Global shares mixed as blast in Manchester rattles investors

TOKYO (AP) — World shares were mixed Tuesday, with European benchmarks gaining after a strong overnight lead from Wall Street despite an explosion in Manchester, England, that killed at least 22 people and was being treated as a terror attack.

Britain's terrorist threat level has been set at "severe" in recent years, indicating an attack is highly likely.

Park, the former president, denied that she engaged in bribery and leaking government secrets at Tuesday's start of the criminal trial that could send South Korea's first female leader to prison for life if she is convicted.

Park was removed from office after the Constitutional Court upheld her December impeachment after massive street protests over corruption allegations that emerged last October.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil lost 43 cents to $50.70 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.