Global News 4/17/19 – AG Barr withholds bail from asylum seekers, hundreds of Denver/Front Range schools close as FBI searches for Columbine-obsessed woman

Asylum seekers last week in Tijuana, Mexico, at the El Chaparral port of entry. Credit Guillermo Arias/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This Wednesday, AG Barr denies bail to asylum seekers, hundreds of Denver schools close due to Columbine-obsessed woman, Trump vetoes bill to end US involvement in Yemen war, & Mulvaney destroys a consumer protection agency.

• In new effort to deter migrants, Barr withholds bail to asylum seekers (NY Times)

• Denver/Front Range schools close as FBI hunt 'Columbine-obsessed’ woman as 20th anniversary nears (NY Times)

• ‘When glaciers disappear, those species will go extinct’ (NY Times)

• Trump vetoes measure to force end to U.S. involvement in Yemen war (NY Times)

• Mick Mulvaney’s master class in destroying a bureaucracy from within (NY Times)

• Trump to increase pressure on Cuba by lifting lawsuit limits (NY Times)

• Indonesia's 'everyman' leader on track to beat firebrand ex-general (AFP)

• Venezuelans receive first Red Cross aid amid crisis (BBC)

• UN: Crisis prompted 60,000 Nicaraguans to flee in past year (VOA) 

• At least 32 people killed as severe weather slams India (Al Jazeera) 

• Israel is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS support (Vox)

• Iran parliament brands US troops in Middle East as terrorist (The Guardian)

• Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears (BBC)

• Gun research is suddenly hot (NY Times)

• EU law fixes minimum rights for 'gig economy’ workers (BBC)

Global News 4/10/19 – Netanyahu re-elected, Algerian army backs interim leader, New Zealand bans semiautomatic weapons

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared close to winning a fourth consecutive term, and his fifth overall, according to the latest results. Credit Dan Balilty for The New York Times

This Wednesday, Israel’s Netanyahu is set to claim a record fifth term in office, the chief of the Algerian army backs the country’s interim leader, and New Zealand bans nearly all semiautomatic weapons just weeks after a mass shooting in Christchurch. Read on below.

• Israel's Netanyahu wins re-election with parliamentary majority (Reuters)

• Algeria army chief backs interim leader, vows to tackle 'corrupt' ruling elite (Reuters)

• New Zealand passes law banning most semiautomatic weapons, weeks after massacre (NY Times)

• EU leaders mull risky second Brexit delay (Politico)

• Civilian casualties rise as fighting intensifies in Syria's Idlib (Al Jazeera)

• Pakistan Premier: ‘No use’ for armed militias anymore (NY Times)

• Austrian far-right party to join Salvini’s EU election alliance (Politico)

• US lawmakers warn Egyptian leader over human rights abuses (Foreign Policy)

• Dutch prostitution debate in parliament forced by youth petition (BBC)

• Google Wing launches first home delivery drone service (BBC)

• Push to lower drug prices gathers steam (Axios)

• The problem with automation (Axios)

• Companies are finding lots of oil again (Axios)

• 24 charged in $1.2 Billion Medicare scheme, U.S. says (NY Times)

• Dozens of Afghan forces and Taliban killed as violence spikes ahead of talks (NY Times)

Global News 4/9/19 – 7 killed during Sudan protests, Libya conflict intensifies, and China deflects criticism of Muslim camps

Protesters rally near the military headquarters, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan. Activists behind anti-government protests in Sudan say security forces have killed at least seven people, including a military officer, in another attempt to break up the sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum. A spokeswoman for the Sudanese Professionals Association, said clashes erupted again early Tuesday between security forces and protesters who have been camping out in front of the complex in Khartoum since Saturday. (AP Photo)

This Tuesday, read today’s biggest news stories from the US and around the world, including new developments in Sudan, a growing intensity in Libya’s fighting, and an exposé of how China is defecting pressure over its internment of Uighur Muslims.

• Seven people killed over two days during protests in Sudan - interior minister (Reuters)

• Suffering grows from Libya conflict, jihadists exploit vacuum (Reuters)

• With pressure and persuasion, China deflects criticism of its camps for Muslims (NY Times)

• ‘They didn’t burn down our spirit’: Louisiana black churches defiant amid fires (NY Times)

• Trump's hardline new border plan (Axios) 

• Battle rages for Libya's capital, airport bombed (Reuters)

• Trump administration blocks baseball players from Cuba (WSJ)

• Brazil military shoots 80 bullets into vehicle of family driving to baby shower, 1 killed (The Straits Times)

• Hong Kong 'Umbrella' protesters found guilty of public nuisance (BBC)

• Facebook bends to EU pressure on ‘misleading’ fine print (WSJ)

• 2 arrested in vandalism of slave memorial at University of North Carolina (NY Times)

• How climate affects urbanization trends (Axios)

• Senators target the ways tech tricks us (Axios)

• All eyes are on the drug pricing middlemen (Axios)

• A global push for AI ethics (Axios)