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Details: Written by By Juliet Williams and Nick Perry (Associated Press); Published: 21 March 2019

The government of New Zealand announced a ban on "military-style" semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines Thursday, just a week after such weapons were used in attacks on two mosques in the city of Christchurch that killed 50 people.

Details: Written by By FARAI MUTSAKA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press; Published: 19 March 2019

Rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique endangering scores of thousands of families, aid workers said Tuesday as they scrambled to rescue survivors of Cyclone Idai who clung to rooftops and trees.

Details: Written by By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press; Published: 18 March 2019

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says that more than 1,000 may have by killed by Cyclone Idai.

Details: Written by By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press; Published: 18 March 2019

A gunman killed three people and wounded nine on a streetcar in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning in what the mayor said appeared to be a terror attack.

Details: Written by FRANK JORDANS Associated Press; Published: 15 March 2019

From the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, students mobilized by word of mouth and social media are skipping class to protest what they see as the failures by their governments to take tough action against global warming.