Shots were fired in Linz in Austria on Thursday. A police spokesman told the Reuters news agency that three people had been killed and the weapon used had been recovered by law enforcement. National public broadcaster ORF reported a large police presence in the Klausenbachstrasse area in the north of the city.
The European Commission has moved to block EU funding for Chinese-made solar technology over fears it could pose a security threat to Europe's power grid and even cause major blackouts.
US President Donald Trump didn't like Chancellor Friedrich Merz's latest statements on the Iran war, that much was clear from Trump's recent rant on Truth Social, where he claimed the German leader "doesn't know what he's talking about!" So what happened?
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