(Corrects headline to reflect police have no official estimate and text to indicate eyewitnesses' estimates.)
LAGOS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Armed men abducted several worshippers from a mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger state during Friday prayers, police said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping in a region plagued by violent gangs.
Police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers stormed Kpenya Mosque in the Dekara... (continue reading...)
KYIV, Aug 22 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had discussed Ukraine’s shortage of air defences with French President Emmanuel Macron, who promised to accelerate the delivery of new French equipment.
"We agreed to accelerate the delivery of the latest French equipment and missiles," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram app, without providing further details. "Thank you for confirming the readiness to provide licenses for... (continue reading...)
MAGDEBURG, Germany, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Several thousand people gathered for the annual pride parade in Saxony-Anhalt's capital Magdeburg on Saturday to show support for LGBT rights ahead of an election in the eastern German state that the far right Alternative for Germany is expected to win.
This year's Christopher Street Day celebration is taking place amid heightened security after last month's deadly vehicle attack on Berlin Pride.
... (continue reading...)By Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Swedish police are investigating whether an 18-year-old man who attacked students at a high school with a sword on Friday, killing one, was involved in online communities promoting school violence, a police source said.
The attacker struck at a school in the central Swedish town of Fagersta, also severely injuring two teenage boys before being arrested by police. The parents of a... (continue reading...)
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MONTREAL, Aug 22 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Donald Trump levied 50% tariffs on Canadian steel in June last year, a steel factory in Canada's mostly French-speaking province of Quebec lost about a third of its orders for bolts and fasteners in less than a week.
The factory owner - The Heico Companies - froze hiring, closed a plant in the region and laid off several dozen people, said David Jeannotte, an operations... (continue reading...)
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