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Wildfires bore down on two Canadian cities Friday, with firefighters in the west bracing for another "scary" night as stunned refugees from the far north began arriving at shelters after their entire city was evacuated.

Latin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and pastries, commercial planes bearing the Barbie logo, political ads and even Barbie-themed protests.

Stores, street vendors and restaurants throughout Latin America are offering up all sorts of Barbie-themed goodies.

A bus carrying migrants from a Texas border city arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for the second time in less than three weeks.

The office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was not formally notified but became aware on Friday of the bus dispatched from Brownsville, Texas, to L.A. Union Station, Bass spokesperson Zach Seidl said in a statement.

One of two Colombian friends who had traveled on the ship Katya ATK without authorization was found dead inside a container three miles off the coast of the northern province of Samsun, while the other was released after his statement at the prosecutor's office.

As part of the "2023 Instruction and Training Cruise," the ARM Cuauhtémoc Sailing Tall Ship, also known as the Ambassador and Gentleman of the Seas, is planning a visit to the port of Istanbul, as the Mexican government selected Istanbul as the location of the celebrations and events marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye.

Prague Cello Quartet (PCQ), which consists of four professional musicians who graduated from the music academy, will take the stage for the first time on June 4 at CSO Ada Ankara.

Miss Colombia 2022 beauty queen and activist Camila Pinzon has delivered the donation she collected in the campaign she started after the twin earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş on Feb. 6 to AKUT Search and Rescue Association in Istanbul.

Croatia's Bureau for the Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime, USKOK, has filed an indictment against eight Croatian citizens for smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and selling weapons.

The principal defendant, Petar Cosic, 52, is also accused of the murder of Milan Milovac, 47, who collaborated with the Belgrade drug lord Darko Saric.

The leaders of 11 Latin American nations, including its two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, have announced a plan to work together to address rampant inflation.

The initiative was unveiled after a virtual meeting convened by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Bulgaria is the least free country in the European Union after Hungary. This is according to Freedom House's annual ranking in the organization's report on the state of freedoms and rights around the world. The survey covers 210 countries and territories.