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Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in South Texas after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement. Investigators said the suspect was armed with a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines. The Chief of Police at Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Pete Arredondo said the shooting […]

Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in South Texas after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement. Investigators said the suspect was armed with a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines. The Chief of Police at Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Pete Arredondo said the shooting […]

Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in South Texas after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement. Investigators said the suspect was armed with a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines. The Chief of Police at Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Pete Arredondo said the shooting […]

President of the United State Joe Biden says Sweden and Finland have the full, total and complete backing of the United State in their decision to apply for NATO membership. Both countries submitted their applications to be part of the Western defense alliance this week, marking a major shift in European geopoliticsand to join the alliance, the two nations need the support of all 30 NATO member states. The move by the Nordic nations has howeverbeen […]

The Government of Venezuela and opposition said they are ready to restart talks in Mexico to resolve the country's political crisis. Negotiations collapsed in October after an ally of President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro was extradited to the United State US by Cape Verde but the opposition said discussions took place on restarting talks after a photo was released showing delegates of the two sides shaking hands. It comes as […]

Former President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been re-elected after a final vote that was only open to the country's Members of Parliament MPs.   Mohamud defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017.   The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over holding a wider election, and one of them did not cast a vote. He received […]

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. State media reported today that six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron. It said 187,000 people with a fever were being isolated and treated. While experts believe the virus has been present in the country for some time, the authorities only announced the […]

The United State US Secretary General António Guterres says he is horrifiedby yesterday’s killing of veteran Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla, condemning the killing and describing her a reporting legend. 51year old Abu Aqla, died while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, while her producer was injured. Al Jazeera said Israeli troops deliberately shot her, while the Prime Ministerof Israel Naftali Bennett said […]

A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who fought against organized crime in his home country has been shot dead during his honeymoon in Colombia. Pecci was on a beach on the idyllic tourist island of Baru when he was killed by two gunmen. Hours before the shooting, Pecci’s wife Claudia Aguilera had announced on Instagram that she was pregnant. The President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez described the shooting as […]