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Dutch Asylum Center Burns On First Day Of New Arrivals After Weeks Of Protests Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A fire was started in bushes outside an asylum center in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht on Tuesday evening, prompting a major police response after weeks of local protests against the facility. Protesters threw flares and fireworks onto the grounds of the building, which is located at the town hall on De Rading. Footage shared on social media appeared to show rioters initially blocking firefighters from reaching the blaze. After Mayor Mark Verheijen...

NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Latvia, Which Blames 'Russian Electromagnetic Warfare' NATO jets have shot down another drone which spilled over into Baltic territory from the Ukraine war, Latvia's defense ministry announced Friday. The fresh incident happened over eastern Latvian airspace on Friday. NATO "fighter jets have successfully shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare," the ministry stated on X.  via AFP "The drone was destroyed over the Balvi region by aircraft taking part in NATO’s Baltic Air patrol mission," CNBC wrote based...

Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke Canada's wildfire management policies are once again falling short, as toxic smoke plumes blanket much of the northeastern US and drive air pollution to dangerously high levels.  Another wave of dense wildfire smoke is forecast to reach New York and New England on Thursday afternoon and evening before it surges into the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday night. Thick, unhealthy smoke is expected in D.C. on Friday, with some reaching Virginia and North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/ZDqDEYAgQq — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) July 16, 2026 WILDFIRE SMOKE...