Berlin project ‘upcycles’ refugee boats into bags
When Abid Ali risked his life in a rubber dinghy in 2015 as he fled Pakistan for Europe, he didn’t think that three years later he would be making bags, backpacks and sneakers out of similar boats in a small workshop in Berlin.
France’s Macron faces fresh pressure over failure to sanction bodyguard
French President Emmanuel Macron was under fire on Monday in the biggest political crisis of his tenure after the interior minister and a police chief said the presidency told them in May it would deal with a bodyguard filmed hitting protesters.
Ghana president names new head of election body
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday named a lawyer and governance specialist Jean Mensa as the new head of the national electoral commission, the presidency said.
Toronto police seek motive after gunman kills two, injures 13
Toronto police on Monday sought a motive after two young women, ages 10 and 18, were killed and 13 other people were wounded by a gunman on a busy, restaurant-filled street. The suspect was later found dead, authorities said.
Israel rejects Russian offer to keep Iranian forces 100 km from Golan: official
Israel on Monday rebuffed a Russian offer to keep Iranian forces in Syria at least 100 kilometers from the Golan Heights ceasefire line, an Israeli official said on Monday.
Toronto’s safe-city tag in question after spike in gun crimes
Canada’s largest city was once dubbed “Toronto the Good” for its squeaky-clean reputation but a mass shooting along one of its most popular restaurant strips is part of a nationwide rise in gun crimes, government data showed on Monday.
U.S. airman gets glimpse of Polish family roots at British airshow
Richard Komurek has traveled the world with the U.S. Air Force, but his deployment to a British air show this month provided a poignant homecoming to the English town where his mother was born to Polish refugees after World War Two.
Indian police widen investigation into shelter where girls allegedly raped
(This July 23 story corrects name of state capital and distance in fourth paragraph.)
Russia detains six prison guards after video circulates showing torture of inmate
Russian authorities detained six prison guards on Monday after a video circulated online that shows at least 10 guards torturing and beating an inmate.
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 18 in Chadian village
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 farmers and kidnapped nine women in western Chad, authorities said, part of a wave of violence that has spread from neighboring Nigeria across the region.
