- U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. may keep tariffs on Chinese good for a substantial period until it confirms that Beijing complies with any trade agreement.
- British Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to delay her country’s departure from the bloc until June 30.
- A group of advocates for the abolition of nuclear weapons has delivered to Pope Francis a flame kept alight since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
March 21, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai