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A motorway bridge which collapsed on Tuesday near the northern Italian port city of Genoa is seen in this still image taken from a video released by Italian firefighters on Tuesday. — Reuters

August 15, 2018

Italy bridge operator in spotlight as collapse death toll rises to 39

GENOA, Italy — Rescuers hunted for survivors among huge chunks of debris on Wednesday after a bridge collapse that killed 39, as furious government ministers rounded on the viaduct’s operator, saying it should pay fines and compensation and lose its concession.The 50-year-old bridge, part of a toll motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France, collapsed during torrential rain on Tuesday, sending dozens of vehicles crashing onto a ...

A cyclist waits at traffic lights outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on Wednesday close to the scene of a suspected terror attack on Tuesday. — AFP

August 15, 2018

Man arrested after suspected UK parliament attack named

LONDON — A man detained on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack outside Britain’s parliament is Saleh Khater, a British citizen of Sudanese origin, a European security source said on Wednesday.Police believe a car was deliberately driven into pedestrians and cyclists injuring three people before ramming a security barrier outside parliament during the rush hour on Tuesday morning.The 29-year-old driver was arrested at the scene and officers are currently ...

Migrants sit in the bus after disembarking from the humanitarian ship Aquarius at Boiler Wharf in Senglea, in Valletta’s Grand Harbour, Malta, on Wednesday. — Reuters

August 15, 2018

Aquarius ship arrives in Malta after migrant-sharing deal

VALLETTA — The Aquarius rescue ship arrived in Malta on Wednesday after EU countries thrashed out a deal to take in the 141 migrants onboard, defusing another diplomatic standoff in the Mediterranean.The ship reached the Maltese port of Valletta shortly after 2 p.m. (1200 GMT), according to a reporter there.The Aquarius had rescued the migrants off the coast of Libya in two separate missions last Friday, only for Italy and ...

Police forensics officers work around a silver Ford Fiesta car that was driven into a barrier at the Houses of Parliament in central London on Tuesday. — AFP

August 14, 2018

Car hits pedestrians at UK parliament in suspected terrorist attack

LONDON — A man deliberately drove a car into London pedestrians and cyclists on Tuesday before ramming it into barriers outside Britain’s parliament in what police said appeared to be the second terrorist attack at the building in just under 18 months.Three people were injured. The driver, a 29-year-old British citizen, was arrested by armed officers moments later. He was not cooperating with detectives, the British police counterterrorism chief said.“Given ...

A woman rests in a public garden next to the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. — Reuters

August 14, 2018

Vienna world’s most liveable city

London — Austria’s capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the “world’s most liveable city” in a new annual survey released Monday, ending the southern Australian city’s seven-year reign.It is the first time a European metropolis has topped the annual chart compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit which identifies the best urban playgrounds to live and work in.Each year 140 cities are given scores out of 100 on a ...

August 14, 2018

Four injured, one seriously, in French knife rampage

PARIS — An Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested after launching a drunken and frenzied knife attack in the sleepy southwestern French town of Perigueux, injuring four people including one seriously, police said on Tuesday.The incident began on Monday evening with the 19-year-old man, who was known to have psychological problems according to local authorities, lashing out at cars outside his home.The head of the ambulance service for the area, Jean-Jacques Girard, ...

August 14, 2018

Italy motorway bridge collapses in heavy rains, killing dozens

GENOA, Italy — At least 35 people were killed when a motorway bridge collapsed in torrential rains on Tuesday morning over buildings in the northern Italian port city of Genoa, Italy’s ANSA news agency cited fire brigade sources as saying.A 50-metre high section of the bridge, including one set of the supports that tower above it, crashed down in the rain onto the roof of a factory and other buildings, ...

Police forensics officers work at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on Tuesday, where a car was driven into the barriers. — AFP

August 14, 2018

Driver held for terror offenses after cyclists hit outside UK parliament

LONDON — British police arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism offenses on Tuesday after he drove a car through a group of cyclists and into security barriers outside parliament, injuring three people.London’s Metropolitan Police said the incident, which appeared to be the second attack on parliament in just under 18 months, was being treated as a terrorism incident.Police said a silver Ford Fiesta collided with a number of cyclists ...

Burned cars are pictured at Froelunda Square in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Tuesday. — AFP

August 14, 2018

Masked vandals torch dozens of cars in Sweden

STOCKHOLM — Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said on Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election.Most of the cars were burned at around 20 locations in Sweden’s second largest city of Gothenburg late Monday.Authorities said no suspects have been arrested so far and no motive has been established.But police said they had ...

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa on Tuesday. — Reuters

August 14, 2018

Dozens feared dead as Italy motorway bridge collapses

ROME — A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday over the northern Italian port city of Genoa, killing dozens of people according to the local ambulance service, in what the transport minister said was likely to be “an immense tragedy”.The local fire brigade said the bridge collapsed at around 11:30 a.m. (0930 GMT) during torrential rainfall. Television showed images of the collapsed section of the bridge, built on the A10 toll ...