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Second man charged with sharing livestream of Christchurch massacre

Agence France-Presse
Mar 20 03:55 PM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A 44-year-old man has become the second person charged with sharing a gruesome livestream video of the deadly attack at a Christchurch mosque. Read more »

Foreign Affairs Sec Locsin meets Chinese counterpart

Thomas Peter, Reuters
Mar 20 03:26 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. attend a news conference after talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on Wednesday. Read more »

Indian girl, 12, 'raped and killed' by brothers, uncle

Agence France-Presse
Mar 20 03:16 PM

NEW DELHI, India - Two brothers have been arrested in India for allegedly raping their 12-year-old sister who was later beheaded with a sickle, police said Wednesday. Read more »

Panic, surrender: Doomed Lion Air jet pilot's last words revealed in recovered recording

Cindy Silviana, Jamie Freed and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Mar 20 03:15 PM

As the 31-year-old captain tried in vain to find the right procedure in the handbook, the 41-year-old first officer was unable to control the plane, two of the sources said. Read more »

Burials begin for New Zealand mosque shooting victims

Tom Lasseter and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Mar 20 01:52 PM

CHRISTCHURCH - The bodies of two victims from New Zealand's mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch's Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday - the first burials of the 50 victims. Read more »

China clones 'Sherlock Holmes' police dog to cut training times - state media

Reuters
Mar 20 11:35 AM

SHANGHAI - Scientists in southwest China's Yunnan province have cloned what they called the "Sherlock Holmes of police dogs" in a program they hope will help cut training times and costs for police dogs, state media reported on Wednesday. Read more »

Mississippi moves to ban abortion if heartbeat detectable

Agence France-Presse
Mar 20 10:52 AM

MIAMI - Lawmakers in the southeastern US state of Mississippi passed a bill Tuesday banning abortion of pregnancies where a heartbeat is detectable -- from six weeks -- as human rights groups vowed to fight the move. Read more »

Asia's coal addiction puts chokehold on its air-polluted cities

Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mar 20 09:49 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Over the past year, the number of patients treated each day in the hospital unit where cardiologist Ade Imasanti Sapardan works in Indonesia's capital has almost doubled to about 100. Read more »

Road to Mueller report paved by Watergate, Iran-Contra, Lewinsky, Waco

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Mar 20 09:44 AM

WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller, examining potential conspiracy between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia, is leading the latest in a series of high-profile U.S. investigations conducted by prosecutors outside usual Justice Department channels in recent decades.   Read more »

Flashflood hits Papua,Indonesia

Gusti Tanati, Antara Foto/Reuters
Mar 20 09:20 AM

People stand as they look at damaged houses after a flash flood hit Sentani, Papua, Indonesia, on March 17, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.  Read more »

Filipina sworn in as new LA Commissioner

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News
Mar 20 08:58 AM | Updated Mar 20 10:35 AM

LOS ANGELES, California - A young Filipina city hall staple has worked her way to a historic post in the city’s Public Works Commission.    Read more »

Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention

Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Mar 20 08:24 AM

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government's authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies. Read more »

'I am your mother now': NZ mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard

Charlotte Greenfield and Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Mar 20 08:08 AM

A total of 50 people were killed in the rampage, with as many wounded, as the gunman went from Al Noor to another mosque in the South Island city. Read more »

West Virginia sues Catholic diocese for knowingly hiring sexual abusers of children

Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Mar 20 07:31 AM

West Virginia officials sued the state's Roman Catholic diocese on Tuesday, accusing the church of knowingly employing priests and lay people in schools, parishes and camps who admitted to sexually assaulting children. Read more »

Plane catches fire at Tehran airport; 100 passengers unhurt - state TV

Reuters
Mar 20 04:40 AM

GENEVA - An airliner caught fire on landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Tuesday but all 100 passengers were evacuated without injury, the head of Iran's emergency department said on state television. Read more »

Pope rejects resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up

Agence France-Presse
Mar 20 01:03 AM

The decision comes against the background of the Roman Catholic Church's struggle to restore trust in its efforts to fight child abuse. Read more »

Kazakh president resigns after 3 decades in office

Agence France-Presse
Mar 19 11:21 PM

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his shock resignation on Tuesday, 29 years after taking office.   Read more »

Dozens dead, missing in Indonesia floods

Agence France-Presse
Mar 19 08:52 PM | Updated Mar 20 08:54 AM

At least 89 people are known to have died after flash floods and landslides tore through Indonesia's Papua region, with the toll expected to rise further as rescuers hunt for dozens still missing, the national disaster agency said Tuesday. Read more »

Yamashita gold? Balikbayan shipper lives out dream of finding lost treasures

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Mar 19 08:50 PM

A Filipino shipping company owner lived out a childhood dream, thanks to The History Channel's new series focusing on lost treasures in the Philippines.  Read more »

Maling paggamit ng bandila ng Pilipinas ng mga Fil-Am barbero, binatikos

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Mar 19 06:40 PM | Updated Mar 19 08:04 PM

Binatikos ang isang grupo ng mga barberong Pilipino matapos na magsagawa ng libreng gupit gamit ang barber’s cape na may disenyo ng bandila ng Pilipinas noong huling Filipino Heritage Night ng Golden State Warriors sa Oracle Arena sa Oakland, Marso 10.  Read more »

Hawaii now offers medical marijuana for eligible travelers with health conditions

Lalaine Ignao, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Mar 19 06:21 PM

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Hawaii is now allowing tourists to purchase medical marijuana legally. Read more »

South Korea radar, thermal camera system warns 'smartphone zombies' of traffic

Minwoo Park, Reuters
Mar 19 06:10 PM

The designers of the system were prompted by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become casualties in a country that already has some of the highest road fatality and injury rates among developed countries. Read more »

Flags at half-mast after Utrecht shooting, police search for motive

Toby Sterling, Reuters
Mar 19 05:17 PM

AMSTERDAM - Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings across the Netherlands on Tuesday, a day after a gunman opened fire on a tram on the outskirts of Utrecht, killing three people.   Read more »

Human rights advocates: ICC pullout will not free Duterte from accountability

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News Europe Bureau
Mar 19 05:03 PM

THE HAGUE - The country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will not stop the international community from making President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for rights abuses, according to human rights advocates here.   Read more »

Paris ties Singapore, Hong Kong as world's priciest cities

Agence France-Presse
Mar 19 04:23 PM

The French capital was the only eurozone city in the top 10, rising from second most expensive last year and from seventh position two years ago. Read more »