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- One of the suspects in the New Zealand mosque shooting appeared in court on Saturday.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on North Korea to continue negotiations on denuclearization after North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui warned that the country is considering suspending talks.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency to block a measure passed in Congress that would end his emergency declaration for a wall along the border with Mexico.
- The U.K. parliament has conditionally approved a motion to delay the country’s exit from the European Union until June 30.
- The Bank of Japan has decided to maintain its massive easing policy as it continues to pursue its elusive 2-percent inflation target.
- The United States Special Representative for North Korea has called for United Nations Security Council sanctions against the North to be maintained.
- Britain’s Parliament has voted against leaving the European Union without a deal in place.
- Japan’s government has lodged a protest through diplomatic channels against Russia’s military drills on the two Russia-controlled islands Japan claims.
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States is grounding Boeing 737 Max aircraft. A number of global airlines had already taken the same measure following a crash in Ethiopia.
- Britain’s Parliament has rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s revised deal for the terms on how the country will leave the European Union.
- The European Aviation Safety Agency says it is suspending all flight operations of all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 models in Europe as of 1900 UTC Tuesday.
- A study has found that forests contain most of the radioactive cesium released during the 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi plant.
- Japan’s Emperor Akihito has begun a series of rituals leading to his abdication on April 30th. The first ceremonies were held on Tuesday.
- The top executives of Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors and Renault are expected to announce a new leadership body that will decide the future of the alliance between the three automakers.
- British Prime Minister Theresa May says she has reached an agreement with the European Union on the eve of a critical vote in the British Parliament on her revised Brexit deal.
- People in Japan will take a moment to pause and remember the lives lost eight years after a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident devastated the country.
- Nissan Motor’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn is seeking permission from the Tokyo District Court to attend the company’s board meeting on Tuesday.
- Ethiopian Airlines says the pilot of a crashed passenger plane had reported a problem and asked to turn back before the aircraft went down near Addis Ababa on Sunday.
- People in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern japan are holding events to remember the victims on Sunday, a day before the 8th anniversary of the disaster.
- Japanese police suspect that fertilized eggs of premium wagyu beef cattle may have been taken to China on multiple occasions and used for breeding.
- People have gathered in Venezuela’s capital Caracas to protest the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro.
- Police in Osaka, western Japan, have arrested two people on suspicion of illegally taking fertilized eggs of premium wagyu beef cattle to China.
- In New York, the key stock index ended lower for five straight days on Friday. Weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data increased investors’ worries about a global slowdown.
- People who lost their loved ones in China’s military crackdown at Tienanmen Square 30 years ago have urged the country’s leaders to tell the truth.
- A U.S. research group says a rocket launch facility in North Korea “appears to have returned to normal operational status.”
- The European Central Bank has decided to maintain its key interest rate at zero “at least through the end of 20192 amid growing signs that the eurozone economy is slowing down.
- A report by the International Labour Organization shows women are still underrepresented in top positions.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would be very disappointed if American reports of North Korea rebuilding a rocket launch facility are true.
- Lawyers for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he is considering holding a news conference to help restore his reputation.
- Japan’s Environment Ministry says much of the soil generated in decontamination work after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident remains stored at more than 100,000 locations near homes in Fukushima Prefecture.