Aug 21 (Reuters) - Top trade negotiators from Canada and the U.S. will meet for a third day in Washington on Friday in a bid to finalize a trade deal before new American tariffs due to come into effect on Saturday.
Canada's minister responsible for trade with the U.S., Dominic LeBlanc, is due to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at 10:30 p.m. EDT (1430 GMT), LeBlanc's office said in a statement.
LeBlanc met Greer for... (continue reading...)
STOCKHOLM, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Several people were injured on Friday at a Swedish school by a person armed with a sword, the Fagersta municipality in central Sweden said in a statement.
"A call was received regarding a case of ongoing deadly violence at a school in Fagersta. Police have responded to the scene and one person has been taken into custody," the police said in a statement.
"Police are continuing to work at the scene... (continue reading...)
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nearly 1.9 million children in Somalia are expected to be malnourished this year, with the country seeing a 32% jump in the number of children admitted to facilities with severe acute malnutrition and complications, UNICEF said on Friday.
So far, 205 health and nutrition facilities have closed after unprecedented cuts to humanitarian aid, the United Nations children's agency said in comments delivered via video call by its... (continue reading...)
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli man guarding a group of Jewish settlers who walked onto Palestinian village land on Friday opened fire towards Palestinians who confronted them, killing a 17-year-old and wounding a 70-year-old man, officials said.
The incident in the occupied West Bank village of Sa'ir followed the latest in what the Israeli military describes as "unauthorized hikes" by settlers, who enter the outskirts of... (continue reading...)
By Matthias Williams
Aug 21 (Reuters) - More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.
Speaking on a video call from the northeastern Congolese city of Bunia, Harneis called for more aid, saying an existing pool of funds is set to run out within weeks.
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