Global News 4/23/19 – Why did Sri Lanka not stop Sunday's attacks? Climate change has made the global wealth gap worse. New malaria vaccine to be tested.

Surveying the damage at St. Sebastians Church in Negombo on Monday. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times

This Tuesday, we found out that Sri Lanka was warned of attacks. Why didn’t it stop them? The global wealth gap would be smaller today without climate change. A new child malaria vaccine will be tested in Malawi. The Supreme Court will decide if the US Census can ask about citizenship. Read more below.

• Sri Lanka was warned of possible attacks. Why didn’t it stop them? (NY Times)

• Global wealth gap would be smaller today without climate change, study finds (NY Times)

• Innovative child malaria vaccine to be tested in Malawi (BBC)

• Can the census ask if you’re a citizen? The Supreme Court will decide. (NY Times)

• Five Algerian billionaires arrested in anti-graft investigation (Reuters)

• ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings (NY Times)

• Nigerian 'children killed' after car hits Easter parade in Gombe (BBC)

• Six Philippine troops killed in Communist rebel ambush on Samar island (South China Morning Post)

• More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine (South China Morning Post)

• 57-year-old woman arrested over Northern Ireland Journalist Lyra McKee's death (CNN)

• Bahrain's king reinstates citizenship of 551 tried in courts (BBC)

• A Texas couple who enslaved a West African girl for 16 years were sentenced to prison. (NY Times)

• Myanmar’s highest court upholds conviction of Reuters journalists (NY Times)

• ICE faces migrant detention crunch as border chaos spills into interior of the country (NY Times)

Global News 4/22/19 – 🌎 Earth Day 🌍 – Sri Lanka Easter bombings death toll rises to 290, CIA offers proof of Huawei connections to Chinese military, and the new push against Iranian oil exports

Relatives unloading the coffin on Monday of Sneha Savindi, 11, who was killed in a suicide bombing at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times

This Earth Day, more information about Sri Lanka’s terror attacks on Christians and foreigners, the CIA gives proof of Huawei’s connections to Chinese military, and the US makes new push against Iranian oil exports.

• Sri Lanka: Terrorist group is identified, and death toll rises (NY Times)

• Religious minorities across Asia suffer amid surge in sectarian politics (NY Times)

• CIA offers proof Huawei has been funded by China's military and intelligence (Forbes)

• The new push against Iranian oil exports (Axios)

• Two arresting Earth Day facts (Axios)

• Silicon Valley came to Kansas schools. That started a rebellion. (NY Times)

• Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide (BBC)

• Sudanese protesters suspend talks with military (AP)

• US arrests 'member of border militia' in New Mexico (BBC) 

• Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades (AP)

• Climate protesters march in London again; arrests hit 710 (AP)

• Syria war: IS 'kills 35' government troops in desert attacks (BBC)

• The giants at the heart of the opioid crisis (NY Times)

• Supreme Court to decide whether bias law covers gay and transgender workers (NY Times)

• Strong earthquake strikes Philippines, killing at least 5 (NY Times)