- More than 100 people have reportedly died when a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed just after taking off from an airport in the Cuban capital, Havana.
- Ten people were killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting at a high school in the U.S. state of Texas.
- The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have asked the government to step up efforts to secure the return of their loved ones.
May 19, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe