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LAFAYETTE, La., (Reuters) – A 59-year-old man who had been committed to a hospital for psychiatric care was identified by authorities yesterday as the gunman who fatally shot two people in a rampage at a movie theater in central Louisiana before turning the gun on himself as police closed in.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light yesterday from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday called Burundi’s election “deeply flawed” and urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold a “meaningful, serious” dialogue with the central African country’s opposition, the State Department said in a statement.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Japanese media group Nikkei has agreed to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson for $1.3 billion, putting one of the world’s premier business newspapers in the hands of a company influential at home but little known outside Japan.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father’s homeland yesterday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) – A planet believed to be remarkably similar to Earth has been discovered orbiting a distant sun-like star, bolstering hopes of finding life elsewhere in the universe, U.S.

(Reuters) – A 58-year-old gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, last evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life, police said.

MEDAWACHCHIYA, Sri Lanka, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – S ri Lanka plans to store and use a billion cubic metres of rainwater per year, which would otherwise drain into the sea, in an ambitious effort to boost irrigation and power production.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A United Nations watchdog urged Canada yesterday to investigate alleged human rights abuses by its mining companies abroad and launch an inquiry into the high number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran’s pragmatist government tried yesterday to sell its nuclear agreement with world powers to hardliners at home, just as a U.S.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundi’s leading opposition politician called on President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold talks with rivals and form a national unity government after a disputed election, saying it could help avert a new conflict in the poor African nation.

YANGON, (Reuters) – China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Myanmar after a court in the southeast Asian nation sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for illegal logging.

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – Even as immigration remains a hot topic in the U.S.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras contained a rebellion in his left-wing Syriza party to win parliamentary approval yesterday for a second package of reforms required to start talks on a financial rescue deal.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Global health experts called yesterday for the creation of a $2 billion vaccine development fund to feed a pipeline of potential new shots against priority killer diseases like Ebola, MERS and the West Nile virus.

(Reuters) – Campbell Soup Co said it would stop adding monosodium glutamate (MSG) to its condensed soups for children and increase its organic offerings as part of a broader strategy to cater to changing consumer tastes.

NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – Gold edged higher yesterday, the day after it took its deepest dive in years and hit five-year lows, with many dealers bracing for more losses on expectations for a rise in U.S.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – A policeman and an opposition official died in violence at the start of Burundi’s presidential election yesterday, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, which has been struggling to launch a London IPO, can kiss goodbye plans for a listing this year, banking sources said yesterday, as hackers threatened to publish names and salacious details about its clients unless the website shuts itself down.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Portugal’s prosecutor general has ordered investigators to look into a request from Brazilian authorities for help with a probe into a scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.