LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British MP Jo Cox has died from her injuries, police said, after being reportedly shot and stabbed in an attack in the street on Thursday. “I am now very sad to have to report that she has died as a result of her injuries,” West Yorkshire Police chief Dee Collins told reporters. Cox was pronounced dead at 1:48pm (1248 GMT), Collins told a press conference in Wakefield, northern England. The […]
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Rome set to elect first female mayor
by Angus MACKINNON ROME, Italy (AFP) — From kings to consuls, emperors to popes, the rulers of Rome have always been men. Until now. Voters in the Italian capital return to the polls Sunday and all the signs are that they are set to elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City. Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and local councillor, has leapt from anonymity to become one of the best-known faces in […]
Mourners lay flowers in Westminster in tribute to slain MP
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — People laid flowers and left tributes in Parliament Square in central London on Thursday evening (June 16) in memory of opposition Labor MP, Jo Cox, who was earlier shot dead in a street attack, not far from her northern England constituency office. The killing of a British member of parliament caused deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week’s referendum on the country’s EU membership. Jo […]
IT worker at Panama Papers firm arrested in Geneva: report
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — An information technology worker at the Geneva office of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, has been arrested, Switzerland’s Le Temps newspaper reported Wednesday. The paper, citing a source close to the case, said the IT employee had been placed in provisional detention on suspicion of stealing a large haul of confidential documents. The spokesman for the Geneva’s prosecutor’s office, Henri Della Casa, told […]
Forty hurt in Paris clashes between police, protesters
by Juliette COLLEN PARIS , France (AFP) — Forty people were hurt and dozens arrested Tuesday as violence between riot police and masked troublemakers gripped huge Paris protests over France’s labour reforms. Police fired water cannon in the south of the capital to quell rioters as “several hundred” masked protesters lobbed objects at security forces in bloody scenes in the French capital. As tens of thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests […]
French police couple killed in IS-inspired stabbing
by Paul AUBRIAT and Clare BYRNE in Paris MAGNANVILLE, France (AFP) — A convicted radical who killed a French police couple in an IS-inspired stabbing was carrying a “hit list” of VIPs and urged followers to turn Euro 2016 into a “graveyard”, officials said Tuesday. Monday’s assault in a small town northwest of Paris was the first deadly strike in France since the coordinated attacks in the capital by an Islamic State cell in November, […]
Two French police killed in attack claimed by Islamic State
(Reuters) A suspected Islamist attacker stabbed a French police commander to death outside his home and later killed his companion, a policewoman, in an attack claimed by Islamic State and denounced by the government as “an abject act of terrorism”. The assailant, a 25-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan origin, was jailed in 2013 for helping Islamist militants go to Pakistan and had been under security service surveillance, including wiretaps, at the time of the attack, […]
Suspect in France police killing had been sentenced for jihad links: sources
PARIS, France (AFP) — A man suspected to have killed a French policeman and his partner in a terror-linked attack had been sentenced in 2013 for taking part in a jihadist organisation with links to Pakistan, sources close to the probe said Tuesday. They identified him as Larossi Abballa, 25, adding that he had been sentenced to a three-year term — six months of which were suspended — for “criminal association with the aim of […]
Israel wins UN committee chair
United Nations, United States—Israel on Monday was elected to chair a United Nations committee for the first time in the world body’s 71-year history, triggering strong protests from Arab countries and the Palestinians. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon won the chair of the legal affairs committee of the General Assembly by picking up 109 votes from the 193 member-states. Danon’s candidacy was put to a vote by secret ballot at the request of Arab countries. All […]
Eiffel Tower to don US colours after Orlando killings
PARIS , France (AFP) — The Eiffel Tower will be lit up Monday night in the red, white and blue of the US flag in solidarity with the victims of the shootings in Orlando, Paris city hall announced. City hall will also raise the Stars and Stripes and the rainbow flag of the gay community, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said, expressing her “compassion, solidarity and affection” for the American people after the massacre. On Monday, […]
Swiss fighter crashes in Netherlands ahead of air show
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — A Swiss fighter crashed and burst into flames in the Netherlands Thursday after hitting another jet during a training session before an air show, officials said. “Two Tiger F-5E plans from the Patrouille Suisse collided this afternoon during a training flight for an air show in Leeuwarden,” the Swiss defense ministry said. The pilot from the aerobatics team of the Swiss air force ejected to safety, Dutch and Swiss officials […]
Duchess of Cambridge hosts SportsAid dinner
The Duchess of Cambridge hosted a gala dinner at her London home on Thursday (June 9) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SportsAid. At Kensington Palace, she welcomed former Olympians and Paralympians, as well as young athletes due to compete in the upcoming Games in Rio. SportsAid gives financial support to athletes in the early stages of their careers. Some of those who have benefited from that support, and are now ambassadors for the charity, […]
