Editor’s Note: This listicle is part of a weekly series by The Ball State Daily News summarizing five stories from around the world. All summaries are based on stories published by The Associated Press.
Stories related to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Kabul, North Korea test firing missiles, the hanging of four men convicted for a fatal gang rape in India and the death of the last surviving German honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust make up this week’s five international stories.
A commuter leaves a train station adorned with posters promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics March 23, 2020, in Tokyo. The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The death toll from the global coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 14,600 people worldwide, and it has sickened more than 335,000. Italy’s coronavirus infections continue to soar, with 59,000 cases and 5,476 deaths, Iran, with an officially reported 21,600 cases of the new coronavirus, snubbed U.S. offer of help, the Canadian Olympic Committee said it won’t send athletes to the Tokyo Games unless they’re postponed for a year, and other stories.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential Palace March 23, 2020, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban. (Afghan Presidential Palace via AP)
Pompeo in Kabul in effort to revive flagging peace process
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit Monday to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, a trip that comes despite the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when world leaders and statesmen are curtailing official travel. Since the signing of the deal, the peace process has stalled amid political turmoil in Afghanistan, with the country’s leaders squabbling over who was elected president.
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In this March 20, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un supervises an artillery firing competition between army units in western North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
N Korea test fires missiles, Seoul slams it as inappropriate
North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea’s military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and a crippling global health crisis. South Korea and the U.S. were analyzing the launches. Seoul’s military urged the North to immediately stop its “very inappropriate” military demonstrations amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
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In this 2012 file photo, people gather outside the Indian Presidential Palace to protest against the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, India. Four men sentenced for capital punishment for the 2012 gang-rape have been executed. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)
India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape
Four men sentenced to death for the gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 were hanged Friday, concluding a case that exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted horrified Indians to demand swift justice. The four stood trial relatively quickly in India’s slow-moving justice system, their convictions and sentences handed down less than a year after the crime.
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Diginitaries arrive to put candles at a memorial site Jan. 27, 2020, at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army's liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Last German honored for saving Jews during Holocaust dies
Gertrud Steinl, the last surviving German honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust, died Monday, on the eve of her 98th birthday. According to an entry on the Yad Vashem website, Steinl was an overseer in the Polish town of Stryj during World War II when a worker confided in her that she was Jewish. Steinl sent the woman, Sarah Shlomi, to live with her parents — likely ensuring she wasn’t deported to a Nazi concentration camp.
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Top-seeded Cardinals’ postseason run ends with upset loss to Lindenwood
By Adam Altobella / 1 hours agoNo. 10 Ball State was upset by No. 18 Lindenwood in a five-set battle (25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25, 11-15) on the Cardinals’ home court Thursday night. With how scarce at-large bids to the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament are, it is likely that the red and white’s 2024 campaign is over.
Thunderstorms likely tonight
By Lance Huffman / 2 hours agoWeather Forecaster Lance Huffman is tracking the potential for some strong/severe thunderstorms tonight.
Retired high school teacher holds presentation about history of Berlin Wall
By Emma Matlock / 7 hours agoTom Schwartz, a retired Bluffton High School Teacher, talks about the art on the Berlin Wall on April 15, 2024.
