Austria school shooter was an -lsquo;introvert- who led 'withdrawn life-, police say

Police described the 21-year-old man who carried out Austria&s worst school shooting as an introvert who had largely withdrawn from the outside world before carefully planning the attack.

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US Defence Secretary says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions at a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday about his use of Signal chats to discuss military operations.

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Dispute over identity of 12 reported killed by Hamas police force in Gaza

A unit of Gaza's Hamas-run police force says it has killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed Palestinian militia after detaining them, but an Israel-supported aid group said the dead were its workers.

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Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment as protests spread across US

California will face off with the Trump administration in court on Thursday over the deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major cities to protest President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

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London-bound Air India plane crash: Survivor jumped out of emergency exit as more than 240 people killed

More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

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Dublin firefighter denied having sex with alleged rape victim in police interview, Boston trial told

A Dublin firefighter accused of rape denied during a police interview that he had sex with the alleged victim, a US court has been told.

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