Global News 4/5/19 – House passes Violence Against Women Act, US revokes visa of ICC prosecutor over war crimes investigation, and Rwanda remembers its genocide 25 years later

“I know that fear, I know that terror and I just want to try to save another family from going through that terror,” said Representative Debbie Dingell, Democrat of Michigan. Credit Erin Schaff/The New York Times

End your week with Friday’s top news from around the world. In the face of NRA lobbying, House passes revamped Violence Against Women Act, the US revokes the visa of an ICC prosecutor who was investigating possible war crimes in Afghanistan, and Rwanda comes up on the 25th anniversary of its genocide. Read more below.

• House passes revamped Violence Against Women Act in face of NRA lobbying (NY Times)

• U.S. revokes ICC prosecutor's entry visa over Afghanistan investigation (Reuters)

• Rwanda remembers, quarter of a century after genocide (France24)

• What the job surge is masking (Axios)

• Islamic State says it killed 18 soldiers in west Africa (Reuters)

• Congress is done with the war in Yemen (Foreign Policy)

• Nigeria denies 80 diplomatic missions to shut (BBC)

• Trump backs off threat to close border, capping a week of retreats (LA Times)

• Seven dead in clash between Philippine troops, Abu Sayyaf militants (Straits Times)

• Romania gets international warning over legal changes (Politico)

• Saudi Arabia 'launches wave of arrests' over rights support (BBC)

• EU charges German carmakers with blocking emissions cleaning technology (Reuters)

• NATO turns 70 (Axios)

• Upcoming elections around the world (Axios)

• Algeria makes history. Now what? (Axios)

Global News 4/4/19 – How corporations write laws in your state's legislature, Guiadó stripped of immunity, and Syria kills at least 12 in bombardment

This Thursday, read an exposé from USA Today, The Arizona Republic, and the Center for Public Integrity on how corporations write many of the bills passed by state legislative bodies. Also, catch up on the latest in Venezuela’s political upheaval, the Syrian civil war, and more below.

• You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. (USA Today, The Arizona Republic, The Center for Public Integrity)

• Venezuela: Juan Guaidó stripped of parliamentary immunity (The Guardian)

• Syrian government forces shell rebel-held northwest, kill 12 (Reuters)

• Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say 'helicopter attack' kills five Rohingya, wounds 13 (Reuters)

• Brexit: MPs back delay bill by one vote (BBC)

• Libyan tensions rise as warlord Haftar closes in on Tripoli (Bloomberg)

• Nigeria to close most of its embassies (BBC)

• Eritrea angry at Turkey, Qatar and Sudan over ‘subversion’ of peace process (BBC)

• MIT terminates funding and research links with China's Huawei and ZTE (CNBC)

• New report asserts that a Russian businessman mentioned in the Panama Papers is helping Putin associates get around U.S. sanctions (Meduza)

• The snap decision society (Axios)

• Scientists thought they had measles cornered. They were wrong. (NY Times)

• The nuclear "dread" zone and climate (Axios)

• The climate case for rail vs. trucks (Axios)

• China has turned a city into a prison (NY Times)

Global News 3/29/19 – Working full-time and homeless, Syria detention camp faces reckoning with the wives and children of ISIS fighters, and Parliament rejects Brexit deal for third time

Monica Diaz came close to falling asleep while standing as she spoke to a lawyer who offered to help her pro bono with a complaint regarding city workers throwing away her belongings, including her identification cards. She had worked all night and not slept because of construction noise near her tent. Photo by Michael S. Williamson

This Friday, read an exposé of the state of homelessness in the US, how a Syrian detention camp is trying to deal with what to do over the wives and children of ISIS fighters, and the aftermath of a third failed Brexit vote. Read more stories like this every weekday here.

• She’s working full-time – and is still homeless (Washington Post)

• A Syria detention camp struggles to hold the women and children of ISIS (NY Times)

• Parliament rejects May’s Brexit plan for the third time as deadline nears (NY Times)

• In blow to Trump, judge blocks health care law ‘end run’ (NY Times)

• Facebook bans white nationalism two weeks after New Zealand attack (CNN)

• Human Rights Watch urges New Zealand’s Ardern to discuss Muslims in China (Washington Post)

• Mozambique confirms 138 cholera cases after cyclone strikes Beira (Reuters)

• Zimbabwe may have food shortages soon, after drought damage -official (Reuters)

• Maria Ressa, Rappler news boss, arrested in Philippines for 2nd time in 2 months (CBS News)

• Germany extends ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia (DW)

• Facebook rolls out political ad rules ahead of EU vote (Politico)

• Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah released from jail after five years (BBC)

• They let a sick inmate die in a van. Now they won’t pay his family. (NY Times)

• New York will ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores, the second state to do so (NY Times)

• The pope issued a law requiring accusations of sexual abuse to be immediately reported to Vatican prosecutors. (NY Times)

• At least nine police officers were killed in a Taliban attack in an Afghan city, according to officials. (NY Times)

Global News 3/28/19 – Theresa May offers resignation if Brexit passes, Facebook engages in housing discrimination, and Medicaid work requirements blocked

Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain leaving Parliament on Wednesday. She offered to give her critics what they wanted — her resignation — but only if they made a titanic concession: approving her Brexit agreement. Credit Jack Taylor/Getty Images

This Thursday, Theresa May raised the stakes of Brexit by offering her own resignation if it passes, Facebook was accused by the United States of race-based housing discrimination, and a federal judge blocked work requirements for Medicaid in two states. Read more every weekday right here.

• Theresa May put her head on the block for her Brexit deal. It might not be enough. (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/europe/theresa-may-brexit.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

• Facebook engages in housing discrimination via its ad practices, U.S. says (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/politics/facebook-housing-discrimination.html

• Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/federal-judge-blocks-medicaid-work-requirements-in-kentucky-and-arkansas/2019/03/27/34dab2c8-50a8-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.4952f3463405

• UK watchdog slams Huawei over ‘serious’ cybersecurity vulnerabilities (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285185/huawei-uk-government-cybersecurity-report-5g-rollout-security-concerns

• ‘You can’t put it behind you’: School shootings leave long trail of trauma (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/parkland-shooting-suicides-newtown-mental-health.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• Study: Many in DRC Ebola outbreak don’t believe virus is real (AP) https://apnews.com/3a4260df676f47efb535f6bd5af4ef6f

• As U.S. tightens sanctions, Iran’s network of allies feels the pain (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-arab-allies.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• After New Zealand attacks, more people registered to move there (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/new-zealand-attacks-visas.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• Brunei to punish adultery and gay sex with death by stoning (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/brunei-stoning-death.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

• Monsanto ordered to pay $80 Million in Roundup cancer case (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/us/monstanto-roundup-california-verdict.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

• At least 7 die in office tower fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/bangladesh-fire-dhaka.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=World

• Russia says it sent 'specialists' to Venezuela, rebuffs Trump (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-russia-defence/russian-military-team-arrived-in-caracas-venezuela-military-attache-idUSKCN1R910T

• Car bomb outside Somali hotel kills at least 15 (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security/car-bomb-outside-hotel-kills-at-least-eight-in-somali-capital-idUSKCN1R914B

• Italian minister praises storming of migrant ship (AP) https://apnews.com/519554b4ec7c456288cc576e0e64c3a2?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

Global News 3/27/19 – EU extends Operation Sophia, top Algeria party backs Bouteflika exit, Saudi airstrike hits Yemen hospital

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This Wednesday, the EU decided to continue Operation Sophia, its anti-smuggling mission; a top Algerian political party backed the military in saying President Bouteflika should resign, and a Saudi airstrike hit a Yemeni hospital. Read these stories and more below.

• EU diplomats tentatively agree to extend Operation Sophia (Politico)

• Algerian party, top union join army in seeking Bouteflika exit (Reuters)

• Secretive group seeking to oust Kim Jong-un claim North Korea embassy raid (The Guardian)

• Tusk urges European Parliament to stay open to long Brexit delay (Politico)

• Saudi airstrike said to hit Yemeni hospital as war enters year 5 (NY Times)

• Calm appears to hold in Gaza despite exchange of fire (AP)

• New York county declares measles outbreak emergency (BBC)

• Road safety: UK, Europe set to adopt vehicle speed limiters (BBC)

• Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law (BBC)

• The squeeze of monopolistic platforms (Axios)

• A potential domestic catastrophe as flooding degrades wells in Midwest (Axios)

• Nicaraguan clergy face threats after providing refuge for protesters fleeing gunfire: ‘The church became a type of morgue’ (LA Times)

• IBM accused of violating federal anti-age discrimination law (ProPublica)

• El Salvador considers amnesty for those accused of crimes during its civil war (ProPublica)

• After Boeing crashes, sharp questions about the industry regulating itself (NY Times)