(Reuters) - A student shot a police officer to death at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on Monday, and the campus was placed on lockdown before the suspect was arrested, officials said. Texas Tech police went to check on the welfare of the student earlier on Monday and, after...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s parliament approved contentious taxes needed to finance a public sector pay rise on Monday and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri warned the alternative was a collapse of the Lebanese pound in six months. “Without taxes it would have been better in popular...
US-backed fighters say they are nearing the "final week" of their assault to drive Daesh (ISIS) from their one-time Syrian bastion Raqqa, as the extremists' self-described caliphate crumbles. Losing Raqqa would be only the latest in a series of crushing defeats for the extremist group,...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Struggling mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson proposed Ronnie Leten, former CEO at Atlas Copco, as its new chairman, it said on Monday. “Mr Leten is a very skilled businessman, technically savvy and strategically versatile,” Johan Forssell, chairman of the...
