What did the Korean leaders talk about on those park benches? Trump, mainly.

TOKYO — What exactly were the two Korean leaders talking about for that half-hour they spent sitting on park benches in the sunshine during their summit last Friday? Well, we don’t exactly know, but thanks to some South Korean lip-readers and some news-hungry media outlets, we have some clues. It seems that North Korean leader Kim Jong […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/02/what-did-the-korean-leaders-talk-about-on-those-park-benches-trump-mainly/

Anarchists crash May Day rally in Paris, burning cars and smashing shop windows

Hundreds of masked anarchists and Black Bloc affiliates were arrested in Paris on Tuesday, Reuters reported, after rioters burned cars and smashed shop windows during the city’s May Day rally. What was once an event with roots as a spring festival in European pagan cultures has evolved into an international day of marches in the name of worker […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/01/anarchists-crash-may-day-rally-in-paris-burning-cars-and-smashing-shop-windows/

A life in images: Remembering Afghan photojournalist Shah Marai

Agence France-Presse chief photographer Shah Marai, 41, was among the dozens of people killed Monday in a suicide bombing in Kabul. Marai was one of nine journalists lost in a second blast that targeted those first at the scene. Marai, a veteran photographer who had been working in his home country for 22 years, started […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/01/a-life-in-images-remembering-afghan-photojournalist-shah-marai/

A massive fire swept through a Sao Paulo high rise, leading to the building’s collapse

A massive fire ripped through a building in Sao Paulo early Tuesday, leaving at least one person dead. The fire broke out at about 1:30 a.m. As firefighters worked to contain the flames, chunks of fiery debris rained down. Hours after the blaze started, the building — stretching more than 20 stories — collapsed. Local station Globo TV captured […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/01/a-massive-fire-swept-through-a-sao-paulo-high-rise-leading-to-the-buildings-collapse/

The new face of fake news in Malaysia: A Danish visitor who made a YouTube video

Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman seems like an improbable purveyor of “fake news.” He doesn't run a troll farm or a website designed to spread propaganda. He's not on a mission to destroy a politician or artist. He's not even a journalist. But this week, he was sentenced to a week in jail for a YouTube video he […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/05/01/the-new-face-of-fake-news-in-malaysia-a-danish-visitor-who-made-a-youtube-video/