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Electricity slowly returns as U.S. heatwave drags on

WASHINGTON — Utility crews made slow progress Sunday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon. Temperatures shot back into the 100 degree Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) range in many areas, prompting the National Weather Service…

Morgues and crematoria ‘overcrowded’ as toxic smog chokes Moscow

The toxic smog smothering Moscow showed little sign of abating Monday as media accused officials of covering up the scale of the disaster and the authorities raced to put out a fire near a nuclear site. Amid Russia’s worst heatwave in decades, the raging wildfires and burning peat bogs in…