About 10 killed in what officials say is Sweden’s worst mass shooting

(AP) — About 10 people including the gunman have been killed at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s “worst mass shooting.” But a final death toll, a conclusive number of wounded and a motive hadn’t yet been determined hours later. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson gave a news conference in Stockholm in the aftermath of Tuesday’s tragedy on the outskirts of Orebro. The city is located about 200 kilometers or 125 miles west of Stockholm. The school serves students over age 20. Primary and upper secondary school courses are offered as well as Swedish classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities.

China counters with tariffs on US products

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect. This isn’t the first round of tit-for-tat actions between the two countries. China and the U.S. engaged in a trade war in 2018 when Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods and China responded in kind. Analysts say China is much better prepared to counter this time around, but also wary about taking steps that could upset its own fragile and heavily trade-dependent economy.

US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine’s wartime help for frontline evacuees

PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze for 90 days the humanitarian aid that the United States provides to countries overseas is being felt in places far from Washington. In eastern Ukraine, a concert hall requisitioned as a shelter houses people driven from their homes by the almost three-year war with Russia. The center in the town of Pavlohrad costs the equivalent of $7,000 a month to run, and 60% of that was being covered by U.S. funds sent to help Ukraine. Its coordinator says the news was abrupt and unexpected,” and “we have no idea what the future holds.”

Trump says he’s exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countries

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed in the “most severe cases” to be incarcerated in other countries. His comments come one day after El Salvador offered to take them in, along with migrants in the U.S. illegally whom Trump is seeking to deport. Trump told reporters Tuesday in the Oval Office that, “If we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.” He said he doesn’t know if the U.S. can do that, but “we’re looking at that right now.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio reached an unusual agreement Monday with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for the Central American country to accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including American citizens and legal residents who are imprisoned for violent crimes.