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Police stand near the scene of fatalities and injuries in an attack at the 650th anniversary celebrations of German city Solingen. Photo: Gianni Gattus / DPA / AFP Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man stabbed passers-by at random with a knife at a city festival in the western German city of Solingen, newspaper Bild reported. Bild reported that the event occurred around 9.45pm local time and that at least three people were dead and multiple people were wounded. Witnesses said the perpetrator was at large, the paper added. The local newspaper Solingen Tageblatt reported on its website that the attack occurred at a festival to honour town's 650 years. Local police said they were not yet able to comment. More to come... - Reuters Source link

Commonwealth War Graves Commission workers clean a cemetery on the Gallipoli peninsula following a large wildfire. Photo: Supplied / Commonwealth War Graves Commission At least two war cemeteries containing the remains of New Zealand soldiers were affected by a fire in Gallipoli, it has been confirmed. The wildfire was one of a number of large blazes that damaged large swathes of Turkey last week. At the time, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission said it would take some time to carry out a full-scale inspection of all the cemeteries across the peninsula, which number more than 30. "Whilst there is extensive fire damage to the gardens, trees and horticulture in and around the cemeteries, it appears there has been no damage (other than superficial) to the headstones, graves and memorial...

By Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters Divers from Italy's fire service have been working to retrieve bodies from the wreck. Photo: AFP Italian rescue divers have found the body of the last person missing after British tech magnate Mike Lynch's family yacht sank off Sicily, believed to be his daughter Hannah, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long luxury sail boat carrying 22 passengers and crew, was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it capsized and rapidly sank after being struck by a pre-dawn storm on Monday. The source did not identify the body as belonging to 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, but she was the only person still unaccounted for. Italian news agency Adnkronos said she was found in...

By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander, Reuters Emmanuel Macron called a snap election earlier this year, which delivered a hung parliament. Photo: Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via AFP French President Emmanuel Macron began meeting party leaders from across France's political spectrum on Friday with the aim, nearly seven weeks after inconclusive parliamentary elections, to finally give the country a new prime minister. Whoever Macron names will face a tough job, with parliamentary approval of the 2025 budget one of many challenges at a time when France is under pressure from the European Commission and bond markets to reduce its deficit. Who will become prime minister - and whether they can get a hung parliament to back any reforms - is still very much an open question, with no sign ...

Roxanne Tickle's exclusion from female-only app was unlawful, Australia's Federal Court has ruled. (File image) Photo: 123RF By Jamie McKinnell, ABC News The exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only app constituted unlawful discrimination due to gender identity, according to a landmark Federal Court ruling in Australia. Roxanne Tickle downloaded the Giggle for Girls social networking platform, which was designed to be an "online refuge" for women, in February 2021. Users provided a selfie to be assessed by artificial intelligence software to verify they were a woman. Tickle's photo was accepted, but later that year her account was restricted after a manual override. The court case she initiated is the first to claim discrimination on the basis of gender identity since changes...

By Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu, Reuters Harris accepts party's nomination, assails Donald Trump Candidate confronts Gaza war up front, denounces tyranny Speech caps four-day Democratic National Convention Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Friday with a rousing call to end the war in Gaza and to fight tyranny around the world, drawing a sharp contrast with Republican Donald Trump. "In the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know where the United States belongs," Harris said, accusing Trump of bowing down to dictators. On the final, and most anticipated, night of the four-day Chicago convention, Harris, 59, sought to redefine herself for America as she and Trump, 78, enter the fin...

Italian divers search the wreck of the sunken yacht. Photo: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP By Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank this week off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, a senior Italian official said. Lynch's 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still unaccounted for, interior ministry official Massimo Mariani told Reuters after being briefed by the emergency services. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht carrying 22 passengers and crew, was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it disappeared beneath the waves in minutes after bad weather struck early Monday. Mike Lynch's body has been retrieved from the yacht owned ...

People gather for a rally in Times Square demanding Hamas free Israeli hostages on 19 October 19, 2023 in New York City. Photo: VANESSA CARVALHO / AFP Bullets were found in the bodies of the six Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza this week, the Israeli military and the Hostage Families Forum campaign group said on Thursday. The military told Reuters it retrieved another four bodies alongside its hostages, presumed to be Hamas militants, and that those bodies did not show signs of bullet wounds. The comments came a day after US President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a deal for a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants there. A total of 109 hostages are believed to remain in...

After a whirlwind month in American politics, new Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has formally reintroduced herself in a highly anticipated speech on the final day of the convention in Chicago. US Vice President Harris, 59, is the first Black woman and South Asian woman to ever be a party's presidential nominee. Just a few months ago, such a scene would have been unthinkable, but after Biden had a dismal debate performance in late June he ended up withdrawing as a candidate last month, and Democrats quickly lined up to endorse Harris. She will face former president, Republican Donald Trump, in the 5 November election in a match quite unlike any in recent American history. Follow our liveblog of the speech here: Source link

There has been specualtion for days Beyonce would perform at the rally in Chicago. Photo: Getty via AFP Singer Beyonce will perform on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, entertainment website TMZ reported, citing multiple sources. Vice President Kamala Harris will accept the Democratic Party nomination on Thursday (US time). She has adopted Beyonce's 'Freedom' as her campaign rally song. She took the stage in Chicago on Monday to the tune, increasing speculation that Beyonce would perform. Beyonce has reportedly given Harris permission to use the song. More to come -Reuters Source link