World briefs

PHILIPPINES The government’s legal counsel asked the Supreme Court yesterday to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the nation’s judicial leader.

AUSTRALIA The most senior Catholic Church leader to be charged with sexual abuse came close to confronting his accusers yesterday in a video-linked Australian court hearing to test the strength of the prosecution’s case.

MYANMAR About 200 people marched in Myanmar’s biggest city yesterday to protest government plans to amend a law governing public demonstrations to make it easier to charge participants with crimes and increase penalties for violations.

INDIA Tens of thousands of angry protesters poured into the streets more than a dozen times in Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday, hurling rocks and shouting anti-India slogans after soldiers killed four civilians and two suspected militants.

EGYPT-S. ARABIA Egypt gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday, with military fanfare and a trip to the Suez Canal meant to underline a growing strategic partnership.

TURKEY A court yesterday rejected lawyers’ requests for two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey to be released from custody.

POLAND Firefighters yesterday found the body of a fifth victim in the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in western Poland.

GERMANY A 51-year-old German has been severely injured after two men threw acid at him as he left his home near the western city of Duesseldorf.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that North American neighbors Canada and Mexico will get no relief from his new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports unless a “new and fair” free trade agreement is signed.

VENEZUELA A boycott of the race by Venezuela’s biggest parties means Henri Falcon is by far the most prominent option on the May 20 ballot for those who want to unseat socialist President Nicolas Maduro — and polls indicate that is the majority in a country with spreading hunger and an almost worthless currency.