By Stine Jacobsen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and…
Canada’s emergency rooms bear the brunt of a ‘perfect storm’
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Health authorities across Canada have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that in some cases may extend through the summer, due to a surge in patient…
Russia says its forces fully control Ukraine’s Luhansk region
By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said it had taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Sunday after capturing the final Ukrainian bastion of Lysychansk, the city where Kyiv said it had withdrawn to save the …
Brazil’s Lula says he will not tolerate threats against institutions
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls for Brazil’s October presidential election, said on Saturday he will not tolerate threats against institutions, and that the armed forces need to commit to de…
Taliban’s large gathering ends with calls for international recognition
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday by asking foreign governments to formally recognise their administration, but made no signals of changes on internatio…
Libyan protest movement says it will step up its campaign
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libyan protesters will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power, they said on Saturday, after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it. The…
Uvalde schools police chief to resign from city council following shooting -report
(Reuters) – The head of a Texas city’s school police force will resign from his City Council seat amid criticism over his response to a mass shooting at an elementary school, the Uvalde Leader-News reported on Saturday. Pete Arredondo was elected to th…
U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices’ homes
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying protests and “threatening activi…
Palestinians hand bullet that killed journalist to U.S. for examination
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority has handed the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to U.S. authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said o…
Tesla’s deliveries fall, hurt by China’s COVID-related shutdown
By Hyunjoo Jin and Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Tesla Inc delivered 17.9% fewer electric vehicles in the second quarter from the previous quarter, as China’s COVID 19-related shutdown disrupted its production and supply chain. The world’s biggest electric …