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COPENHAGEN, (AP):A knife-wielding masked man attacked people yesterday at a school in southern Sweden, killing one teacher and wounding two students and another teacher before being shot by police, authorities said.Students fled in the morning from...

VIENNA, (AP):Migrants traded punches and scuffled with police at a Serbian border crossing with Croatia yesterday, as pent-up pressures on their trek towards a hoped-for safe haven in the European Union (EU) boiled over.The unrest at Berkasovo...

MIAMI (AP):Hurricane and tropical storm watches have been issued for parts of Mexico's Pacific coast ahead of the expected approach of Tropical Storm Patricia.Patricia's maximum sustained winds early yesterday were near 40mph (65kph). The US...

ISTANBUL, (AP):Vice Media is carrying out a two-hour blackout on its websites to call attention to an Iraqi Kurdish journalist who has been held in Turkish jails without charges since being arrested while working for the news organisation.Mohammed...

LONDON, (AP):China's state visit to Britain moved from warm toasts and ceremony to cold, hard cash yesterday, with business deals including a major Chinese investment in the UK's first nuclear power station since the 1980s.President Xi Jinping is...

SEOUL (AP): Hundreds of mostly elderly Koreans, some in wheelchairs or leaning on walking sticks, most overcome by tears, laughter and shock, began three days of reunions yesterday with loved ones many have had no contact with since war divided the North and...

LONDON (AP):Manufacturer Tata Steel announced 1,200 job cuts in the UK yesterday, underscoring the damage caused by cheap Chinese imports and throwing a shroud over a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping designed to usher in a "golden era" of...

BRUSSELS, (AP): British Prime Minister David Cameron told European Union leaders yesterday that would soon be laying out detailed proposals for the reform of the EU that will ensure his support for the country's continued membership of the bloc in a national vote...