Germany attack: far-right gunman kills 10 in Hanau
Police say suspect who killed nine people at two shisha bars then killed his mother and himself at home
A gunman has killed nine people in two apparently racially motivated shootings at shisha bars and one at his home in the German town of Hanau, police have said.
The suspect then killed himself, according to police, after also killing his mother at his home.
Investigators believe a racist motive was behind the attack, Peter Beuth, the interior minister for the state of Hessen, said.
‘Super-spreading event’ sparks panic as entire city told to stay at home after quarantine declared across Daegu
The mayor of Daegu, South Korea’s fourth largest city, has urged its 2.5 million population to refrain from going outside amid a spike in coronavirus cases within the region.
Kwon Young-jin said the city was facing “an unprecedented crisis”, with 49 reported patients traced to an infected individual who had attended a local church.
It comes as the Japanese government confirmed the death of two citizens, both in their 80s, who contracted the virus while aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship. More than 620 people onboard the ship – which was carrying 3,700 passengers – have tested positive for the condition.
Swiss prosecutor indicts Paris Saint-Germain boss in bribery case
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to World Cup television rights.
The office of Switzerland’s attorney general filed an indictment charging Al-Khelaifi with inciting former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke “to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.”
Valcke was charged with accepting bribes, “several counts of aggravated criminal mismanagement … and falsification of documents.”
A third person who was not identified was charged with bribery and also for inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.
Africa’s ‘national parks’ run for wealthy few
Who is the land for?
African Parks, a commercial company turned NGO, claims it is preserving Sub-Saharan environments by privatising wildlife reserves, running them with military discipline and keeping locals out, for the benefit of rich international tourists.
by Jean-Christophe Servant
‘The wonderful thing about being a park director is being among lions, like in Daktari’. said Jean-Pierre Wilhelm, who since June 2019 has run Pendjari National Park, a 4,800 sq km biosphere reserve of hills and savannah in northwest Benin. It is around 40km from the town of Tanguieta, along a route that passes cotton fields and smallholdings, and has been managed since May 2017 by the NGO African Parks (AP) under a contract with the Benin government.
Pendjari, named after its river, is the last refuge for elephants and lions in this sub-region and forms part of a huge protected area, the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex, which also includes Arly National Park in Burkina Faso and W National Park (named after the shape of a meander in the river Niger), which straddles Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin. AP’s CEO, Peter Fearnhead, says Pendjari is the ‘least degraded’ of the three; the others are state-run.
Australia's bushfire royal commission to focus on preparing for future emergencies, but not climate change policy
Updated 0711 GMT (1511 HKT) February 20, 2020
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a royal commission into the deadly bushfires that have devastated large parts of the country this summer.
The inquiry does not appear to focus specifically on the government's climate policy, concentrating instead on "practical action" to improve Australia's preparedness for natural disasters and future bushfire seasons as the climate becomes more extreme, according to the terms of reference released on Thursday.
"My priority is to keep Australians safe and to do that, we need to learn from the Black Summer bushfires how nationally we can work better with the states and territories to better protect and equip Australians for living in hotter, drier and longer summers," the Prime Minister said.
Fátima Aldrighett: Mexico police arrest suspects over girl's murder
Mexican police have arrested a couple suspected of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a seven-year-old girl whose body was found dumped in a bin bag.
Fátima Aldrighett disappeared after leaving school in Mexico City on 11 February. Her body was discovered with signs of abuse four days later.
On Wednesday, police detained a man and a woman after finding items at a house linking them to her disappearance.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the arrests in a tweet.
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