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Homesellers in London cut prices more than any UK region in June as surging borrowing costs stretched affordability

Chinese homeowners are losing conviction in their decades-long belief that property is a reliable store of wealth, undermining

The Bradley Beal trade has the All-Star going to the Suns, but a third team might get involved in order to facilitate Chris Paul landing with a contender.The Bradley Beal trade sent shockwaves throughout the league with the Wizards sending the All-Star to the Phoenix Suns. But it also might not ...

Tommy Fleetwood has shot 63 in the final round of the U.S. Open for the second time in five years

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has said its botched military satellite launch last month was the "gravest failure"

At least six people are dead and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the U.S. The shootings — in Chicago, Washington state, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore — follow a surge of violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic

Young Burmese who once hoped for a freer country have now fled their homes in fear.

More than 400 wildfires are raging across Canada, and misinformation about the blazes is spreading as well, particularly on TikTok. As Media Matters for America (MMFA) noted in a recent analysis, videos on TikTok claiming the fires were started intentionally by helicopters, arsonists, and “directed energy weapons” have garnered millions of views this month, with the false ideas in these videos then spreading to other social media platforms. Only a few of the most viral false videos have been taken down, the analysis notes. Further scrutiny of such claims provides easy evidence to the contrary, with Canadian officials attributing the fires to a combination of lightning strikes, human accidents, and dry, climate crisis-fueled conditions across the country. “We are already seeing one of the worst wildfire seasons on record,” Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, said in a statement earlier this month. “We must prepare for a long summer.” Other videos about the fires featured clips from a controlled burn by fire officials, as well as what was actually a 2015 wildfire, MMFA found. The Independent has contacted TikTok for comment. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes including large numbers in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Hundreds of firefighters have arrived from countries like Australia, New Zealand, the US, South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica and France to assist the exhausted Canadian crews. As The Independent has previously reported, misinformation spreads quickly on TikTok during ongoing disasters, thanks in part to public distrust of government officials and an increasingly anti-science bent in US politics. “Social media can be helpful. It alerts people to a situation. It’s a way for widespread dissemination,” Dr Erin Haynes, professor of preventive medicine and environmental health at the University of Kentucky told The Independent in March in the wake of the Ohio train derailment disaster. “But because of that it allows widespread dissemination of false information, so it can go both ways. You have to be very cautious when using social media. Fact-check, find the source of that information.” Read More Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US Satellites capture Canadian wildfire smoke pouring into US Midwest Wildfire smoke from Canada might be a problem ‘all summer’

Americans across the country are observing the relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings

The Suns have just traded for Bradley Beal, making a massive mistake which may cost them a title with Kevin Durant going forward.According to Shams Charania, the Suns have traded point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Landry Shamet, second-round picks, and multiple first-round swaps for Wizards ...

By Jamie McGeever A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist.

Ghana is anticipating “very hard” talks with eurobond holders in the coming months as it plans to reach