Swedish police say several people injured in apparent shooting
Swedish police said on Tuesday that several people in the city of Uppsala in eastern Sweden were found with injuries that indicated gunfire after loud bangs were heard in the…
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Overheard on mic, Netanyahu’s wife says ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages are still alive in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara has been overheard on a microphone saying that “fewer” than 24 hostages are still alive in Gaza, outraging hostages’ families who demanded to…
Power is back on in Spain and Portugal, but questions remain about Monday’s blackout. Here’s what we know
Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday. So too are questions. It remains unclear what caused the…
Canadians united against Trump, but are divided about almost everything else
The resurrection of Canada’s Liberal Party was as close to miraculous as you can get in modern politics. Its savior: Prime Minister Mark Carney, a political rookie but also an…
History has a lesson for Trump on overturning the global rules-based order. And it’s not a good one
Mankind’s achievements over the millennia have been bountiful. Their evolutionary fruits – from the harnessing of fire, to vaccines, to the art of diplomacy – were never low hanging; they…
Restaurant fire kills 22 in northeast China’s Liaoning
A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, the official news agency Xinhua said, in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.…
Israeli forces detain prominent Palestinian journalist in early morning West Bank raid
Israeli forces detained prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi in an early morning raid on his son’s home in the occupied West Bank. In May 2022, Samoudi was working near the…
‘Don’t come here’: Warning from the frontlines to Chinese nationals thinking of fighting for Russia
A Chinese man fighting for the Russian Army claims his superiors locked him in a dark steel-barred pit, with barely enough room to stand, for 21 days. His offense, he…
Convicted Italian cardinal pulls out of conclave to choose new pope
A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once…
‘Mushroom murder’ trial begins for woman accused of killing lunch guests in Australia
The trial of a woman accused of murdering three elderly people after allegedly serving them a lunch of poisonous mushrooms began in Australia on Tuesday, as additional charges of the…