06 March 2025
The US Army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in a shooting in the US city of Lewiston in Maine this week is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, US media reported on Saturday.
Robert Card, 40, was found dead in the woods near Lisbon, some 8 miles from Lewiston, where Wednesday’s shooting happened, multiple sources tell CNN.
Former President Donald Trump clashed with his ex-attorney Michael Cohen during a high-stakes civil fraud trial in New York. The courtroom drama unfolded as Cohen testified for a second day in New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million lawsuit alleging fraudulent inflation of Trump's asset values.
Trump did not mince words, branding Cohen a "total sleazebag" for his role in the trial. The lawsuit centers on claims that Trump artificially inflated asset and property values in financial statements over the years, leading to financial deception.
India suspended visa issuances to Canadians in a tit-for-tat move last month amid diplomatic tensions with Canada over Justin Trudeau's remark linking India to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Speaking about the resumption of visa issuances to Canadians, India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma said it is not imminent.
China has removed its missing defence minister General Li Shangfu from his ministerial position and as state councillor, Chinese state media said on Tuesday, in the country’s second, and rare, top leadership shake-up in three months.
Besides sacking Li, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, also voted to remove former foreign minister Qin Gang from his position as state councillor, the reports said. The Chinese government is yet to name Li’s successor.
At least 20 people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a freight train hit a passenger train in Bangladesh's northeastern Kishoreganj district, officials said. The accident took place when the freight train headed towards Chattogram hit the rear coaches of the Dhaka-bound Egarosindur Godhuli Express around 3.30 pm (local time) in Bhairab area of Kishoreganj district,some 60 kilometres of the capital Dhaka, Bhairab Railway Police Station duty officer Sirajul Islam told the media.
