Mar 18 Mozambique’s president says cyclone death toll may be 1,000 By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says that more than 1,000 may have by killed by Cyclone Idai, which many say is the worst in more than 20 years. Continue reading
Mar 18 UK’s Theresa May in last-minute push to win Brexit support By Jill Lawless, Lorne Cook, Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a last-minute push Monday to win support for her European Union divorce deal, warning opponents that failure to approve it would mean a long — and possibly indefinite — delay to Brexit. Continue reading
Mar 18 Gunman kills 3 on Dutch tram By Aleksandar Furtula, Mike Corder, Associated Press A gunman killed three people and wounded nine on a streetcar in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning in what the mayor said appeared to be a terror attack, touching off a manhunt that saw heavily armed officers… Continue reading
Mar 18 Defiant vigil starts healing in New Zealand after massacre By Kristen Gelineau, Juliet Williams, Stephen Wright, Associated Press They came together as one, more than 1,000 students from rival Christchurch schools and different religions, joining voices to honor the 50 lives lost in a massacre that has deeply wounded the cozy New Zealand city. Continue reading
Mar 17 Serbia president vows to defend law and order amid protests By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbia’s president pledged on Sunday to defend the country’s law and order a day after opposition supporters stormed the national TV station protesting what they said is his autocratic rule and firm control of the media. Continue reading
Mar 17 Ethiopia minister: Clear similarity between two crashes By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows “a clear similarity” with an earlier disaster in Indonesia, Ethiopia’s transport minister said Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Ethiopians hold mass funeral ceremony for crash victims By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Thousands mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims on Sunday, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag through the streets of the capital as some victims’ relatives fainted and fell to the ground. Continue reading
Mar 17 New Zealand citizens open to gun reform after massacre By Stephen Wright, Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press The New Zealand leader’s promise of tightened gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings has been widely welcomed by a stunned population. Continue reading
Mar 17 Houses of worship bear arms, install cameras to protect sacred spaces By Associated Press Houses of worship have traditionally been places of refuge where strangers are welcome. But high-profile attacks in recent years on an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, a synagogue in Pittsburgh and now mosques in New Zealand have made many… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 5:41 The role of media and technology after terror attacks By PBS NewsHour The gunman accused of killing 49 people at two New Zealand mosques Friday live-streamed the attack, emailed his manifesto to media outlets, and shared his racist and hateful messages online. Charlie Warzel, opinion writer-at-large for The New York Times and… Continue watching