Police in New Zealand say 49 people are died and dozens more wounded after a mass-shooting at two mosques in Christchurch.
The UK parliament has conditionally approved a motion to delay the country's exit from the European Union until June 30.
China's National People's Congress passed a new foreign investment law. It could help ease trade tensions with the United States.
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Key words : police in new zealand mass-shooting
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Police in New Zealand say 49 people are dead and many more wounded after a mass-shooting at two Christchurch mosques.
The Police Commissioner Mike Bush said 41 people died at the city's Deans Avenue mosque, and seven at the Linwood Mosque. He said another person died later at Christchurch Hospital. Dozens more people are still receiving treatment there.
Police also found two improvised explosive devices in a car.
They have charged one man over the attacks. He is due to appear in court tomorrow morning.
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand was enduring one of the darkest days in its history.
She described the shootings as well-planned, terrorist attacks, and denounced the extremist ideology of those responsible. She added, "You may have chosen us, but we utterly reject and condemn you."
At least 100 worshippers were gathered at one of the mosques when a gunman stormed in during Friday prayers.
Footage from the public broadcaster shows dozens of injured arriving at a hospital.
Police initially arrested four people, but they believe only three were connected to the attacks. None of them were known to police or on any watch list.
The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, confirmed that one person in custody is an Australian citizen. He said Australian authorities are helping with the investigation.
A now-suspended Twitter account believed to belong the same suspect featured several images of guns and bullets. The man also reportedly wrote a manifesto that refers to an "assault on civilization."
The suspect live-streamed his attack on Facebook. The government took the video down, but not before it found its way to other parts of the internet. The government is urging people not to share it.
Key words : UK parliament conditionally
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The UK parliament has conditionally approved a motion to delay the country's exit from the European Union until June 30.
MPs passed the motion by a vote of 412 to 202 on Thursday, one day after they rejected Brexit without a deal in place.
The delay for the Brexit process is to get necessary legislation through parliament. But the postponement depends upon parliamentary approval of Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement with the EU by this coming Wednesday.
Extending the current Brexit deadline of March 29 also requires approval from all other EU member nations. The matter will likely be discussed at an EU summit next week.
British media are reporting that the prime minister may ask parliament to vote on her deal as early as Monday.
She has been urging MPs to support her deal if they wish to avoid a longer delay. The motion notes the delay could be longer if the deal fails to pass parliament.
But it remains unclear whether parliament will approve the deal.
Key words : China passed investment
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China's National People's Congress passed a new foreign investment law. It could help ease trade tensions with the United States.
The law bans government officials from forcing foreign firms to hand over technology to Chinese companies. The practice has been under fire from abroad, and has been one of the main sticking points in the on-going trade dispute between Washington and Beijing.
The law was created and passed within 3 months, in what's being seen as a rare, swift response from China. Beijing says it will better protect foreign investment in the country.
But experts warn it doesn't go far enough. They say it does not completely require Chinese businesses to end forced technology transfers.
In separate moves, the delegates also approved the government's target growth rate for 2019. It's set at 6 to 6.5 percent, the country's lowest in nearly 3 decades.
They also passed the government's budget, including about 177 billion dollars in defense spending. It comes as the country is expanding its military presence in the region.
Key words : US treasury trump Xi
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US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not hold a summit this month to try to seal a trade deal.
Trump had planned to meet Xi at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Mnuchin said in Washington on Thursday that there is still a lot of work to do in the negotiations. He stressed that it is important to reach the right agreement.
Trump said that one way or another there will be some news over the next three or four weeks.
The US and China are still divided over China's alleged infringement of intellectual property rights and forced technology transfers from US companies to China.
Key words : Kono called on
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Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono has called on China to ensure transparency over its growing defense budget.
Kono was speaking to reporters on Friday after China's National People's Congress approved a draft national budget for this year.
The country's defense spending is to rise 7.5 percent, to almost 1.19 trillion yuan, or roughly 177 billion dollars.
Kono said China's defense spending has maintained a high pace of growth even though the country's economy is slowing down.
He added that the Chinese government must explain the spending because such a high pace of increase will have various impacts on the region.
Key words : bank of Japan
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The Bank of Japan has decided to maintain its massive easing policy as it continues to pursue its elusive 2-percent inflation target. At the same time, it downgraded its assessment on exports and factory output on the back of a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
BOJ officials made the announcement after wrapping up a 2-day meeting on Friday.
They agreed the central bank will continue buying government bonds with the aim of keeping the yield of the benchmark 10-year issue at around zero percent.
The target for short-term interest rate will remain at minus 0.1 percent. That means commercial banks will continue to pay interest to the central bank.
They also repeated a pledge to keep rates at extremely low levels for an extended period of time.
Policymakers kept their assessment that Japan's economy is expanding moderately but they expressed some caution about output and exports. They say both have shown some weakness.
They had said at their previous meetings that both were "on an increasing trend".
The changes come amid China's economic slowdown, and stalling global shipments of smartphones.
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Key words : Venezuela opposition camp
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Venezuela's opposition camp says more than 200 patients died in the week until Thursday due to nationwide power blackouts that hit hospitals, and a shortage of medicine.
Venezuela faces a serious lack of goods, as President Nicolas Maduro has blocked an effort to bring humanitarian relief supplies into the country from other nations.
The US-backed effort has been led by Juan Guaido, leader of Venezuela's congress and self-declared interim president.
Pharmacies in the capital, Caracas, have almost no medicine.
Power failures have left some hospitals unable to operate artificial respirators and dialysis equipment.
A 53-year-old resident of Caracas has been without medicine for his kidney disease for the past 20 days. He said medical imports have stopped amid the intensified conflict between Maduro and Guaido. He added that the situation is worsening, but he can't do anything about it.
The shortage of goods shows no prospects of ending.
Key words : greenpeace
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Greenpeace, Oxfam and two other NGOs have filed a lawsuit against the French government for not doing enough to fight global warming.
France saw emissions of greenhouse gases rise for three years in a row through 2017. It has failed to meet its reduction goals or its targets for introducing renewable energies such as wind and solar power.
The suit was filed on Thursday in a court in Paris. The NGOs say more than 2 million people have signed an online climate petition and their suit is strongly backed by the public.
But French President Emmanuel Macron, visiting Kenya, called the suit nonsense. He urged governments, major enterprises, investors and citizens to act together.
A British think tank says similar lawsuits have been filed in more than 20 countries, including Britain and Germany.
Four years ago, a court in the Netherlands ordered the government there to raise its emissions reduction target through 2020.
Key words : main governing party
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Japan's main governing party has started interviewing four information technology giants before drawing up proposals to ensure fair competition in the sector.
A Liberal Democratic Party panel held a hearing for officials from Apple and Amazon on Friday.
The two firms, along with Google and Facebook, are collectively known as GAFA. They face criticism for collecting huge amounts of customer data and using them to remain dominant in the digital market.
Japan's government is considering setting rules to ensure a fair market environment.
Apple and Amazon agreed to take part in the hearing on condition that what they told lawmakers would not be disclosed.
Participants say the two companies told lawmakers that their dealings are fair and transparent.
Some panel members reportedly pointed out that Apple lacks transparency in how it screens apps developed by other companies and sold on its platform.
The members also asked whether Amazon keeps data only for itself and blocks entry by new companies.
The panel plans to interview Google and Facebook next week and submit proposals to the government in April.
Amazon Japan official Hiroyoshi Watanabe told reporters that the lawmakers asked many questions and that he answered them sincerely.
Watanabe said he told the panel that his company is willing to continue dialogue.
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