International News
New Zealand passes gun law reform in wake of Christchurch attack
Al Jazeera
Auckland, New Zealand - New Zealand's parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation to ban semi-automatic and military-style weapons.
The changes were first proposed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern just days after a gunman carried out an indiscriminate shooting spree in two Christchurch mosques, killing 50 Muslims.
India election 2019: Voting to begin in world's largest election
BBC World News
Tens of millions of Indians across 20 states and union territories will cast their votes in 91 constituencies.
The seven-phase vote to elect a new lower house of parliament will continue until 19 May. Counting day is 23 May.
With 900 million eligible voters, this is the largest election ever seen.
Hyundai warns of 'fear-mongering' over electric cars in Australia election
The Guardian
Hyundai Motor Group says it will sell every electric vehicle it brings to Australia and has “no fear” of the market changing in order to cut carbon pollution.
The carmaker has responded to the political commentary of recent days, which included the prime minister Scott Morrison claiming Labor’s electric vehicle target was a threat to Australians who like to drive SUVs.
Iranian Delegation Travels to Venezuela to Discuss Direct Flight Route
VOA News
LONDON/CARACAS —
An Iranian delegation landed in Venezuela on Monday to discuss launching direct flights between the two countries, Venezuela's foreign minister said, as Tehran voices support for President Nicolas Maduro against the opposition backed by most Western countries.
US News
Trump urges inquiry into 'attempted coup' against him
BBC World News
Mr Trump described the investigation by former FBI director Robert Mueller as "an attempted coup".
Attorney General William Barr meanwhile said he believes US authorities did spy on the Trump campaign.
US intelligence officials have previously said they were spying on the Russians, not the Trump campaign.
The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics
Science News
“We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole,” Sheperd Doeleman, EHT Director and astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., said April 10 in Washington, D.C., at one of seven concurrent news conferences. The results were also published in six papers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
LinkedIn: US Midwest Floods Prompting Workers to Migrate to Safer Ground
VOA News
NEW YORK —
Deadly floods in the U.S. that bear the fingerprints of climate change are prompting an exodus of workers from the Midwest, the world's biggest professional social network, LinkedIn, said Wednesday.
The website, on which millions of U.S. workers maintain profiles, said data showed a spike in members changing their work location from areas flooded last month to cities in the Southwest and on the West Coast.