Sweden: Government plans tighter gun laws after deadly school shooting

Sweden’s government has announced plans to tighten gun laws in the wake of the worst mass shooting the country’s history. Seven women and four men between 28 and 68 died…

UK: Authorities expel Russian diplomat after spying row

A Russian diplomat has been expelled from the UK in the latest escalation of a tit-for-tat spat after Moscow threw out a British official last year. Foreign Secretary David Lammy…

Ukraine: Zelensky says North Korean troops back on front line

Ukraine’s president says North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia’s western Kursk region, after reports they were withdrawn last month due to heavy casualties. In a…

Sweden: School shooting victims were seven women and three men

The victims of Sweden’s worst mass shooting were seven women and three men aged between 28 and 68, police said on Friday after completing the identification process. They were killed…

Russian: Baltic states begin historic switch away from Moscow power grid

More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia’s electricity grid and join the EU’s network. The two-day process began…

Ecuador: Nation chooses president against backdrop of gang violence

Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violenceThe entire town feels like it is in a pandemic, locked up without being able to go out and enjoy our lives due…

Haiti: Sexual violence against children rises by 1,000%- UN

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations’ children’s organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip…

Panama: Indigenous group flees drowning Gardi Sugdub island

“If the island sinks, I will sink with it,” Delfino Davies says, his smile not fading for a second. There is silence, except for the swish of his broom across…

USA: How Japan sparked Trump’s 40-year love affair with tariffs

When Donald Trump’s fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the Trump Princess, to Asia hoping he…

USA: Missing Alaska plane found with three confirmed dead – US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead. The coastguard said…