Canada Shooting News Live Updates: Two dead after all-night shooting rampage in Vancouver, Canada – The Economic Times
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China reports 976 new COVID cases for July 25 vs 800 day earlier
- China reported 976 new coronavirus cases for July 25, of which 148 were symptomatic and 828 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
- That compared with 800 new cases a day earlier – 150 symptomatic and 650 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
- There were no new deaths, leaving the nation’s fatalities at 5,226.
- China’s capital Beijing reported no new local cases, compared with one symptomatic case the previous day, the local government said.
Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: local media
Japan executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008
Two dead after all-night shooting rampage in Vancouver, Canada
- A gunman who roamed for hours through a sleeping Vancouver suburb shot four people early Monday, two of them fatally, as he opened fire at a casino, a center for the homeless and other locations before being killed by police, authorities said.
- The attacks began in the wee hours in the bedroom community of Langley and continued until dawn
- The first shooting occurred at midnight (Canada time) at the casino, with more shootings at 3 a.m., 5 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. — including at a residential complex that provides support for people who are transitioning out of homelessness.
- The other shooting scenes were a bus stop and a highway, police said.
Zelenskyy denounces Russia’s “overt gas war” against Europe
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday denounced Russia’s “overt gas war” against Europe and urged them to boost sanctions against Moscow.
- “Even despite the concession regarding the Nord Stream turbine, Russia is not going to resume gas supplies to European countries, as it is contractually obligated to do. All this is done by Russia deliberately to make it as difficult as possible for Europeans to prepare for winter,” Zelenskyy said in an address.
- “This is an overt gas war that Russia is waging against a united Europe — this is exactly how it should be perceived,” he added.
- Meanwhile, Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom announced to cut daily gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline to 33 million cubic metres a day from Wednesday.
310 killed, 300 injured as heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan
- Nearly 310 people have been killed and 295 others injured in separate rain-related incidents in Pakistan since June 14 as heavy downpours continued to lash the country.
- A total of 175 women and children are among the deceased.
- The rains have partially or fully damaged nearly 8,979 houses along with 48 bridges and several shops across the country.
- Most of the damages and casualties were reported from the country’s southwestern Balochistan province.
China’s Alibaba to apply for primary listing in Hong Kong
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding said that it would apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong.
- The company expects the listing to be completed by the end of 2022, making it a dual primary listed company on HKEX and NYSE.
- In a statement, Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang said the company would pursue the dual listing to foster a “wider and more diversified investor base.”
Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; cop shot her
Authorities say a 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport before an officer shot and wounded her
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