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SOUTH KOREA

1 killed, 3 injured in stabbing rampage

One person was killed and three more wounded when a man went on a "stabbing rampage" near a subway station in the South Korean capital Seoul on Friday, police said. The attack took place near the Sillim subway station in southwestern Seoul, police said, adding that the suspect had been detained by officers at the scene. "The suspect is a man in his 30s and he did not look intoxicated. We are questioning him as to the motive of his crime," they said.

UNITED KINGDOM

Bank CEO apologizes for account closure

The chief executive of UK bank NatWest Group apologized on Thursday to politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank account was shut down because the banking group didn't agree with his political views. Farage, a talk show presenter and former leader of the pro-Brexit UK Independence Party, said his account with the prestigious private bank Coutts, owned by Nat-West Group, was closed down unfairly, sharing documents he obtained from the bank with Mail Online. Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest Group, wrote to Farage to apologize for "deeply inappropriate comments" made about him in the documents and said the bank has offered him alternative banking arrangements.

CANADA

Wildfire-fighting death toll rises to 3

A helicopter pilot was killed in a crash on Wednesday night, the third death in recent days involving wildfire-fighting operations in Canada, local media reported on Thursday. Police confirmed to the media that the pilot, a 41-year-old man who was helping fight fires in northern Alberta, died from injuries he sustained in the crash, despite lifesaving efforts by forestry workers who arrived at the site first. Last week, firefighter Devyn Gale died after a tree fell on her near Revelstoke, British Columbia. Adam Yeadon died on Saturday while fighting a wildfire near his home in Fort Liard, the Northwest Territories. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said on Thursday that there were 887 active wildfires nationwide and the number of out-of-control wildfires was 549.

Agencies - Xinhua