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Trump says he’d support tougher action against drug cartels in Colombia, Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest sabre-rattling in the region after a series of strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. Trump has intensified his campaign against maritime drug trafficking, authorizing more forceful interdiction operations and giving U.S. forces expanded authority to disable or sink vessels suspected of carrying narcotics. Asked at an event in the Oval Office whether he backed similar ground strikes in Mexico to stem drug trafficking, Trump said:Read more
Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. now the largest recorded in province’s history
Blaze remains out of control, 2023 season now 3rd worst on record The Donnie Creek wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has now surpassed the 2017 Plateau fire as the largest individual fire, by area burned, ever recorded in the province’s history. It was sparked on May 12 by lightning, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS), and covers an area of 5,343.88 square kilometres as of 10 a.m. PT on Sunday. It is still not responding to suppression efforts and remains out of control, according to the BCWS. Before this yearRead more