Mueller report is beginning, not the end: Hillary
NEW YORK, Apr 2: Special counsel Robert Mueller's report is only the beginning of a reckoning on election meddling, not the end, and "raises some serious questions," Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. The former Democratic presidential candidate stopped short of calling for immediate impeachment proceedings, however, and said Congress should instead conduct a serious analysis of whether President Donald Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors. — AP
Philippine police summon owner of quake-collapsed building
MANILA, Apr 24: Philippine police investigators have summoned the owner of a four-story supermarket that collapsed in a powerful earthquake and is feared to have trapped dozens of people, officials said on Wednesday. Chuzon Supermarket owner Samuel Chu on Tuesday appeared at a police station in Porac town in Pampanga province, north of Manila, at the start of an investigation on suspicion the building's construction may have breached regulations, said police Director General Oscar Albayalde." — AP
Libya fighting reaches facility holding migrants
BENGHAZI, Apr 24: The UN says the fighting in Libya's capital has reached a detention center holding hundreds of detained migrants and refugees. Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said on Tuesday that the U.N. aid agency has received reports that the Qasr Ben Ghashir detention center, holding some 890 refugees and migrants, was "breached by armed actors." The facility is 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) south of central Tripoli. — AP
Israeli military destroy home of Palestinian
NABLUS, Apr 24: Israel's military on Wednesday destroyed the West Bank home of a Palestinian accused of having killed two Israelis in March, the army said Soldiers surrounded the home late Tuesday in Az-Zawiya in the Salfit region of the occupied West Bank before carrying out the demolition using explosives and heavy machinery. — AFP
Heavy rains kill 17 children in Uganda
KAMPALA, Apr 24: Heavy rains have hit eastern Uganda destroying homes and crops, and leaving 17 children and one adult dead, the Red Cross said on Tuesday. "Now 18 people confirmed dead," all but one of them children, in the village of Bulembo in the eastern district of Buyende, said Irene Nakasiita, the Red Cross spokeswoman. — AFP
Austria official quits for comparing migrants with rats
BERLIN, Apr 24: Austria's vice chancellor said on Tuesday that a member of his party will resign after penning a poem that compared migrants to rats, drawing widespread criticism and angering Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache said Christian Schilcher will leave the anti-migration Freedom Party and resign as deputy mayor of Braunau am Inn, the Austria Press Agency reported. — AP
Australia political leaders use Chinese app to woo voters
CANBERRA, Apr 24: Australia's prime minister and his political rival say they are not tailoring their political messages to suit Chinese censors as the politicians increasingly use Chinese social media to woo Chinese-speaking voters. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Bill Shorten said on Wednesday they each have accounts with China's largest social media platform, WeChat. — AP
