The man that the authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died on Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of a two-day manhunt, authorities said. The Paris prosecutor's office identified the man killed in the eastern French city as 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt, a Strasbourg-born man with a long history of convictions for various crimes, including robberies. Five people have been arrested in connection with the investigation.
WASHINGTON - US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Thursday rolled out the US government's new Africa strategy, which threatens to put an end to the nation's support for UN peacekeeping missions on the continent.
MOSCOW - In her workshop in a Moscow attic, Maria Andrianova is using a sewing technique she learned from elderly women in the forested Karelia region of northwestern Russia.
Theresa May is to continue as British prime minister after surviving a vote of no confidence in her leadership from members of her own Conservative Party.
ANKARA - A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, officials said.
LOS ANGELES - Insurance claims from the recent spate of US California wildfires, including one ranked as the most deadly and destructive in state history, have topped $9 billion and are expected to grow, the state insurance commissioner reported on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for political compromises and sacrifices as the negotiations to finalize implementation guidelines for the Paris agreement near an end and "key political issues remain unresolved".
The countries that make up the BASIC bloc said they are confident of a positive result and vowed to exercise flexibility to help finalize the Paris climate change agreement.
Despite pleas from his lawyers for leniency, Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for crimes including orchestrating hush payments to women in violation of campaign laws before the 2016 election and financial wrongdoing.
German specialty chemicals company Lanxess said it is strengthening its presence in the growth market of Asia, with the largest share of its investment going to China.
Lanxess is paying close attention to its social responsibility as it seeks sustainable development in China.
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