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North Korea launches short-range ʼprojectilesʼ North Korea launched several projectiles as a test on Saturday morning, Seoulʼs Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The JCS are investigating the details of the launch. An unidentified projectile believed to be a short-range missile was fired at about 9:00 a.m. local time (12:00 a.m. UTC) from near the east coast city of Wonsan towards the Sea of Japan. It was followed by several others, which flew 70-200 kilometers (44-124 miles). If confirmed, it would mark the countryʼs first documented missile launch since it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November 2017. After that launch it declared its nuclear capabilities complete and restarted talks with the US and South Korea.
Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with no fatalities A charter plane traveling from Cuba to the US state of Florida overshot a runway at a Jacksonville military base and skidded into a river, officials said. The Jacksonville sheriffʼs office tweeted that all 143 people on board were "alive and accounted for." Twenty-one people were injured and taken to hospital in a stable condition. The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, said on Twitter that US President Donald Trump had called him to offer help. "No fatalities reported. We are all in this together," Curry said. The Boeing 737-800 ended up in shallow water in the St. Johnʼs River at Naval Air Station Jacksonville after attempting to land there during a thunder storm on Friday night.
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Time to replace EUʼs Lisbon Treaty to cope with migration, Brexit, debt Austriaʼs Sebastian Kurz:
The chancellor of Austria has said the 2007 Lisbon Treaty is no longer fit for its purpose and needs some rejigging. One of his demands will not go down well in France.
Facebook bans extremists, ʼdangerous individualsʼ Multiple extremist figures, including Infowarsʼ Alex Jones and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, have been banned from Facebook and Instagram. The social media giant has tried to cut down on extremist content. Facebook has banned multiple extremist and far-right figures from its services, saying they violated its ban on hate speech and violence. The figures include: Alex Jones, a far-right American radio host and conspiracy theoristLouis Farrakhan, a leader of the Nation of Islam group who has been accused of anti-SemitismMilo Yiannopoulos, a British political commentator and a former editor for Breitbart NewsPaul Nehlen, a self-described "pro-white
Christian candidate" for US Congress during the 2018 electionPaul Joseph Watson, a "new right" British radio host and conspiracy theoristLaura Loomer, a political activist who worked as a reporter for Canadian farright website Rebel Media The ban applies to both Facebookʼs main service and Instagram. Fan pages and other related accounts also fall under the ban. The move is part of a concerted effort by the social media giant to remove extremist individuals, groups and content from its platform. Last month, Facebook banned various far-right British groups, including the English Defense League and the British National Party, and instituted a ban on white nationalist content.
Emirati woman at home with her family after 27 years in a vegetative state Munira Abdulla was 32 when she was involved in a serious car accident thatleft her in a vegetative state. After 27 years in the hospital, the woman, now 60, is at home with her family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Her son Omar, whom she had just picked up from school when the accident happened in 1991, said although his mother had awoken from her vegeta-
tive state in May of last year, her family had decided to wait until her condition had stabilized before making the announcement on Wednesday. Omar, who was four at the time and was also injured in the accident, told reporters, "We felt we needed to share the story to give people going through the same or similar experiences hope."
Thailand crowns King Maha Vajiralongkorn Thailandʼs King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Saturday began undergoing a series of centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist ceremonies to symbolically transform him into a living god, as the country held its first coronation since 1950. Events include a purification ritual with consecrated water, a crowning ceremony, a parade, and an appearance by the monarch on a balcony of the Grand Palace in the Thai capital, Bangkok. King Vajiralongkorn, 66 — takes on the name Rama X of the Chakri dynasty as one of his many official titles — ascended the throne in 2016upon the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October of that year. The coronation comes following a period of mourning for the late king, who reigned in the Southeast Asian country for almost 70 years. In a traditional first royal command made after his crowning, the king said "I shall reign in righteousness for the benefits of the kingdom and the people forever."
Cyclone Fani leaves several dead on path through India Cyclone Fani, one of the most powerful stormsto come off the Bay of Bengal in the past decade, on Saturday moved over Indiaʼs West Bengal state toward Bangladesh after leaving several dead and devastating regions along the east coast. The death toll from the cyclone so far is uncertain, with local media reporting up to 12 fatalities in the state of Odisha, where the storm first struck, while officials have confirmed only three.
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Muslim fashion for women exhibition stirs controversy in Germany Muslim head coverings have always been a controversial topic, as they embody so many issues, whether womenʼs rights worldwide or Western prejudice and discrimination against Muslims. Now that the first exhibition dedicated to fashion consciousness of women in Islam is opening at Frankfurtʼs Museum Angwandte Kunst, the debate surrounding headscarves has been rekindled in Germany. Titled "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" and first shown at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition, however, does not aim to answer the numerous political and social questions related to hijabs or burkinis. "The focus of the exhibition is really fashionable modest dress and what weʼre trying to show in the exhibition is that there is a lot of choice for the mass of Muslim women," said Jill DʼAlessandro, curator of the "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" exhibition in San Francisco.
Rory McIlroy still ʼright thereʼ in Wells Fargo Championship Rory McIlroy believes he remains a leading contender at the Wells Fargo Championship despite falling five shots off the lead at the halfway stage. World number four McIlroy, joint leader after an opening 66, dropped three shots on the final two par-fours and had to settle for a one-under-par 70. Despite the gap, McIlroy is optimistic about his chances at Quail Hollow. "I am still right there, but I get off to a good start on Saturday," the Northern Irishman said on pgatour.com.
SAS strike ends as pilot unions reach deal with management The workersʼ action lasted a week and forced the cancellation of more than 4,000 flights. Pilots will now get a pay rise and more regular work schedules.
Scandinavian airline SAS announced late on Thursday that management had reached a deal with pilot unions to end a weeklong strike that forced some 4,000 flights to be canceled andstranded over 380,000 passengers. "I can with relief inform our customers and our staff that we now can put this conflict behind us. We have tonight signed a new collective agreement with our four pilot unions," said CEO Rickard Gustafson. Gustafson said the two sides had agreed to a 3.5% pay increase and more predictability in work schedules and job security. Pilots for
the airline, which is partly owned by the Danish and Swedish governments, walked off the job last Friday, mostly in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The workersʼ action was estimated to have cost the airline 60-80 million Swedish krona (€5.6-7.4 million or $6.2-8.3 million) a day. Pilots had been seeking a 13% wage increase to make up for massive pay cuts that came in 2012, when SAS had been close to bankruptcy. Executives at the airline had said such a pay rise could seriously damage the companyʼs competitiveness.
Fighting climate change by tackling food waste One-third of all food worldwide ends up in the garbage, with industrialized countries contributing the most. Itʼs raining cats and dogs as Jonas Korn rescues baked goods from being thrown away. It is midday on a Saturday and the Falland bakery in the south of Leipzig is getting ready to close. Five baking trays with cakes, donuts and fruit pastries are lined up on a long counter in the entrance area. Behind it, ten boxes are stacked with
rolls, croissants and loves of bread. "If you were to put all this in a trash can, it would be full. It would fill a 120 liter dumpster," muses the 26year-old student. In order to make sure the leftover products are distributed instead of discarded, Jonas has brought reinforcements: three fellow campaigners from the organization Foodsharing. The online platform links more than 50,000 "food savers" with businesses that want to give away food for free instead of throwing it away.
Leonardo da Vinciʼs rebirth of anatomy Leonardo da Vinciʼs anatomy studies could have revolutionized medicine, but they were lost for a long time. The drawings show insights into the human body that were previously completely unknown. Da Vinci first came to anatomy through art. He studied the structure, function and proportions of the body, which he wanted to understand and depict as realistically as possible. The Renaissance no longer sees the body as a shell of the soul, as it was viewed in the Middle Ages, but celebrates the beauty of the human body.
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Sierra Leoneʼs one month fishing ban achieves little Up and down Sierra Leoneʼs 400kilometer (249 mile) stretch of coastline, entire villages depend on the sea. Some 8,000 small boats manned by local fishermen go out every day to cast their nets – their catch a vital source of income in what is one of the worldʼs poorest countries. Without the fishermen, Sierra Leoneans would also go hungry – more than four fifths of the population depend on fish as a source of animal protein. But the countryʼs traditional fishing communities have long complained that their catch is drastically shrinking due to overfishing by foreign trawlers. Giving fish stocks a chance to bounce back In an attempt to counter this, Sierra Leoneʼs government temporarily banned fishing by industrial boats for a month from 1 April.
Turkey: Is mob violence undermining democracy? The leader of the Republican Peopleʼs Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had most likely prepared himself for a more contemplative day on April 21, when he attended the funeral of a soldier killed during a battle with Kurdish militias. But the atmosphere among those in attendance at the memorial being held in Cubuk, about 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) north of Ankara, turned out to be tense and when Kilicdaroglu arrived, the situation escalated quickly.An angry mob surrounded the 70-year-old, hurling punches at him from all directions; the opposition leader took a few blows to the face. Grimacing in pain, he struggled to stay on his feet amidst the violent uproar. Kilicdarogluʼs bodyguards surrounded him so as to shield him from the many attackers. Finally, they managed to escape into a house. But it didnʼt stop there: Kilicdaroglu had to wait inside while the house was besieged, with some of the men shouting "burn the house down." The attack sparked outrage on social media. On Twitter, hundreds of thousands of users expressed solidarity with the opposition leader by posting with the hashtag #KilicdarogluYalnizDegldir ("Kilicdaroglu is not alone").