‘We are one’ says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence
The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago.
China birth rates fall in several regions in 2018: China Daily
China’s birth rate in several regions, including the capital Beijing, fell again in 2018, the official China Daily said on Friday, despite government efforts to encourage couples to have more children.
New Zealand women don headscarves to support Muslims after shootings
Women all over New Zealand put on headscarves on Friday to show solidarity with Muslims a week after 50 people were killed at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
New Zealand mourns with prayer, silence one week since mosque attack
The Muslim call to prayer rang out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people gunned down at two mosques a week ago.
U.S. warns China meddling in Hong Kong hurting business confidence
The United States warned in a report on Friday that increased meddling from China in Hong Kong had adversely impacted the city, straining international business confidence in the Asian financial hub.
May gets two-week Brexit reprieve from impatient EU
European Union leaders have given Prime Minister Theresa May two weeks’ reprieve, until April 12, before Britain could lurch out of the EU if she fails to persuade lawmakers to back the withdrawal treaty she concluded with Brussels.
Text of EU summit agreement on Brexit
1. The European Council takes note of the letter of Prime Minister Theresa May of 20 March 2019.
At least nine killed in explosion amid protest in Colombia
At least nine people were killed and four injured in an unexplained explosion on Thursday in an indigenous area in Colombia’s mountainous southwest, local authorities said.
Death toll from China chemical plant explosion climbs to 44
The death toll from an explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Thursday evening has risen to 44, with 32 critically injured, the official People’s Daily said on Friday.
El Salvador’s top court approves extradition request for ex-President Funes
El Salvador’s Supreme Court on Thursday approved a request by the country’s attorney general that former President Mauricio Funes be extradited home from Nicaragua to face corruption charges.
