UK PM May holds knife-crime summit with teachers ordered to identify violent youths
Prime Minister Theresa May held a special meeting on tackling Britain’s soaring knife-crime rate on Monday after the government announced new plans that could make teachers and health workers responsible for tackling violent behavior.
Israeli researchers – hundreds of fake Twitter accounts boost Netanyahu
Two Israeli researchers said on Monday they had discovered a network of hundreds of fake Twitter accounts that promoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and attacked his political rivals, a week before a national election.
Facebook removes many accounts in India, Pakistan for ‘inauthentic’ behavior
Facebook has removed 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan because of “inauthentic behavior” and spamming, it said on Monday, much of it linked to India’s main opposition Congress party days before elections and Pakistan’s military.
Singapore seeks social media ‘corrections’ in proposed fake news law
Singapore submitted new fake news legislation in parliament on Monday requiring social media to carry warnings on posts it deems false and remove comments against “public interest”.
‘Fight and talk’: Afghan war escalates alongside peace push
Fighting in Afghanistan has escalated ahead of the usual spring season, as both sides seek to increase leverage in talks on a peace settlement – a gamble that analysts warn could also risk hardening positions.
Explainer: The global safety rules behind Ethiopia jet crash probe
A keenly awaited preliminary report on a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, triggering the global grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX, is due within days.
No Ethiopia plane crash report on Monday, maybe this week: source
Ethiopia will not release a preliminary report into the causes of last month’s Ethiopian Airlines crash on Monday, as previously expected, but may publish it this week, a source familiar with the transport ministry told Reuters.
China grapples with forest blaze that killed 30 firefighters
Firefighters are struggling to douse a forest fire that broke out in the mountains of southwestern China at the weekend and killed 30 firefighters, state media said on Monday.
Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea, the president’s spokesman said on Monday.
Ethiopia not planning plane crash announcement on Monday: source
Ethiopia’s ministry of transport is not planning an announcement on Monday about the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 last month, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
