Canadian forest fires choke much of North America

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Smoke from wild-fires covers much of North America. Toronto, Chicago and Boston are all under the smoke haze.

Indian Government bans its seafarers from going through the Strait of Hormuz.

And in Italy, thirty-two people were found guilty in connection with a bridge collapse in Genoa in 2018.
16 Jul 6PM English United Kingdom Business

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