News Headlines - 07 March 2017

▽North Korea bars Malaysians from leaving as murder row boils | Reuters

North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question up to three men hiding in the North Korean embassy.

▽South Korea Special Prosecutor: President, Friend Received Bribes From Samsung

Special prosecutor Park Young-soo said in a statement Monday the bribes President Park Geun-hye and her friend Choi Soon-sill extracted from Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong are a symbol of a "chronic cycle of corruption in our society" and were aimed at insuring that Lee remained at Samsung's helm.

▽Women 'weaker, less intelligent' - Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke - BBC News

A Polish nationalist member of the European Parliament may be punished after he said women "must earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and less intelligent".

▽Nike set to launch the ‘Pro Hijab’ for female Muslim athletes - Al Arabiya English

Female Muslim athletes will finally have global representation for their athletic sportswear after Nike announced it is launching the Nike Pro Hijab.

▽Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying | The Independent

A Japanese company tasked with cleaning up Fukushima, the site of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, has admitted that its attempts to probe the site are failing repeatedly due to incredibly high levels of radiation.