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Nine dead in Belgrade elementary school shooting

Eight students and a security guard were killed during a school shooting in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Wednesday, the interior ministry said, as police arrested a teenage student suspected of carrying out the attack.. "The police sent all available patrols immediately to the spot and arrested a suspected minor -- a seventh grade student who is suspected of firing several shots from his father's gun in the direction of students and school security," the interior ministry said in a statement.

Wed, May 3, 2023 1 mins read

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Curfew, sabotage as Ukraine gears up for offensive

A city near the front line in southern Ukraine on Wednesday announced a long curfew and sabotage acts behind Russian lines intensified as Ukraine prepares for a spring offensive against Russian troops.. After a sustained campaign of sabotage attacks behind Russian lines, Russian forces withdrew from the city.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Iran forces seize second oil tanker in six days: US Navy

Iranian forces seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early on Wednesday, the US Navy said, the second such incident in less than a week.. "The IRGCN subsequently forced the oil tanker to reverse course and head toward Iranian territorial waters off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran," it said.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Journalists 'in danger' as Greek press freedom falls

The wife of a Greek journalist murdered two years ago believes the profession is imperilled in her country, which remains the European Union's worst performer in a press freedom ranking published on Wednesday.. Herself a former journalist, Alexandropoulou-Karaivaz said the ranking was an indictment on the deterioration of media freedom in the southern European country.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Ex-Audi CEO to plead guilty over 'dieselgate' scandal

Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler will plead guilty over the "dieselgate" vehicle emissions-cheating scandal, a German court said Wednesday, which would make him the first auto CEO to be convicted in the resulting lawsuits.. Last month Wolfgang Hatz, another former Audi executive who was on trial alongside Stadler, pleaded guilty, confessing that he and two other colleagues had arranged the installation of emissions-cheating software.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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World should prepare for El Nino, new record temperatures: UN

The United Nations warned Wednesday of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon El Nino will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records.. "We are expecting in the coming two years to have a serious increase in the global temperatures," Okia said.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Rohingya team to visit Myanmar for refugee return plan

A Rohingya delegation will visit Myanmar on Friday as part of efforts to revive a long-stalled plan to return the stateless minority to their homeland, refugees and Bangladeshi officials said.. The delegation will visit a site close to the Bangladesh border, where Myanmar's military regime plans to resettle more than 1,000 Rohingya in a pilot project.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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UK 'ready to deal' with coronation threats after man arrested

UK security services are "ready to deal" with the challenges presented by the coronation, the government said Wednesday, after the arrest of a man suspected of throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.. The drama unfolded Tuesday evening after the man approached the gates to the palace and threw several items into the grounds suspected to be shotgun cartridges, according to the Met.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Islamic Jihad announces truce after Gaza rocket fire

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a truce around Gaza Wednesday, after militants traded fire with Israel following the death in Israeli custody of a hunger striker from its ranks.. - EU urges 'proportionate' response - From Tuesday morning, around 100 rockets were fired by militant groups from Gaza towards Israel, according to Islamic Jihad.

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Islamic Jihad announces truce after Gaza rocket fire

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a truce around Gaza Wednesday, after militants traded fire with Israel following the death in Israeli custody of a hunger striker from its ranks.. From Tuesday morning, around 100 rockets were fired by militant groups from Gaza towards Israel, according to Islamic Jihad.

Wed, May 3, 2023 1 mins read