Grieving families given earth from Ethiopian crash site
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 17: Grieving family members of victims of the Ethiopian air disaster are being given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones. Officials have begun delivering bags of earth to family members of the 157 victims of the crash instead of the remains of their loved ones because the identification process is going to take such a long time. Families are being given a 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) sack of scorched earth taken from the crash sites, members of two different families told The Associated Press. — AP
Landslide leaves 10 dead in northern China
BEIJING, Mar 17: A landslide in northern China has killed at least 10 people and left 10 missing, state media reported on Sunday, after several buildings were demolished in the disaster. Seven people were found dead at the scene and another three died in hospital, according to official news agency Xinhua. The landslide occurred Friday in northern Shanxi province, Xinhua said. The local government did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment. — AFP
Govt critic leads in Slovak presidential vote
BRATISLAVA, Mar 17: Vocal government critic Zuzana Caputova led in round one of the Slovak presidential election Saturday, according to partial results of the first ballot since an investigative journalist's murder dealt a blow to the political establishment. The environmental lawyer got 39.46 percent of the ballot after 76.70 percent of votes were counted, while main rival European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic - the ruling party's candidate - garnered 18.79 percent, the Slovak Statistics Office said. — AFP
Nicaraguan police break up opposition protest
MANAGUA, Mar 17: Police in Nicaragua detained more than 100 people Saturday after opponents of President Daniel Ortega tried to hold a demonstration to pressure his government to release hundreds of protesters held in custody since 2018. Police later said they would release the 107 protesters arrested Saturday in the coming hours at the request of the Vatican's ambassador. Nicaragua's government banned opposition protests in September and police broke up Saturday's attempt at a demonstration in Managua, hitting several protesters as they forced them into patrol cars. — AP
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