WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has chosen David Malpass, undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, as the U.S. candidate for the next president of the World Bank.

Calling Malpass a "very extraordinary man," Trump said in a statement at the White House that he launched a "broad search for replacement" for Jim Yong Kim, the former World Bank chief who abruptly resigned in early January and stepped down Friday. (US-Trump-World Bank)

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YAOUNDE -- About 15 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday in Bole-Bakundu, a locality in Southwest, one of the two troubled English-speaking regions of Cameroon, local sources said.

"I personally counted 15 dead bodies, men and women. All of them were shot in the market. They were not armed," a local resident who asked not to be named told Xinhua. (Cameroon-Anglophone Region)

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OTTAWA -- Two men were shot dead in a restaurant in downtown Winnipeg of Canada early Wednesday, according to CTV.

The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday local time. When police arrived at the scene, they found two men with gunshot wounds, who were rushed to hospital, but later died. (Canada-Restaurant-Shooting)

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ISTANBUL -- An eight-storey apartment building collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday, leaving two dead and four others trapped under the rubble.

"Two people were killed and 6 others were rescued with injuries," the Istanbul governor's office said in a brief statement. (Turkey-Building Collapse) Enditem

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