Two people shot at Washington state school, gunman dead: Police
A man who shot two people on Tuesday in the parking lot of an elementary school in Vancouver, Washington, was pursued by police before he stopped his vehicle and shot himself, police said.
Following the incident at the Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School, there was no active threat to citizens, nor an active shooter, the Clark county sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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'I would rather lose than...': Rishi Sunak on UK prime minister race
Britain's prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he plans to tackle the economic crisis. “I would rather lose than win on a false promise,” Sunak, 42, said. Sunak also promised to "go further" than what he has already announced if elected Prime Minister.
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Forty-two Malian soldiers killed in suspected Islamist attack
Forty-two Malian soldiers were killed and 22 injured in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, Mali's government said on Wednesday, blaming an Islamic State affiliate. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years for the Malian army, which has been battling a decade-long insurgency by militant groups that have spread across West Africa's Sahel region. Soldiers killed 37 combatants during several hours of heavy fighting, it added.
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Kim Jong Un had suffered fever symptoms, reveals North Korea on defeating Covid
North Korea's Kim Jong Un declared victory in the battle against COVID-19 on Thursday, with the leader's sister revealing he had suffered from fever and vowing "deadly retaliation" against South Korea which it blames for causing the outbreak. It had instead reported daily numbers of fever patients, which totalled some 4.77 million, but has registered no new such cases since July 29.
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Japan's male minister tried ‘pregnancy belly’ to address falling birthrate issue
Masanobu Ogura and two other male lawmakers were to keep the 7.3 kg (16 pound) pregnancy bellies on while going about their daily routines, in order to understand the burden on the body of carrying a child, the Sankei newspaper reported at the time.
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Ukraine says 9 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts
Ukrainian officials stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility for the explosions, while mocking Russia’s explanation that a careless smoker might have caused ammunition at the Saki air base to catch fire and blow up. Analysts also said that explanation doesn’t make sense and that the Ukrainians could have used anti-ship missiles to strike the base.
