Shinzo Abe: Killing of Japan’s ex-PM described as ‘barbaric’ Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event, say local media. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning. He immediately collapsed … [Read more…]
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on Friday, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation’s longest-serving premier was showing no vital signs. “Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am,” in the country’s western region of Nara, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, told reporters. … [Read more…]
JUST IN: Boris Johnson finally resigns; summary of resignation speech -The prime minister quits as Conservative leader but says he will continue to serve as PM until the party chooses his successor -Boris Johnson says it is “clearly now the will” of Conservative MPs that there should be a new leader -The PM says a … [Read more…]
Boris Johnson is set to resign as Conservative leader and will step down as prime minister when a new leader is found. He quits Downing Street after less than three years in the job, despite having won a huge majority in the 2019 general election. Outgoing prime ministers are expected to stay in office until … [Read more…]
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, set to resign The UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will resign today, according to the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason. His decision to give up his job comes after a challenging week in which more than 50 people from his party – from ministers to aides – have resigned in … [Read more…]
Highland Park, Illinois(CNN) Robert E. Crimo III, the suspect in a mass shooting at a parade that left six dead and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, has been taken into custody near Lake Forest, Illinois, authorities said during a brief news conference Monday night. Authorities said Crimo was spotted by a North … [Read more…]
Law enforcement search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The Associated Press Police say a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least … [Read more…]
At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a truck that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio. The grim discovery was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in the United States in recent years — and came five years after a similar … [Read more…]
JUST IN: Americans have right to carry guns in public, says Supreme Court The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry firearms in public in a landmark decision that came just weeks after another deadly school shooting. The 6-3 ruling strikes down a New York law that required … [Read more…]
Nineteen primary school children, two adults killed in Texas mass shooting At least 19 primary school children and two adults have been killed following an attack by a gunman at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde in Texas, the latest mass shooting in the U.S. On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott told reporters at a press conference that … [Read more…]
French President Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes (Elabe, … [Read more…]
What Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter means for the platform Twitter said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a roughly $44 billion deal that has the potential to expand the billionaire’s business empire and put the world’s richest man in charge of one of the world’s most influential … [Read more…]