Tuesday, December 11, 2018

World News

ITV - Four dead in Strasbourg shooting; search for 'extremist' gunman:
A suspected extremist is on the run after a shooting which left four people dead near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.

French authorities have launched a terror investigation into the shooting, which left several others injured, some seriously.

The 29-year-old alleged gunman has a criminal record and, according to the prefect of the Strasbourg region, was known by the security services as a suspected extremist.
France 24Live coverage

MEPs stranded. France 24:
The European Parliament in Strasbourg was under lockdown late Tuesday after a deadly shooting near a Christmas market rocked the eastern French city, shocking and stranding hundreds of MEPs, staff and officials.
ISIS celebrates Strasbourg shooting. The Express:
No terrorist group has officially claimed responsibility yet, but ISIS supporters have boasted the attack happened just “days after our threats.”
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Detained Huawei exec granted bail - The International News
A Canadian judge granted bail Tuesday [Meng Wanzhou,] a top Huawei executive after her arrest on a US warrant, in a case that has frayed relations between the North American allies and China.

[She] is is wanted by US authorities for violating Iran sanctions but Beijing has expressed outrage over her detention and is holding a former Canadian diplomat in China, intensifying the row.
Hong Kong Free PressChina detains Canadian, believed to be former diplomat:
“We are aware of the situation of a Canadian detained in China. We have been in direct contact with the Chinese,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, adding that Ottawa was taking his arrest “very seriously.”
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Web Financial Group - May tours "like a child":
May toured European capitals like a child presenting a parent with a new toy broken on Christmas morning. She gained plenty of sympathy but also stern reminder that there would be no renegotiation or quick fixes.
ITVMay fights, critics circle.

Aspen Daily NewsMay heads to Ireland.

The Irish TimesIreland "collateral damage" in Brexit.

New StatesmanMay in Tory Trouble.

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China.org: Church shooting in Brazil leaves five dead.
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Stuff (NZ/AU)- Bodies scattered, truck veers into pedestrians.
Police were told the truck, carrying bricks, was travelling south on Botany Road when it veered into northbound lanes before hitting a power pole, a bus stop, a building and pedestrians.
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The Independent (IE) - A street paved with milk chocolate:
...a tonne of chocolate flowed out of a factory and solidified.
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After hitting the chilly pavement, the milk chocolate quickly hardened.

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