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(Reuters) – A teenage shooter opened fire at a Wisconsin school yesterday, killing a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before police found the suspect dead at the scene.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit yesterday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S.

PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group 9984.T

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the U.S.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit today after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S.

PARIS/MORONI,  (Reuters) – Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said yesterday.

DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria, (Reuters) – Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said its air and ground forces in the north of the enclave killed dozens of militants and captured others.

(Reuters) – The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the country on the path to long-awaited national elections, the acting head of the U.N.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital yesterday, after a pair of emergency surgeries last week to treat and prevent bleeding in his head.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm yesterday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage, Russian officials said.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria’s Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria’s maritime agency said yesterday.

PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – Police in Mauritius have issued an order for the arrest of the Indian Ocean islands’ former central bank governor, in connection to an inquiry into a conspiracy to defraud case.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed yesterday to fight for his political future after he was impeached in a second vote by the opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that had shocked the nation.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza yesterday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages.

(Reuters) – Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said yesterday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court judge has taken the rare step of revoking his decision to retire from active service on the bench, depriving Republican President-elect Donald Trump of the ability to fill a judicial vacancy.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto was arrested yesterday for allegedly meddling in the investigation of a planned military coup that federal police accuse him of organizing and financing.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed today to fight for his political future after he was impeached in a second vote by the opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that had shocked the nation.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve charges over advice it provided Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of its addictive painkiller OxyContin, the U.S.