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People gather at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a shooting on the outskirts of Orebro, Sweden, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025
People in Örebro light candles in tribute to victims of Swedish mass shooting
OREBRO — Mourners in the Swedish city of Örebro on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of the country's deadliest shooting in history that left 11 dead.The shooter was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement said on Thursday.Authorities said the gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, may have attended school there before Tuesday's violence on the school campus west of Stockholm. The shooter was later found dead with three guns, 10 empty magazines and a large amount of unused ammunition next to his body, officials told a news conference.It was not clear how he died but officials said officers did not return his gunfire.The school offers primary and secondary educational classes for adults age...
February 07, 2025

People in Örebro light candles in tribute to victims of Swedish mass shooting

Mzia Amaglobeli was detained twice on the same night in Batumi last month
Hunger-striking journalist challenges Georgia's government from jail
BATUMI — "I will not bow to this regime. I will not play by its rules," vowed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike in a Georgian jail for 25 days.The founder of two news websites in Georgia, her health is declining and relatives fear for her life. She was taken to hospital this week for treatment.Amaglobeli, 49, has been in per-trial detention since she slapped a police chief during nightly protests that have galvanised Georgians since the end of November.They accuse their government of rigging elections and turning their back on their country's future in the European Union.Georgia's increasingly authoritarian government says she committed a serious criminal offence, but her pre-trial detention has turned her into a symbol of resistance."Today...
February 06, 2025

Hunger-striking journalist challenges Georgia's government from jail

French PM François Bayrou
French PM Bayrou survives third no-confidence vote after 2025 budget rift
PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived his third no-confidence vote in less than one month this Wednesday.The vote came after the recently appointed head of government used a controversial constitutional tool known as Article 49.3 to push through the country’s long-overdue 2025 budget plan through parliament without a vote from the MPs on Monday.In turn, this opened his government to the risk of a no-confidence motion 48 hours later, which was backed by the hard-left France Unbowed Party (LFI), the Greens, and the Communists (all part of the left-wing coalition NFP).Surviving the vote means the budget plan is automatically adopted. The contentious bill aimed to cut an eye-watering €30bn and raise taxes by €20bn to limit France’s deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year.A...
February 06, 2025

French PM Bayrou survives third no-confidence vote after 2025 budget rift

Two women place flowers beside a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting in Sweden
Sweden mourns after deadliest shooting as gunman details emerge
OREBRO — Swedish police said they were still investigating the motive behind the country's deadliest mass shooting, as local media began reporting details about the gunman.The suspect, named in reports as 35-year-old local man Rickard Andersson, was reported to be a former student of the school in Orebo, a city 157 km (98 miles) west of Stockholm, where the attack took place on Tuesday.Eleven people died in the shooting, including the attacker, with at least six others injured.The attack has sent shockwaves through the nation, with King Carl XVI Gustaf on Wednesday saying: "All of Sweden is mourning."Authorities are still yet to release details about the dead and injured. Health officials said three women and two men were in a critical but stable condition, while another...
February 06, 2025

Sweden mourns after deadliest shooting as gunman details emerge

A police motorcycle rides by ambulances at a staging station near a metro after an explosion in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Brussels metro lines closed as police hunt for gunmen in underground tunnel network
BRUSSELS — Belgian police are searching for armed gunmen following a shooting outside a metro station in Brussels on Wednesday morning.Two metro lines and multiple trams in the Belgian capital were disrupted as police hunted for the culprits.Footage shown on local media showed at least two men wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons exchanging fire outside Clémenceau station in the Belgian capital at around 6 am CET.A spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office told Euronews the police were actively searching the underground network, and there were no injuries in the incident.Police spokesperson Sarah Frederickx told the domestic press the suspects may still be in the tunnel between the Clémenceau and Midi stations and that both Brussels Midi police and the federal railway...
February 05, 2025

Brussels metro lines closed as police hunt for gunmen in underground tunnel network

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during his meeting with Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
Ukraine's Zelensky says he is ready to hold direct talks with Putin
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has emphasized his willingness to negotiate directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as long as that would be the only format which could "bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people."When asked during the interview with British journalist Piers Morgan how he felt about potentially sitting opposite Putin at a negotiating table, Zelensky said, "If that is the only set-up in which we can bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people, definitely we will go for this set-up."He later said, without specifying who, that any such talks would be with four participants. In an earlier interview over the weekend, however, he said that he "would like to see the United States of America, Ukraine...
February 05, 2025

Ukraine's Zelensky says he is ready to hold direct talks with Putin

The crime of aggression involves the leadership of a nation state
EU hails 'major' progress on plan to set up special tribunal to judge Vladimir Putin
BRUSSELS — A coalition of 38 countries, including all members of the European Union, announced on Tuesday "major progress" in their joint work to establish a special tribunal to judge the Russian leadership for the crime of aggression committed against Ukraine.The work among experts and lawyers has so far centred on drafting the legal statute that will underpin the tribunal and determine its jurisdiction. The statute is not yet final but the coalition hopes it could be endorsed before the end of the year.Details of the text have not been made public."So we're at a point where very substantial progress has been made," said Michael McGrath, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law."At this stage, we do not envisage any insurmountable...
February 05, 2025

EU hails 'major' progress on plan to set up special tribunal to judge Vladimir Putin

Police at the scene of an incident at Risbergska School, in Örebro, Sweden, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025
At least ten people killed in Swedish school shooting, authorities say
STOCKHOLM — At least ten people have been killed in a school shooting in the central Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, according to authorities.Swedish police said they believe the suspect — a man — to be among the dead. They said the perpetrator acted alone but added the investigation was still in its early stages.There is currently no terror motive thought to be behind the attack."We're working with secret services but as far as I know, it's a person unknown to police," local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said.He added that authorities could not be "more specific" about the number of fatalities and were working to identify the victims.The attack took place at the Risbergska school for adults, with those killed found inside the school building, which...
February 05, 2025

At least ten people killed in Swedish school shooting, authorities say

Authorities have warned people to leave the Old Port of Fira, a popular tourist area
Thousands evacuate Greek island amid earthquake fears
ATHENS — Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity.Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday.More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the past 48 hours near the island - and some experts say tremors may continue for weeks. Authorities have closed schools for the entire week and warned against large indoor gatherings, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged calm.Santorini is a popular tourist destination known for its whitewashed buildings, but most of those leaving are locals, as February is outside the peak tourist season.Several tremors, measuring up to magnitude 4.7, were recorded north-east of Santorini early on...
February 04, 2025

Thousands evacuate Greek island amid earthquake fears

Russian Emergencies Ministry firefighters, police officers and investigators work at the site of an explosion at the Aliye Parusa residential complex in Moscow, Russia on February 3, 2025
Founder of pro-Russian paramilitary group dies in explosion in Moscow
KYIV — The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian state media.Armen Sarkisyan died Monday at a Moscow hospital from injuries sustained in an explosion in an upmarket residential complex in the capital city, TASS quoted the medical services as saying. The Russian Investigative Committee later confirmed Sarkisyan’s death, stating that “despite the assistance provided, one of the victims died in a medical facility.”Sarkisyan, also known by nickname “Armen Gorlovsky” after Horlivka (Gorlovka in Russian) the eastern Ukrainian town he is from, founded the separatist Arbat Battalion fighting in the region. Ukraine’s Defense...
February 04, 2025

Founder of pro-Russian paramilitary group dies in explosion in Moscow

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