A fatal shooting outside a Barcelona police station on one of the city’s busiest streets has triggered an active investigation, according to several local media reports. The attack took place at about 10am local time on Wednesday on Carrer de Balmes, which was 9am Irish time. The station at the centre of the investigation handles passports and other identity documents. Catalan news outlet Diari de Catalunya said police identified the victim as a middle-aged man. A short distance from the scene, authorities later found what…

A long-awaited link between the US and Canada has hit an unexpected pause: the two countries have agreed to delay the opening of the new $4.7 billion bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, just days before it was due to welcome traffic, after US President Donald Trump earlier this year threatened to block the crossing. Invitations reviewed by Reuters showed a formal ribbon-cutting for the Gordie Howe International Bridge had been scheduled for today. "Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening of the…

A draft memorandum aimed at stopping the Gulf war appears to hand Tehran many of the gains it has long sought, according to Western, Pakistani and Iranian sources — a prospect that quickly drew fire from US President Donald Trump, who dismissed the reports as wrong. Reuters reviewed multiple versions and descriptions of the ⁠memorandum from Western officials, Pakistani mediators and senior Iranian sources. Iranian media also carried accounts of the proposal. All of the sources cautioned that the text remains unfinished. A…

A Spanish lottery vendor has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence after a court found he cheated the winner of a €4.7 million jackpot out of the prize in 2012, according to court documents. The court in A Coruña, in northwestern Spain, said the vendor understood the scale of the win when the customer asked him to check the numbers. Instead of telling the truth, however, he misled the ticket-holder and said that none of the numbers had matched. Judges found that the vendor then attempted to claim the jackpot…

A second heavy prison sentence has landed on former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, this time over prosecutors’ claims that he sent drones into North Korea to help manufacture the crisis atmosphere that preceded his ill-fated 2024 martial law declaration. Special prosecutors said in April that Yoon had tried to "fabricate wartime conditions" through the drone flights, arguing that the operation compromised national security. The latest punishment follows an earlier life sentence imposed on Yoon for leading what the…

A possible opening in one of the world’s most volatile flashpoints emerged on Friday, with US President Donald Trump saying Washington and Tehran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Iran, however, quickly cautioned that no final decision had yet been made. If it goes ahead, the agreement would mark the biggest diplomatic advance so far toward ending the three-month-old war, a conflict that has killed thousands and driven global energy prices sharply higher.…

With fireworks crackling overhead and a forest of spires lit in waves of colour, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blessed a towering new addition to Barcelona's Sagrada Familia after celebrating mass inside the unfinished landmark, now the tallest church in the world. A fireworks and light display washed across the temple's exterior at the close of the ceremony, drenching the basilica in shifting hues and drawing the eye to its newly dominant silhouette. A 600-voice choir sang during the service, which lasted about 90 minutes and drew…

Britain’s political strains burst into the open when Defence Secretary John Healey resigned after a fierce row over military funding, charging that Prime Minister Keir Starmer had failed to back the country’s security needs at a moment of growing danger. The surprise departure, delivered alongside a sharply critical public letter, adds to the pressure bearing down on Mr Starmer as he confronts the prospect of a leadership challenge. It also lays bare the government’s central dilemma: how to increase defence spending when the…

People tend to drift left without even realizing it, according to an international study that found a consistent human habit of turning anti-clockwise while walking. Researchers say the pattern shows up in enclosed settings including supermarkets, museums and empty rooms, where people appear to favor moving leftward as they navigate space. The first round of research took place in Spain, where the behavior was initially suspected to reflect a cultural trait. But when researchers in Japan repeated the experiment, they arrived…

With inflation climbing past 4% and political pressure mounting, US President Donald Trump struck a strikingly defiant note, telling reporters he “loved” inflation while again insisting prices would fall once the Iran war comes to an end. Pressed on fresh US government figures showing consumer inflation in May rose at its fastest rate in three years — and asked whether that surge could hurt his fellow Republicans only months before November’s midterm election — Mr Trump replied: “I love the inflation.” The president went on…