Man wielding weapon kills student, wounds 11 at China institute
A man wielding a weapon killed one student and wounded 11 at a technical institute in southwestern Yunnan province on Friday, authorities said, in the latest violent incident in a public place in China.
Ahead of Nigeria’s election, opposition weaponises soldier deaths
Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers have been killed in recent months by Islamist militants who the president vowed to defeat when voted into power in 2015 – and the bloodshed has become a useful weapon for opponents aiming to topple him in coming elections….
Scottish salmon producers say May’s Brexit plans pose ‘serious questions’
Producers of Scottish salmon, Britain’s biggest food export, are seeking reassurance that the Brexit deal will not link fishing in British waters by European Union boats with the supply of all British seafood products to EU markets.
Migrants dying at sea off Spain triple toll of last year: U.N.
At least 631 African migrants have died trying to reach Spain so far this year, nearly three times more than in all of 2017, and the situation has become “alarming”, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday.
Gateway for east Europe to the West, Soros-founded school leaves Hungary
For nearly three decades Central European University has been a gateway to the West for thousands of students from ex-communist eastern Europe, offering U.S.-accredited degree programs in an academic climate that celebrates free thought and open debate…
Bosnia arrests Islamist militant on terrorism charges: statement
Bosnian police have arrested an Islamist militant for terrorism offences in Bosnia, prosecutors said on Friday, and a Balkan news service said the man was believed to assisted a 2011 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo.
German man charged as accessory to 36,000 deaths at Nazi death camp
A 95-year-old Berlin resident has been charged with being an accessory to the murder of over 36,000 people at the Mauthausen death camp in Austria during World War Two, the Berlin prosecutor’s office said.
Supreme court law changes ‘tip of the iceberg’, Polish top court head says
The reversal in Poland’s Supreme Court law changes are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to broader judicial reforms in the country, the head of Poland’s top court Malgorzata Gersdorf said on Friday.
Vatican embassy bones were not from missing girl: source
Human bones found at the Vatican’s embassy in Rome belong to a male who died more than 50 years ago, a judicial source said, dispelling speculation they might solve one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries: the 1980s vanishing of two teenage girls.
After building spree, just how much does the Maldives owe China?
One week after taking power, the new government of the Maldives says it has no idea how much it owes China, which has led a construction spree in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, but fears the debts run up in the past five years could be unsustainable.
