Points of Progress: Thai social media helps free speech, and more
Social media is enabling a resurgence of free speech in the country. In 2014, Thailand’s military took over the country in a coup, and since then, the junta has tightly controlled the media landscape and prosecuted critics under computer crime laws. A…
News Brief: Golan Heights, House Panel Probe, Brexit
U.S. backs Israel’s claim to sovereignty over the Golan Heights. House panel investigates whether Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump violated federal record-keeping policies. EU agrees to delay Brexit.
Mourners Gather In New Zealand For Burial Of 26 Terror Victims
It has been one week since a mass shooter attacked two mosques in Christchurch and killed 50 people. Steve Inskeep talks to Hady Osman about his friend, a soccer player, who was buried Friday.
EU Leaders Agree To Delay Britain’s Exit From The Group
Britain will not leave the European Union on March 29. EU leaders granted the United Kingdom a short reprieve.
In Iraq, Packed Ferry Sinks In Tigris River
A ferry full of families celebrating Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris River near Mosul. Officials say dozens of people were killed, many of them women and children.
New Zealand Listens To Muslim Prayers A Week After Mosque Shootings
The island nation, still reeling from last Friday’s attacks, heard a message of healing amid plans to change gun laws in hopes of preventing future attacks.
Ex-Brazilian President Arrested In Sweeping Anti-Corruption Probe
Former President Michel Temer was one of several political and business leaders arrested on Thursday, accused of misappropriating funds in a construction graft scam.
Venezuelan Opposition’s Envoy Gains Ground In Washington, D.C.
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Carlos Vecchio, the Venezuelan opposition’s envoy to the U.S., at a building in Washington, D.C., that was recently vacated by the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Is there a border crisis? Depends on how you measure it
The crisis on the United States-Mexico border is real, not manufactured, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a House committee earlier this month. The president has been transparent that the declaration is a way to go around Congress to …
Burials Begin For Victims Of Christchurch Mosque Shootings
New Zealand’s prime minister said Thursday that the country will ban semi-automatic rifles as funerals take place for some of the 50 killed in last week’s shooting in Christchurch.
British Prime Minister Theresa May Asks E.U. Leaders For ‘Short Extension’ To Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Brussels Thursday, asking E.U. leaders for what she calls a “short extension” to the Brexit process, which is currently due to end next Friday.
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