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Police officers working at the scene, after a car hit people sitting on the terrace of a Paris cafe, on July 17.
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Car hits Paris cafe terrace, one dead, several seriously hurt
A motorist ploughed a car into a cafe terrace in Olympic host city Paris on the evening of July 17, killing one person and seriously injuring several others in a suspected accident, officials told AFP.
The incident happened less than 10 days before the start of the Olympic Games in the French capital.
A source in the state prosecution service who asked not to be named said police later arrested the driver and detained him on suspicion of manslaughter.
A police source earlier said the driver had fled the scene in northern Paris, while a passenger from the vehicle was detained.
China halts nuclear-arms-control talks with US over Taiwan
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China has halted nascent nuclear-arms-control talks with the US, its foreign ministry said on July 17, in a protest over Washington’s arms sales to the democratically governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeman Lin Jian said repeated US arms sales to Taiwan in recent months had “seriously compromised the political atmosphere for continuing the arms-control consultations.”
“Consequently, the Chinese side has decided to hold off discussion with the US on a new round of consultations on arms control and non-proliferation. The responsibility fully lies with the US,” Mr Lin told a regular news briefing in Beijing.
At least 6 killed, 30 rescued in China shopping mall fire
A fire at a shopping centre in south-western China killed at least six people on July 17, state media reported, with 30 others rescued from the blaze.
“Six people have been killed at the moment. The rescue teams are continuing search and rescue,” state broadcaster CCTV said.
Footage broadcast by the channel and shared on social media showed thick black smoke rising from a building in Zigong city in Sichuan province.
Wave of burglaries using acid hits Swedish capital
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The Swedish police said on July 17 that they were investigating if an outbreak of burglaries in Stockholm, where criminals melted locks using nitric acid, had connections to similar crimes in other European nations.
Since May 20, the Stockholm police have registered 49 burglaries using acid to melt locks, police spokesman Ola Osterling told AFP.
He added that there were no suspects and prior to these cases there was “not a single one in all of Sweden that we are aware of”.
Shogun, The Bear top Emmy award nominations
Historical drama Shogun, the sweeping story of a struggle for power in feudal Japan, racked up 25 nominations on July 17 to lead this year’s contenders for television’s Emmy Awards.
The first season of the FX network series will compete for best drama - the top Emmy trophy - with the final installment of Netflix’s British royal saga The Crown and The Morning Show from Apple TV+, among others.
Another FX show, nail-biting restaurant tale The Bear, earned 23 nominations, a record for a comedy.
