The death toll from destructive fires hitting California rose to 23 Saturday as rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed by the late-season infernos. Firefighters battled raging fires at both ends of the state — in Butte County, a scenic area in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains ...
Russia’s foreign ministry summoned Austria’s ambassador on Friday after Vienna demanded an explanation over suspicions that a retired Austrian colonel had spied for Moscow, Russian news agencies reported. “The Austrian ambassador will be called in Friday to the Russian foreign ministry,” a foreign ministry official told AFP. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian ...