A Walmart employee killed six people and wounded several others before fatally shooting himself at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, authorities said, “Chesapeake Police confirm 7 fatalities, including the shooter, from last night’s shooting at Walmart on Sam’s Circle,” the city wrote on its Twitter account. The attacker, who has not been identified, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark Solesky said at a news conference on Wednesday. In
The statue of a controversial German colonial officer in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, has been taken down following pressure from activists. Curt von François’s statue was erected in 1965 to celebrate him as the city’s founder. Activists dismissed the claim as a “lie”, and said he was a symbol of “colonial oppression”. Local artists performed rituals to reclaim the land where the statue stood before workers took it down. It is the latest statue to be
A 16-year-old boy has been killed and 14 other people have been wounded in two suspected bomb attacks at bus stops in Jerusalem, Israeli police say. The explosions happened at two busy areas on the outskirts of the city as people were heading to work. Israeli media said the teenager who died was an Israeli-Canadian religious student named Aryeh Shtsupak. Israel’s internal security minister said at one scene that this was “an attack we haven’t seen in a long time”. The atmosphere
The United Kingdom’s top court has ruled the Scottish government cannot hold a second referendum on independence next year without approval from the British parliament, dealing a blow to nationalists’ hopes of holding a vote in 2023. In 2014, Scots rejected ending the more than 300-year-old union with England by 55 percent to 45 percent, but independence campaigners have argued the vote two years later for Britain to leave the European Union, which the majority of Scottish voters opposed,
Qatar will soon make history. On Sunday, it will become the smallest country ever to host the world’s biggest sporting event. To appreciate the contrast, think of the vast countries that hosted the previous two iterations of the FIFA World Cup: Russia and Brazil. While the “soft power” and “smart power” in Qatar’s diplomatic inventory have been credited by many for this moment, the World Cup deserves to be looked at through more than just the lens of international relations. As postcolonial
Robert Lewandowski was hurting after the 2018 World Cup – and still is. He failed to score during 270 minutes of action in Russia as Poland finished bottom of the group with three points. But his “dream” of netting in a World Cup is yet to come true after his penalty was saved in their 0-0 draw with Mexico on Tuesday. Is it a curse? Some might say so. “I told him that I sympathise with him,” said Poland boss Czeslaw Michniewicz afterwards. “I know how a captain
France defender Lucas Hernandez has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup because of the knee injury he picked up in the win against Australia. The 26-year-old Bayern Munich left-back ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee in the defending champions’ 4-1 opening-game victory. Several key France players, including Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, were injured before the tournament started. “I am extremely sorry for Lucas,” said manager Didier Deschamps.
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS