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Louisville, United States | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Four people were killed and at least eight others injured Monday in a shooting targeting a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, according to US police who said the suspect — believed to be an ex-employee — died in the assault. Police said calls had come in around 8:30 am (1230 GMT) for an “active aggressor” at the Old National Bank in Louisville, the largest city in […]
Jericho, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Monday claimed the lives of a Palestinian teenager and a British-Israeli mother who succumbed to injuries from a West Bank gun attack that earlier killed her two daughters. Tensions have flared into bloodshed since last week, with heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a suspected car-ramming attack marring a period when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover and […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam later this week in the latest bid to build relations with a growing US partner as tensions flare with China over Taiwan, the State Department said Monday. Blinken will visit Hanoi on his way to a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting this weekend in the Japanese mountain resort of Karuizawa. Blinken will “discuss our shared vision of a […]
Five people have been killed and at least six others hospitalized following a downtown shooting Monday in the US city of Louisville, Kentucky, police said. A Louisville police spokesman told a media briefing that a police officer was among the injured, while the department tweeted separately that the “suspected shooter has been neutralized.” “There is no active danger to the public at this time,” the spokesman told reporters © Agence France-Presse
New Delhi, India | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised on Monday after a video which showed him asking a boy to suck his tongue triggered a backlash on social media. The video, which has gone viral, shows the Dalai Lama, 87, planting a kiss on the boy’s lips as he leaned in to pay his respects. The Buddhist monk is then seen sticking his tongue out as […]
Quetta, Pakistan | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 At least four people were killed and 15 others injured Monday by a bomb blast in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said. The bomb targeted a police vehicle in a busy market in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, which is home to several separatist and Islamist insurgencies. “Initial probe suggests that the explosion was caused by an IED (improvised explosive device) that had been planted on a […]
LMPD has confirmed a shooting situation in downtown Louisville with multiple casualties. I am headed there now. Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville. ^AB — Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) April 10, 2023 Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Police reported “multiple casualties” in a downtown shooting Monday in the US city of Louisville, Kentucky, without specifying the number of deaths or injuries. Louisville police confirmed […]
Miami, United States | AFP | A high school teacher in the US state of Florida has been fired after he assigned students to write their own obituaries ahead of an active shooter drill. The Orange County School District said in a statement seen by news media that “a teacher gave an inappropriate assignment about school violence… (and) has been terminated.” It provided no further detail. Jeffrey Keene, a veteran teacher who was hired […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Sunday 4/10/2023 Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labeling the US radio network NPR as “state- affiliated media” and now calls it “government-funded.” Elon Musk’s social media network has also applied that new label to the BBC, which is funded predominantly by British households paying a license fee. Britain’s beloved national broadcaster has reached out to Twitter for clarification, news reports said. The change in how Twitter refers […]
Manila, Philippines | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The Philippines will not allow “any offensive actions” from the bases it has opened to US troops, President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday. Manila last week announced the locations of four more military bases it is allowing the US military to use on top of the five agreed on under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, known as EDCA. The deal allows US troops to rotate through and store […]
Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 12 Chinese warships and 91 aircraft around the island on Monday, after Beijing ended three-day military exercises. “Although (China’s) Eastern Theatre Command has announced the end of its exercise, the military will never relax its efforts to strengthen its combat readiness,” the defence ministry said in a statement, adding that its tally of ships and aircraft was as of 6 pm (1000 […]
Belfast, United Kingdom | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Northern Ireland was torn apart by three decades of violence between nationalist and unionist communities that ended with the Good Friday Agreement signed exactly 25 years ago on Monday. The province’s majority Protestant unionists favoured continued British rule. Catholic republicans wanted equal rights and reunification with the rest of Ireland. Here is an overview of the “Troubles” during which more than 3,500 people were killed. – Trouble […]
