内容摘要：No workers were hurt during the fires and the bin lorries, roads and nearby properties were not damaged.

No workers were hurt during the fires and the bin lorries, roads and nearby properties were not damaged.

The cuts to the agency - tasked with work such as famine detection, vaccinations and food aid in conflict areas - quickly had an impact on projects includingwho fled the Taliban and clinics

USAID also was a crucial instrument of US "soft power" around the world, leading some detractors pointing to its elimination as a sign of waning American influence on the global stage.While Musk - and Trump - have for years been accused by detractors of spreading baseless conspiracy theories, Musk's presence in the White House starkly highlighted how misinformation has crept into discourse at the highest levels of the US government.For example, Musk spread an unfounded internet theory that US gold reserves had quietly been stolen from Fort Knox in Kentucky. At one point, he floated the idea of livestreaming a visit there to ensure the gold was secured.

More recently, Musk spread widely discredited rumours that the white Afrikaner population of South Africa is facing "genocide" in their home country.Those rumours found their way into the Oval Office earlier in May, when a meeting aimed at soothing tensions between the US and South Africa took a drastic twist after Trump presented South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with videos and articles he said were evidence of crimes against Afrikaners.

Musk's work in government also showed that, despite public pledges of unity, there are tensions within the "Trump 2.0" administration.

While Trump publicly - and repeatedly - backed the work of Musk and Doge, Musk's tenure was marked by reports of tension between him and members of the cabinet who felt Doge cuts were impacting their agencies."This is a moment of fear and uncertainty," he said.

Earlier this month, a married couple died in a wildfire in a rural community outside the Manitoba capital of Winnipeg, in an area that was under mandatory evacuation.Sue and Richard Nowell became trapped in their property at Lac Du Bonnet by rapidly spreading wildfire, according to a fundraiser set up for their children.

Smoke from the wildfires is beginning to spill across the southern border into the US, triggering air quality alerts.By Friday, it is expected to reach the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Detroit, Michigan; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Chicago, Illinois.