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Ralph Yarl, Payton Washington and Kaylin Gillis. AP  

The shooting of Ralph Yarl Several firearms attacks shake the USA: "People shoot first and ask questions afterwards"  

The United States is rocked by a series of shootings in which people have been shot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, NBC News reports. 

In recent days, American media have reported on at least four cases where young people have been shot. 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot in the head when he rang the wrong doorbell in Missouri, 18-year-old Payton Washington and her friend were shot when she got into the wrong car in Texas, and six-year-old Kinsley White and her parents were shot while picking up a basketball in a garden in North Carolina. All survived the attack, but 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis was shot to death when she turned into the wrong driveway in New York. 

- The truth is that we live in a country where people to a greater extent shoot first and ask questions later, says John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for stricter gun laws. 

The storm. Thibault Camus / AP  

The French pension protests 

Paris Stock Exchange premises stormed in anger against pension reform  

On Thursday, protesters stormed the entrance hall of the exchange operator Euronext in Paris, reports Bloomberg.  

The background to the campaign is President Macron's decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Several companies considered symbols of capitalism have been subjected to similar storms, including the luxury conglomerate LVMH and the capital giant Blackrock. 

Euronext states in a statement that the protests had no impact on operations or stock exchange trading.  

Aircraft at France's Charles de Gaulle Airport Charles Platiau / REUTERS  

The IT threat from Russia  

Europe's air traffic control vulnerable to Russian cyber attack  

Europe's air traffic control organization Eurocontrol is the target of a cyber attack by a pro-Russian hacker group, the Wall Street Journal reports. 

Eurocontrol states that air traffic is not in danger, but that the authority's communications and website are exposed. 

- We are severely exposed and even if the business is completely safe, it is difficult to do anything else right now, says a source to the newspaper.  

The attack has been ongoing since Wednesday. Eurocontrol controls parts of air traffic in Europe. The organization has 41 member countries, including the 28 EU countries.  

The bubbles from the Nord Stream. AP  

The Nord Stream leak  

Restrictions at the leaks are lifted - no longer dangerous  

Denmark has lifted the restrictions for traveling near the Nord Stream leaks in the Baltic Sea, writes the Danish Maritime Authority in a press release. According to the authority, it is no longer dangerous for ships to navigate in the area.  

However, it is still not permitted to anchor, fish or carry out seabed work within one nautical mile of the leaks due to "underwater obstacles".  

It was in September last year that sabotage was issued against the gas pipelines. It is still unclear who is behind the sabotage.