The air quality in Australia's East Coast city of Sydney plummeted to levels comparable to New Delhi, the Indian capital and one of the world's most polluted metropolises.

Sydney and Delhi’s air quality on par after Duck Creek, Pilliga Forest bushfire

Bushfires eased near Australia's capital, Canberra, on Monday, as temperatures dipped, but officials warned heavy smoke was set to blow into the city with a shift in the wind.

Bushfire smoke blows into Australia's capital as fire threat eases

In pics: Nature's wrath — Inferno in Australia

Strong winds stoked more than 100 fires across Australia's east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country's most populous city.

Australia: Hazardous thick layer of bushfire smoke covers Sydney

The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel's right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were "inconsistent with international law," a stance that may make Israeli-Palestinian peace even more elusive.

Reversal of U.S. on it's long standing policy on Israeli settlements

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