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Sweden sees deadliest year with 60 deaths in shootings: Media
"This year, we have seen a massive increase," Magnus Gerell, an associate professor and criminologist at Malmo University, told SVT on Sunday. "It is an extremely high number and a very large increase compared to recent years. The development is also driven by the fact that more of the victims (of shootings) die," Gerell said.
Police discover 27 dead bodies of foreigners in Zambian capital
The bodies of suspected Ethiopians were discovered in the early hours of Sunday in the Ngwerere area on the outskirts of the Zambian capital after the police were alerted by members of the public. Danny Mwale, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement that police have since launched an investigation into the matter while all the 27 bodies have been deposited in the mortuary at the University Teaching Hospital, Xinhua news agency reported.
5 killed in flats explosion on Britain's island of Jersey
"The number of Islanders confirmed to have been killed in the blast is now 5. There are a number of residents, we're working on the assumption of 4, that are unaccounted for," the States of Jersey Police tweeted on Sunday. The police said in a tweet hours earlier that the search and rescue operation has been moved to "a recovery operation," hinting that there won't be any more survivors, Xinhua news agency reported.
India sole country to abstain on UNSC resolution that could potentially divert aid to JeM, LeT
The resolution adopted on Friday with the support of all the other 14 members exempts the provision of what it calls "humanitarian assistance" from UN sanctions imposed on terrorist groups for two years. After abstaining, India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj called the move a "mockery" of the UN sanctions on terrorist groups and warned.
There will be no foreign investment if Pakistan defaults: Imran Khan
Addressing a press conference Sunday, Khan said the "gang of thieves" has properties in foreign countries worth billions of dollars, hence they do not care about the economic collapse of the country, Geo News reported. He added that the US dollar will further shoot up and there would be no foreign investment "if Pakistan defaults", the report said.
Five killed as Afghan security forces open fire on Pakistani civilians near Chaman border
The injured people and bodies have been moved to the hospital. The police and Rangers have cordoned off the area, Samaa TV reported. Pakistan reported on Saturday that its counterterrorism forces had intercepted 4 ISKP militants close to the Afghan border in an isolated mountainous region and killed them, Khaama Press reported.
Huge human toll is feared as zero-Covid controls dismantled in China
The leadership's abrupt U-turn on how it handles the pandemic appears to have been triggered by protests against controls that began last month, a nationwide show of discontent on a scale China had not seen in decades, The Guardian reported. Nearly one in five young people in cities are unemployed. Small and medium businesses have been particularly badly hit by the uncertainty, and the impact of unpredictable and often long-lasting shutdowns of entire cities.
Ukraine war: Two killed in Russian strikes in Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast Military head Yaroslav Yanushevych on Telegram posted that Russia shelled Kherson Oblast 45 times and fired artillery, MLRS, tanks and mortars, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The Russian shells hit the maternity ward of a hospital, an infrastructure facility, a cafe as well as private and apartment buildings.
Shehbaz Sharif's son Suleman returns to Pakistan after four years of self-exile
His return comes days after the Islamabad High Court barred the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and NAB from arresting him in an assets-beyond-means reference, while hearing his petition for protective bail that would enable him to surrender before a trial court. Suleman had been in London with his family since 2018 when the National Accountability Bureau (FIA) registered multiple cases against him ahead of the general election and he left Pakistan after appearing in a few hearings, Dawn reported.
Stockholm hosts Nobel Prize award ceremony 2022
This year's laureates received their awards in the Concert Hall on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. This year's laureates include: Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger (physics); Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal (chemistry); Svante Paabo (physiology or medicine); Annie Ernaux (literature); and Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig (economics).
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