Italy driver hijacks, torches school bus

Italian police on Wednesday rescued 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver, who doused the vehicle in petrol and set it alight apparently in protest at migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.

US negotiators to return to China next week: official

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will return to Beijing next week as the United States and China inch toward resolving their trade war, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

 

Trudeau offers election year budget treats

Canada's government doled out goodies for almost everyone in an election year budget on Tuesday that looks to brace a slowing economy and sagging support for Justin Trudeau's Liberals.

 

DR Congo train derailment kills 24

At least 24 people were killed and 31 injured on Sunday when a freight train carrying stowaways derailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police and medical services said.

40 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings

Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 40 dead on Friday, with one gunman - identified as an Australian extremist -- apparently livestreaming the assault that triggered the lockdown of the New Zealand city.

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