NewsTrump names Vance as VP pick, French soldier attacked in Paris
Trump names Vance as VP pick, French soldier attacked in Paris
It happened while you were asleep. Here’s what the world news agencies reported during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
- In Paris, during a patrol as part of the anti-terrorist operation Sentinelle, a French soldier was attacked and wounded by a knife-wielding assailant. According to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, the soldier’s injuries are not life-threatening. The attacker was arrested.
- Donald Trump announced Monday that the vice-presidential candidate is Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio. The politician is a strong opponent of providing aid to Ukraine.
- The presidential and parliamentary elections in Rwanda lasted eight hours. It is expected that the current president, Paul Kagame, will win the former, which would be his fourth term, and in the latter, the presidential party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), is expected to prevail.
- Two Mexican citizens died in a crash involving a Cessna light aircraft belonging to one of the drug cartels, which occurred in the Portuguesa State in north-western Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- The influential sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un threatened that South Korea would face consequences after supposedly finding more balloons with bags containing brochures with propaganda against the Pyongyang government, reported the North Korean KCNA agency on Tuesday.
