2 killed, 1 injured as raging Southern California wildfire continues to grow amid heat wave

A wildfire in Southern California that killed two people and injured a third has exploded to over 2,400 acres (9.71 square km) within 24 hours as of Tuesday morning, authorities said.
S.Korea reports 85,540 new COVID-19 cases
South Korea reported 85,540 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 23,791,961, the health authorities said Wednesday.
65 killed after 6.8-magnitude quake hits China's Sichuan
A total of 65 people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said Tuesday.
11 killed from floods in Pakistan in 24 hours
At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
New Zealand logs 2,035 new COVID-19 community cases, 4 more deaths
New Zealand recorded 2,035 new community cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
Explosion at Russian Embassy in Kabul kills 2, injures 11
The Taliban's interior ministry in Afghanistan says an apparent suicide attack on Monday in front of the Russian Embassy in the capital Kabul killed two people and injured 11 others.
7 seriously injured in gas station explosion in Cambodia's capital: police
Seven people were seriously injured in a gas station explosion in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a firefighting police chief said on Sunday.