Today News: March 2018

Sierra Leone heads to the polls to seek successor to Koroma

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a poll delayed by fraud allegations to choose a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma who leaves a country still struggling after the Ebola epidemic.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2uzxkGR

Kosovo opens investigation into extradition of Turkish nationals

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo authorities have launched an investigation into the arrest and extradition of six Turkish citizens, which activists said represented a violation of human rights, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Saturday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GIdf60

Co-owner of Russia's Summa group detained for suspected embezzlement: ministry

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-owner of Russia's Summa investment and trading group, Ziyavudin Magomedov, and two business partners have been detained on suspicion of embezzling large sums of state money, the Russian interior ministry said on Saturday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2uzxiyJ

Friday Night Music on Saturday: The Lone Bellow

By PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2pT5twp

11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

By KALY SOTO from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2uFgxSO

UK-Russia standoff deepens as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has told Britain it must cut "just over 50" more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening standoff over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2IhDux8

UK-Russia standoff deepens as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

from Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2J3H2o1

Come for your drugs, leave with more shopping: Walmart's new growth strategy?

(Reuters) - Walmart Inc’s efforts to develop closer ties with health insurer Humana Inc , which came to light on Thursday, point to a brave new world of retail where superstores become healthcare centers offering basic medical care.

from Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2pY0D0e

U.N. Unveils Blacklist to Fight North Korea Sanctions-Busting

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2GXVkWw

Violence subsides on Israel-Gaza border a day after deadly protest

GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian youths gathered by the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, though the area remained mostly quiet, a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years.

from Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2Gmo91L

Violence subsides on Israel-Gaza border a day after deadly protest

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2H1niAU

Tesla in fatal California crash was on Autopilot

The company says a Model X vehicle involved in a fatal crash in the US was in Autopilot mode.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Gm63go

Co-owner of Russia's Summa group detained: sources

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-owner of Russia's Summa investment and trading group, Ziyavudin Magomedov, has been detained in Russia, sources told Reuters on Saturday, without giving further details.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2pUunLh

Saudi forces say Houthi missile intercepted over Saudi city: state media

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi air defense forces intercepted a missile fired by Houthi fighters in neighboring Yemen at the southern Saudi city of Najran on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2J82IiB

Mongolians protest to demand greater action against child abuse

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Thousands of Mongolians protested in front of parliament in Ulaanbaatar on Saturday to demand more action to prevent child abuse, after the widely-reported rape of a male infant shocked the country.