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ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Two people were fatally shot and a person believed to be the shooter died at a grocery store Monday in northern Indiana. Two police officers were injured in the shooting late Monday afternoon at Martin’s Super Market, Elkhart Police Department spokesperson Jessica McBrier said during a media briefing.She said two people were pronounced dead inside the store and that the two officers “sustained gunfire,” and were in stable condition at a hospital, she said.She said police were interviewing witnesses and that there was no danger to the public. No further information was immediately released.“It’s a sad…

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko to serve his seventh five-year presidential term. The 70-year-old leader began his iron-fisted rule in 1994. He received nearly 87% of the ballots cast in Sunday’s election in the Eastern European country, according to the Belarus Central Election Commission. His victory was not surprising as he has imprisoned many of his opponents, while others have fled abroad to live in exile. Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya labeled Lukashenko’s successful reelection as “sheer nonsense.” Before Sunday’s vote, she had encouraged voters to cross out every candidate’s name on the…

Arbitrary arrests and reprisal violence in Bangladesh underscore the need for lasting reforms after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian government was ousted by mass protests in August 2024.The interim government’s hard-won progress could all be lost if it does not create swift and structural reforms that can withstand any repression by future governments.The interim government should bring a consensus resolution at the Human Rights Council session in March to ensure continued UN monitoring and reporting to support the reform process, and donor governments should emphasize core structural reforms.(Dhaka) – An interim government has embarked upon much-needed institutional change and accountability…

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — They walked for hours loaded with whatever clothes, food and blankets they could carry. Many smiled, some hugged loved ones they hadn’t seen for months. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians filled Gaza’s main coastal road as they streamed back to homes in the north.The mood was joyous, even though many knew their homes had been destroyed in Israeli offensives against Hamas that leveled large parts of Gaza City and the surrounding north.The important thing was to go back, they said, to prevent what many had feared would be a permanent expulsion from their homes.…

BELGRADE, SERBIA —  Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people. Serbian farmers on tractors and thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption. A campaign of street demonstrations has posed the biggest challenge in years to the populist government’s firm grip on power in Serbia. Serbia’s…

As an executive producer and star of the new Hulu series “Paradise,” Sterling K. Brown put the hours of TV he watches to good use and cast actors he admires.“I got a chance to hire people that I am a fan of,” said Brown in a recent interview. “I remember meeting Julianne Nicholson at the Emmys the year that she won for ‘Mare of Easttown.’ I was so geeked out that I got a chance to be in the same room with her … Now I get to be on a show with her.”Brown is known for his role as…

Mikkel Larsen, former CEO of Climate Impact X (CIX), died last week at the age of 50. He was a leading figure in the global carbon markets, known for his work in shaping the voluntary carbon market with a focus on transparency, integrity, and high-quality standards for carbon trading projects.Larsen’s career spanned major roles at KPMG, Citigroup, and UBS before becoming Group Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS Bank in Singapore, where he integrated sustainability into financial policies, phased out coal lending, and established the bank as a leader in sustainable financial reporting.Beyond corporate roles, Larsen was involved in numerous…

GOMA, CONGO —  Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents of Rwanda and Congo have agreed to attend a meeting Wednesday to discuss developments in eastern Congo, where M23 rebels say they have seized control of Goma on the Congo-Rwandan border. “We are all in agreement that now more than ever it is an existential issue, not just for the people of eastern DRC, but for this region,” Ruto said during a press briefing, referring to the Democratic Republic of Congo, also called Congo. “The situation in eastern DRC now demands our collective focus.” The apparent takeover of…

A rhesus macaque looks on from the quarantine room of a future animal shelter in Nogent-le-Phaye near Chartres, France, in 2019. Jean-Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jean-Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images The last of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility late last year have been recovered, according to the local police department, putting an end to a dramatic saga that launched a small town into the national spotlight. The female rhesus macaques made their escape from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee, S.C., in early November, surviving an uncharacteristically…

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Neil Gaiman’s publishers has dropped him as the British author faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment. And his name is not on the website of the agency which has for years handled his speaking appearances.Dark Horse Comics announced on X last weekend that it would no longer release its illustrated series based on Gaiman’s novel, “Anansi Boys.” The seventh of eight planned editions came out earlier this month.“Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works,” reads the statement from Dark Horse, which still…