Dr Sam Attar found himself having to decide who could be saved, and who was beyond hope.

Dr Sam Attar found himself having to decide who could be saved, and who was beyond hope.

Dr Sam Attar found himself having to decide who could be saved, and who was beyond hope.

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Rome — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Sunday she will be a candidate at June's European elections in a bid to boost support for her Brothers of Italy party, though she will not take up a seat if elected.  The June 6-9 European Parliament vote is a key test of strength for her 18-month-old rightist coalition.  "We want to do in Europe what we did in Italy... create a majority that brings together the center-right forces and send the left into opposition," Meloni told… Read Full Article

lima — At age 75, one of Latin America’s most storied journalists had been looking forward to weaving into books the fragmented threads of more than four decades of investigative reporting that exposed high-level abuse of power in Peru and abroad. In an illustrious career, Gustavo Gorriti has endured death threats from drug traffickers, survived Peru's harrowing Shining Path insurgency and a kidnapping by silencer-toting military intelligence agents during a 1992 presidential power grab.… Read Full Article

DHAKA — Schools in Bangladesh reopened Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asian nation, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the days ahead, according to the weather department.  Schools that had closed last week reopened on what is the first day of the week in Bangladesh, despite the latest 72-hour heat alert being extended until April 30.  Due to the recent holidays to mark Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, students received extended… Read Full Article

BEIJING/TOKYO — China's coast guard confronted Japanese lawmakers in waters claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, China's embassy in Tokyo and Japanese media said Sunday, the latest in a series of maritime disputes involving China and its neighbors.  Chinese vessels took unspecified law enforcement measures, the embassy said in a statement, adding that it had lodged solemn representations for what it called "infringement and provocation" by Japan near tiny, uninhabited islands that… Read Full Article