SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un overhauled his senior military leadership, appointing Kim Song-gi as defense minister and restoring veteran strategist Pak Jong-chon as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, state media outlet KCNA reported on Sunday.  Kim Song-gi, previously the director of the military’s political bureau, replaces No Kwang-chol, who was reassigned to a senior role within the powerful Munitions Industry Department. 

 

 *** 

OTTAWA (AP) - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada’s shoreline with the message: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” The U.S. president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America and has shared a series of AI-generated videos about the lake that straddles both countries. “Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario. Long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario,” Ford said. The war of words was triggered after trade talks collapsed, with the U.S. imposing new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) of Canadian goods. Canada will implement “dollar for dollar” counter-tariffs next month.

 

*** 

BERN (AFP) - A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau killed one person and left five injured early Sunday, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for a suspect. “The search for the unknown perpetrator is ongoing,” police wrote on X. “Possible motives and the exact circumstances of the crime remain unclear.” Cantonal police wrote on X that one person was killed and five injured – some seriously – by a shooting at the event in the canton’s capital Aarau, 46 kilometres (29 miles) west of Zurich. Police spokesperson Pascal Wenzel told Swiss public broadcaster SRF that police were alerted around 2:30am to the shooting.

 

*** 

NICOSIA (Reuters) - At least seven people died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull. The privately owned ferry left the port of Kyrenia at 12:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) and immediately started taking on water for an unknown reason, authorities said. It was heading for the Turkish port of Tasucu in Mersin province in the eastern Mediterranean. Get a look at the day ahead in European and global markets with the Morning Bid Europe newsletter. The disaster occurred just off the coast of Kyrenia, a popular holiday resort for both locals and tourists. The ferry involved, a catamaran, was one of several shuttle sea services that link North Cyprus with Turkey daily.Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said 237 people had been rescued alive, while seven people had died and 23 people were still being sought.

 

*** 

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts. It was the culmination of nearly 24 hours of unrest that appeared to be staged by young soldiers aggrieved over the worsening militant violence under the country’s military junta. Russia’s Africa Corps provided aerial and ground support to local forces to resist the rebellion, according to analysts and diplomats.