A man with psychiatric problems fatally stabbed his mother and sister and seriously wounded a third person on Thursday (August 23) in the Paris suburb of Trappes, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said.

Ghana journalist who had investigated corruption in football leagues shot dead.

Authorities have raided the Austrian Identitarian Movement leader Martin Sellner's Vienna apartment. His group received a larger-than-usual donation from a email address linked to the suspected Christchurch terrorist.

A media report that Hamburg footballer Bakary Jatta is playing under a false name has sparked investigations by the DFB (German FA) and city authorities. The report claims there are also doubts about Jatta's age.

French papers react with resignation to the 9pm curfew announced by the government. As protests over police brutality continue in Nigeria, an op-ed in the Daily Trust argues that the Nigerian police force is a vestige of colonial rule that must be fully reformed. In the US, Facebook and Twitter are under scrutiny for anti-conservative bias after the companies limited access to a disputed New York Post story about Joe Biden's son. And a public service announcement featuring an elderly woman holding up her middle finger gets pulled in Berlin, but only after making its point!

The daily New York Post can once again use their Twitter account, the platform said after blocking them over a story on Joe Biden's son. Senate lawmakers had accused Twitter of censorship during a high-profile hearing.

Hunter Biden said he is under investigation for potential tax violations. The president-elect's son has been a frequent target of Donald Trump and Republicans during the presidential election campaign.

Delayed vaccines, oxygen shortages, ineffective COVID treatments. In Brazil, a commission is investigating what role President Jair Bolsonaro's government played in one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world.

Authorities are looking into claims a company has been charging the government for hundreds of rapid COVID tests it has not carried out. Widespread free testing for the public is key to Germany's plan for reopening.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced he is appointing a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe. The development elevates the investigation of the president's son ahead of the 2024 election.

Federal prosecutors are looking to indict President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, before the end of the month. The indictment could serve a blow to Biden's presidential campaign.