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Police said an 18-year-old transgender woman shot and killed nine people, including students and a teacher, at a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, and was later found dead.
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a surprise 10‑day closure of airspace over El Paso hours after issuing it, amid conflicting accounts blaming alleged cartel drones or federal anti‑drone laser tests.
Norway's Director of Public Prosecutions announced a review of police routines after criticism that Norwegian police assisted Turkey in pursuing criminal action against a Norwegian member of parliament.
A 13-year-old former pupil was arrested after stabbing two boys at Kingsbury High School in Brent, north-west London, leaving them seriously injured, police said.
Mexican health authorities warned the country may lose its measles‑free status after confirmed cases exceeded 9,000 since last year, risking revocation at an April evaluation.
The FBI conducted an extensive search along roads near the Arizona home of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, and released a man detained for questioning in her disappearance.
Russian airlines suspended flights to Cuba due to a severe jet-fuel shortage caused by a US oil embargo, and Moscow prepared outbound-only repatriation flights for tourists.
French authorities reported a third infant died after consuming recalled infant formula, saying no causal link had been established and judicial investigations were under way.
Gisèle Pelicot gave her first TV interview on France 5 and urged victims to "never have shame," saying her husband had drugged her and she was raped while unconscious.
Spain's National Court prosecutor asked the Ministry of Equality to block 13 foreign surrogacy websites from Spain, saying they breached national reproductive and consumer-protection laws.
Jacques Moretti, owner of the Constellation bar, was questioned in Sion on Wednesday over the Crans-Montana New Year’s Eve fire, facing dozens of victims’ lawyers in a full-day hearing.
A man suspected of killing 17-year-old Lisa in Duivendrecht confessed to the murder, and prosecutors said he also admitted a rape and attempted rape at an Amsterdam hearing.
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France's Cour de cassation rejected appeals and finalized 18-year prison terms for Mohamed Ghraieb and Chokri Chafroud over the July 14, 2016 Nice truck attack that killed 86 people.
Prosecutors sought long prison terms in separate cases, demanding 12 years plus TBS in a Dutch sextortion trial and six years for ex-RTBF journalist Thomas Rorive in Brussels.
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An armed man opened fire at a school in southern Thailand and was detained by police, but casualties were unclear, with some reports saying two injured and others none.
Police released audio of 13‑year‑old Austin Appelbee’s Triple Zero emergency call after he swam 4 kilometres to seek help for his mother and two siblings stranded off Western Australia.
The Trump administration removed the Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument in New York City, prompting protests and condemnation from local officials.
Europol seized €1.2 billion in counterfeit euros across Europe in an operation that dismantled postal distribution networks, investigators said most of the fake notes originated in China.
French authorities made international appeals in separate long‑running sex‑abuse inquiries, revisiting Jean‑Luc Brunel’s alleged model‑recruitment network in Paris and seeking victims of accused ex‑teacher Jacques Leveugle.
Surveys and advisers showed many Germans misunderstood inheritance rules, and experts warned that skipping wills or proper transfers in Germany had left heirs facing costly tax and legal pitfalls.
A patient in Linz filed a criminal complaint after Kepler University Hospital removed her healthy uterus; prosecutors opened probes into possible bodily injury and breach of medical confidentiality.
A passenger jet carrying 55 people veered off Mogadishu’s runway and crashed onto a nearby beach during an emergency landing, and all aboard survived uninjured, officials said.
