World Cup final over Canadian wildfire smoke: U.S. ambassador
“You can sense the atmosphere a little and you can see there’s smoke in the air,” said Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino on Friday, a day after his team trained outside in hazardous conditions ahead of the World Cup final. “But for a game that is as important as a World Cup final, you have to be able to shut out external factors as much as possible.” The predicted air quality for the weekend outside New York is “not extreme by any measure. Hoekstra said conversations with FIFA were currently taking place about the air quality ahead of the final between Spain and Argentina.
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National·2026-07-17T20:06:59+00:00
Trump says he’ll be ‘holding Canada responsible’ for wildfire smoke
“We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable,” Trump posted on Truth Social Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump says he plans to hold Canada accountable for wildfire smoke blowing across the border, vowing the cost will be added to the American tariffs. He said the wildfire smoke amounts to “Willful Negligence” and is “becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the.
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National·2026-07-17T18:12:54+00:00
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake quake strikes off Mexico coast - BBC
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which operates the tsunami warning center, forecast waves of less than 0.3m above tide level along the coasts of El Salvador, Colombia, Costa Rice, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Honduras. The US Tsunami Warning System had warned of possible " hazardous tsunami waves" along the nearby coasts of Mexico and Guatemala. No fatalities or significant damage have been reported in Mexico or Guatemala from the quake, which was also felt in El Salvador.
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