Canada joins France and Britain in taking similar steps, after months of increasing criticism of Israel by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, the latest development in a push against Israel’s Gaza policies

Carney told reporters that the planned move was predicated on the Palestinian Authority's commitment to reforms.

The smoke is expected to remain over the northern and central Plains of the United States for the next couple of days, according to meteorologists.

Winds from the northwest are blowing cool dry air—but also wildfire smoke—into the Midwest from Canada Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the Midwest and worsening air quality,