News in brief
AFP, Palm Beach
Donald Trump will attend a G7 summit in Italy this May, the White House said Saturday, in what could be his first visit to the continent as US president.
After a call with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the White House said Trump would attend the meeting of seven leading industrialized economies in Taormina, Sicily. Trump’s election has caused fissures in the trans-Atlantic relationship that have not been seen since George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq.
14 dead as avalanche strikes Chitral
AP, Peshawar
At least 14 people were killed in an avalanche in Chitral’s Sher Shal area on Sunday.
Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah told DawnNews the bodies of 14 had been recovered from the debris, including six women, six children and two men. Nine people injured in the natural disaster have been shifted to Civil Hospital Garam Chashma, according to Radio Pakistan.
Romania demos keep pressure on govt ‘thieves’
AFP, Bucharest
Romanians braced for a sixth day of protests Sunday, seeking to maintain pressure on the government despite its climbdown over contentious corruption legislation that sparked the biggest protests since 1989.
Late on Saturday, the government pledged to repeal a decree widely seen as easing the penalties for corruption that sparked days of furious protests, saying it would meet to do so on Sunday.
Taiwan bans euthanasia of stray animals
AFP, Taipei
Taiwan has banned euthanising animals in shelters, which follows the tragic suicide last year of a vet burdened with the task of putting down animals.
The law came into effect Saturday, two years after it was passed by parliament-a period meant to prepare shelters for the ban.
But during the wait, animal lover Chien Chih-cheng took her own life with euthanasia drugs, reportedly upset at having to kill animals at the shelter she worked at.
