News Headlines - 18 April 2017
▽Theresa May announces snap general election on June 8 to 'make a success of Brexit'
Theresa May has called a snap general election for June 8, claiming that divisions at Westminster risked hampering the Brexit negotiations... The move stunned Westminster, as Mrs May and Number 10 have repeatedly insisted she would not seek a general election before the scheduled 2020 poll.
▽Aircraft Carrier Wasn’t Sailing to Deter North Korea, as U.S. Suggested - The New York Times
The problem was that the carrier, the Carl Vinson, and the three other warships in its strike force were that very moment sailing in the opposite direction, to take part in joint exercises with the Australian Navy in the Indian Ocean, 3,500 miles southwest of the Korean Peninsula.
▽Suspect in Facebook murder fatally shoots himself after pursuit
An intense national manhunt for an accused killer who posted video on Facebook of a brutal murder in Cleveland ended Tuesday when Steve Stephens fatally shot himself after a police pursuit, authorities said.
▽Japan Nominates Reflationist, Banker, to Replace BOJ Dissenters - Bloomberg
Japan’s parliament nominated banker Hitoshi Suzuki and economist Goshi Kataoka to the Bank of Japan board to replace two members who have frequently dissented against the policy direction set by Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.
Craig Shakespeare admitted he was “immensely proud” after Leicester’s Champions League adventure finally came to an end.
