Factbox: Canada’s biggest mass shootings in recent history
Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in eastern Canada on Friday in the latest eruption of gun violence across the country that has led to calls for weapons bans in cities.
Police fire tear gas as Romanians rally against government
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest, where riot police scuffled with some and fired tear gas.
Colombia to ask U.N. for special envoy to manage Venezuelan migrant crisis
Colombia will ask the United Nations to designate a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian aid for the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants flooding into countries around the region, the foreign minister said on Friday.
Wave of strikes hits Syria’s last rebel-held bastion
Dozens of air strikes and shelling hit parts of the last swathe of Syrian territory still held by rebels on Friday, according to rebels, rescue workers and a war monitoring group, in a possible prelude to a full-scale government offensive.
Turkey ‘implores’ Trump to return to table on tariffs
Turkey on Friday “implored” U.S. President Donald Trump to return to the negotiating table on tariffs, saying the trade rift between the NATO allies should be resolved through dialogue.
Markets see more Turkish lira losses – and huge central bank action
Turkey’s lira is in the grip of one of its worst routs of modern times, and markets are sensing more weakness ahead – but also that its central bank will jack up interest rates massively to try to turn the tide.
Several people hurt in blast at Brazil steelmaker Usiminas’ plant
An explosion tore through Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA’s largest plant on Friday, injuring 30 people and shaking the nearby town of Ipatinga, according to the company and firefighters.
Brazil’s Usiminas says no deaths or critical injuries in blast
Thirty people were taken to the hospital to be treated after an explosion at a plant owned by Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, the company said. There were no deaths nor critical injuries.
Pompeo discusses sanctions, Syria in call with Russian counterpart: spokeswoman
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed recent U.S. sanctions against Moscow and challenges in Syria’s war in a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Friday, a State Department spokeswoman said.
Humanitarian ship rescues 141 migrants in first mission since row with Italy
A humanitarian ship rescued 141 migrants packed onto wooden boats off the coast of Libya on Friday in its first mission since it was caught in a standoff with Italy and Malta over their refusal to let rescued migrants ashore.
