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By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) -An Italian tourist was killed and five people were wounded in a car ramming in Tel Aviv on Friday that came hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. The attacks, after a night of crossborder strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, added to heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions following Israeli police raids in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque this week. […]

(Reuters) -The University of Oklahoma said late on Friday that its Norman campus was safe and no threat had been found after police investigated a suspected shooting on the premises. University officials said on social media a comprehensive search had been conducted and no danger was detected and authorities issued an “all clear” notification. “There is no threat to campus. Alert has been canceled,” the university said on Twitter. Earlier […]

By Thomas Peter and Josh Arslan FUZHOU, China (Reuters) – A Chinese warship in seas facing the Taiwan Strait began live-fire drills on Saturday as Beijing began military exercises it calls a warning against what it considers pro-Taiwan independence forces. The amphibious landing ship – capable of transporting troops, craft and vehicles – fired multiple rounds of artillery on Saturday morning in the Luoyan Bay area on the coast of […]

By Hyunjoo Jin and Mike Scarcella SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California Tesla owner on Friday sued the electric carmaker in a prospective class action lawsuit accusing it of violating the privacy of customers. The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came after Reuters reported on Thursday that groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and […]

(Reuters) – Australia coach Tony Gustavsson will consult his medical staff before deciding to field Sam Kerr in Tuesday’s clash with England after the Chelsea forward missed Friday’s 1-0 loss against Scotland for the Women’s World Cup hosts. Gustavsson did not reveal the injury that kept the prolific striker out of the friendly clash in London, which was decided by Nicola Docherty’s goal in the opening minute of the second […]

By Heekyong Yang and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, its state media reported on Saturday, the latest demonstration of its military capabilities as it faces off against the United States and South Korea. North Korea tested a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called “Haeil-2” from April 4 to April 7, state media reported, more than a week after it […]

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ government on Friday extended until late May emergency powers that suspend some constitutional rights, part of an anti-gang push implemented by leftist President Xiomara Castro in the Central American country’s largest cities. Earlier this week, Castro’s government deployed soldiers across the nation to fight violent criminal groups. This is the third extension – this time by another 45 days – of the so-called state of exception […]

By Josh Arslan and Ben Blanchard FUZHOU, China/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the island’s defence ministry said it would respond calmly. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after China condemned the meeting with […]

By Josh Arslan and Ben Blanchard FUZHOU, China/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the island’s defence ministry said it would respond calmly. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after China condemned the meeting […]