Separate bombings in Iraq resulted in at least 42 deaths.
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Hungarians protest internet tax
Thousands of Hungarians gathered at the country’s Ministry of Economy to protest the proposed Internet tax.
U.S. CDC says returning Ebola medical workers should not be quarantined
(Reuters) – Federal health officials on Monday revamped guidelines for doctors and nurses returning home to the United States from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, stopping well short of controversial mandatory quarantines being imposed by some U.S. states. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), called for voluntary home quarantine for people at the highest risk for Ebola infection but said most medical workers returning from the […]
Washington school shooting suspect left unhappy tweets
BY BILL RIGBY (Reuters) – A high school student believed to have shot to death a classmate and wounded four others on Friday at his campus north of Seattle was a popular homecoming prince but appeared on social media as a heart broken and sometimes angry adolescent. Police offered no motive for why Jaylen Fryberg, a freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, walked into his school cafeteria and shot his fellow students. Rebecca Cooley, the […]
Police seek motive in fatal Washington state school shooting
(Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state worked on Saturday to find out what led a popular high school student to open fire on a group of classmates seated at a cafeteria table, killing one and wounding four others, including a pair of his cousins, before killing himself. The Friday incident at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in the city of Marysville, north of Seattle, sent students fleeing from the building and sheltering under desks in the latest […]
Protesters in Hong Kong to vote on government proposals
(Reuters) – Hong Kong protesters plan to hold a straw poll on government proposals they rejected earlier in the week as their street campaign pushing for democracy for the Chinese-controlled city entered its fifth week on Friday. With crowds likely to swell at the weekend, student leaders late on Thursday announced a plan for an electronic poll of protesters on reform proposals tabled by senior city government officials in talks on Tuesday that failed to […]
Putin accuses United States of damaging world order
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of endangering global security by imposing a “unilateral diktat” on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West. In a 40-minute diatribe against the West that was reminiscent of the Cold War and underlined the depth of the rift between Moscow and the West, Putin also denied trying to rebuild the Soviet empire at the expense […]
Gunman acted alone
According to security officials, the gunman who attacked the Canadian parliament acted alone and is not connected with the attack in Quebec.
Sergeant at arms receives hero’s welcome at Canadian parliament
Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers received a hero’s welcome at the Canadian parliament who shot down the attacker against the said government body.
NY Police investigates axe attack
New York Police is investigating a man who attacked two police officers with an axe for links with Islamic extremists.
Surveillance video shows attack on Canadian parliament
Surveillance video released by the Canadian Royal Mounted Police shows the sequence of events on the recent attack on the Canadian parliament.
North Korea closes its borders due to Ebola
As the Ebola virus continues to spread, an alarmed North Korea closed its borders to avoid the spread of the virus in the country.
