WORLD - The African Mirror

Jul

05

2022

Copenhagen shooting suspect held in psych ward, authorities rule out terrorism

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THE man accused of killing three people in a shooting in a Danish shopping mall was ordered to be held in a closed psychiatric ward, and authorities said they did not suspect the crime to be an act of terrorism. The 22-year-old Danish male, accused of opening fire on Sunday afternoon on shoppers in the Field's mall a few kilometres south of downtown Copenhagen, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and intent to kill. He was remanded into custody for 24 days and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said. The court has barred publication of his name, which is…

Jul

05

2022

By The African Mirror

‘Sell premium’ – Thailand discourages discounts, wants high value tourists

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THAILAND'S hotels, businesses and private hospitals should refrain from offering big discounts to lure tourists and focus instead on raising the country's value as a premium travel destination, government ministers said. Thailand has received about 2 million foreign visitors in the first six months of this year, a steady revival after its tourism industry almost collapsed due to the pandemic and more than 18 months of complex and costly entry requirements. "We cannot let people come to Thailand and say because it's cheap," Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at an event at Bangkok's main international airport to promote tourism.…

Jul

04

2022

By JASON LANGE and JONATHAN LANDAY

Ohio police officers shot fleeing Black man dozens of times, lawyer says

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POLICE killed Jayland Walker, a Black man in Ohio, by shooting him dozens of times as he ran from officers following a traffic stop, a lawyer for his family said, citing a review of police body-worn camera footage due to be made public. In comments published on Saturday by the Akron Beacon Journal, attorney Bobby DiCello described the video as "brutal," and said Walker's relatives worried that protests this weekend could turn violent. The shooting was the latest in a spate of killings of Black men by law enforcement in the United States that critics say are unjustified, including the…

Jul

04

2022

By TOM BALMFORTH and MAX HUNDER

Russia says its forces fully control Ukraine’s Luhansk region

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RUSSIA said it had taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk after capturing the final Ukrainian bastion of Lysychansk, the city where Kyiv said it had withdrawn to save the lives of its troops. The region's capture, a major Russian war aim, is a political victory for the Kremlin after weeks of grinding advances and shifts the battlefield focus to the neighbouring Donetsk region, where Kyiv still controls swathes of territory. Since abandoning an assault on the capital Kyiv, Russia has concentrated its military operation on the industrial Donbas heartland that comprises the Luhansk and Donetsk regions,…

Jul

04

2022

By The African Mirror

Bus crash kills 20 in southwest Pakistan

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A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan killing 20 people, a government official said. The road crash also injured another 13 people aboard the bus that was travelling from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, said Ijaz Jaffar, deputy commissioner of Sherani district. The ravine is some 350 kilometres north of Quetta. Poor road infrastructure and rash driving often cause deadly road crashes in Pakistan. The province is home to several Chinese projects under an investment plan in which Beijing is seeking road and sea trade linkages with the world.

Jul

03

2022

By PAVEL POLITYUK and SIMON LEWIS

Blasts rock Ukraine southern city as Russia grinds out gains in the east

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BLASTS shook Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday as Russia's artillery helped grind out gains in the east, after a week when the civilian death toll from Russian missile strikes climbed in urban centres well behind the frontline. "There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in shelters!" Oleksandr Senkevych, mayor of the Mykolaiv region which borders the vital Black Sea port of Odesa, wrote on the Telegram messaging app as air raid sirens sounded. The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, although Russia later said it had hit army command posts in the area. Reuters could…

Jul

03

2022

By The African Mirror

Palestinians hand bullet that killed journalist to U.S. for examination

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ALI SAWAFTA THE Palestinian Authority has handed the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to U.S. authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said on Saturday. Abu Akleh was killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Her death sparked Palestinian outrage and international condemnation. "The relevant parties in the state of Palestine agreed to allow the U.S. side to conduct ballistic works on the bullet. It was handed over to them," Akram al-Khatib, General Prosecutor for the Palestinian Authority, said in…

Jul

03

2022

By The African Mirror

At least five killed in magnitude 6.1 quake on Iran Gulf coast

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AT least five people were killed and 49 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early, state media reported, with the area also hit soon after by two strong quakes of up to 6.3 magnitude. Some 24 tremors, two with a magnitude of 6.3 and 6.1, followed the 2 a.m. local time quake that flattened the village of Sayeh Khosh near Iran's Gulf coast in Hormozgan province. The most recent tremor occurred around 8 a.m., officials told state TV. "All of the victims died in the first earthquake and no one was harmed in the next two severe…

Jul

02

2022

By IRYNA NAZARCHUK

After Snake Island retreat, Russian missile attack kills 21 near Ukraine’s Odesa

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RUSSIA flattened part of an apartment building while residents slept on Friday in missile attacks near Ukraine's port of Odesa that authorities say killed at least 21 people, hours after Russian troops abandoned the Black Sea outpost of Snake Island. Locals in the resort village of Serhiivka helped workers pick through the rubble of the nine-storey apartment block, a section of which had been completely destroyed in the early-morning strike. Walls and windows of a neighbouring 14-storey apartment block were also damaged by the blast wave. Nearby holiday camps were also hit. "We came here to the site, assessed the…

Jul

02

2022

By The African Mirror

Colombia extradites accused drug cartel leader’s sister to U.S.

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COLOMBIA extradited to the United States a sister of accused major drug cartel leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, to face drug trafficking charges, the national police said. Colombian police accuse Nini Johana Usaga, 39, of being responsible for laundering drug money for the Clan del Golfo and handling international relations with cartels in other countries like Mexico, helping to coordinate shipments of narcotics. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Her brother, accused head of the Clan del Golfo, was extradited to face drug trafficking charges in the United States in early May. He pleaded not guilty to the charges…