European leaders in Kyiv to mark three years of war, but top US officials stay away
Updated: 12:20pm (AEDT) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine hosted European leaders on Monday to mark three years of all-out war with Russia, while top US officials stayed away in a clear illustration of President Donald Trump’s lurch towards Moscow since returning to power. Still reeling from Trump calling President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a “dictator”, Kyiv said it […]
Sweden to increase school security after mass-shooting, government says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters All Swedish schools and pre-schools will have to make plans to keep unauthorised people off their premises, the government said on Wednesday, as the country tries to come to terms with the worst school shooting in its history last week. Ten people were shot dead at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, […]
Sweden mourns victims of mass shooting and searches for answers
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Government offices, schools and workplaces fell silent in Sweden at midday on Tuesday in remembrance of the victims of a mass shooting at an adult education centre last week when a gunman killed 10 people before turning his weapon on himself. Swedes were still stunned by the 4th February attack, in which […]
Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting at school
Orebro, Sweden Reuters Sweden’s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles. Ten people were shot dead at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro […]
Police probe school link in Sweden’s worst mass shooting
Orebro, Sweden Reuters A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have been a student at the school, police said on Thursday, as they described chaotic scenes after the country’s deadliest mass shooting as being like an “inferno”. Police believe the suspected killer – identified by […]
Sweden mourns victims of deadliest gun attack, suspect’s motive unknown
Orebro, Sweden Reuters Survivors of Sweden’s worst mass shooting on Wednesday recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades at a school for adults in Orebro, a day after a gunman killed 11 people on what the Prime Minister called a “dark day” in the country’s history. Police said there was no evidence the […]
Sweden’s deadliest attack leaves 11 dead at Orebro adult school
Updated: 12:45pm (AEST) Orebro, Sweden Reuters Eleven people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country’s deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called a “painful day.” Police said the gunman was believed to be among those killed and a search for other possible […]
European nations denounce Russian hybrid attacks, cable cut probes launched
Stockholm, Sweden/Warsaw, Poland Reuters European governments accused Russia on Tuesday of escalating hybrid attacks on Ukraine’s Western allies, as Baltic nations investigated whether the cutting of two fibre-optic telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea was sabotage. European officials have not directly accused Russia of destroying the cables. But Germany, Poland and others said it was […]
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Countries launch nature coalition at UN COP16 talks, warn of human extinction
Cali, Colombia Reuters Colombia at the UN COP16 biodiversity talks on Tuesday launched a coalition with 20 other countries seeking to make “peace with nature,” as leaders warned that the rapid destruction of the environment risks humanity’s own extinction. The summit of nearly 200 countries under way in the mountain-ringed city of Cali is tasked […]