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Gun firing
New Zealand police were hunting "an active shooter" in thecentre of Christchurch city on Fridayafter a gunman opened fire at a mosque inflicting several casualties.
Bangladesh'scricket team escaped unscathedafter a deadly shooting at a mosque in New Zealand, an official told AFP on Friday. Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus said most of the team were bussed to the mosque in Christchurch and were about to go inside when the incident happened.
At least six people were killed and over 30 injured after a portion of a(CSMT) railway station in Mumbaicollapsed on Thursday evening. A big slab of the bridge came crashing down at around 7.20 pm due to which several pedestrians were injured.
US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it was suspending deliveries of its top-selling 737 MAX as French investigators took delivery of the black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 passengers and crew.
AllUS diplomatsremaining in Venezuela left the country on Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, amid apolitical crisisover the legitimacy of President Nicolas Maduro's 2018 re-election.