New world news from Time: Hotel Wall Collapses, Killing at Least 15 During Wedding in Peru



(LIMA, Peru) — A hotel wall collapsed during a wedding celebration in Peru, killing at least 15 people on Sunday, authorities said.

National civil defense chief Jorge Chavez said dozens of people who had been dancing were caught under the collapsing wall and a roof early Sunday at the Alhambra hotel in the Andean city of Abancay in southern Peru. He told RPP radio that at least 30 people had been pulled from the debris with injuries and were being treated at a nearby hospital.

The local civil defense head, Rusby Zela, said the city had been battered by five days of rains, and she said that led to the collapse.

New world news from Time: Polish Mayor Dies of Stab Wounds After Attack at Charity Event



(WARSAW, Poland) — Poland’s health minister says that Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz has died from stab wounds a day after being attacked onstage by an ex-convict at a charity event.

Lukasz Szumowski said Monday that the doctors who were fighting to save Adamowicz’s life informed him the mayor had died.

New world news from Time: Beijing Says 20 Children Have Been Injured in an Attack on a Chinese Primary School



(BEIJING) — A male attacker wounded 20 children Tuesday inside a primary school in China’s capital.

Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding that the attack took place at around 11:17 a.m.

The suspect was apprehended at the scene and an investigation has been launched, the statement said. All the wounded children are receiving hospital treatment.

Authorities did not say what weapon, if any, was used.

Police in Xicheng, a major district of Beijing, declined to comment when reached by phone.