News Headlines - 03 May 2017

▽Theresa May declares war on Brussels, urging: 'Let me fight for Britain' | The Guardian

Speaking after returning from Buckingham Palace to inform the Queen that parliament had been dissolved for the 8 June poll, May delivered an unexpectedly antagonistic speech outside No 10, urging voters to “give me your backing to fight for Britain”.

▽Shinzo Abe Announces Plan to Revise Japan’s Pacifist Constitution - The New York Times

In a video message delivered at a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Constitution, Mr. Abe said he wanted to make “explicit the status” of the country’s self-defense forces, as Japan’s military is known, by amending the Constitution by 2020.

▽Somali minister shot dead in car after being mistaken for militant - police | Reuters

Somali security forces shot dead a minister for public works in his car in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday after mistaking him for an Islamist militant, officials said.

▽Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government bankruptcy | Reuters

Puerto Rico announced a historic restructuring of its public debt on Wednesday, touching off what may be the biggest bankruptcy ever in the $3.8 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.
While it was not immediately clear just how much of Puerto Rico's $70 billion of debt would be included in the bankruptcy filing, the case is sure to dwarf Detroit's insolvency in 2013.

▽Korean internet broadcaster victim of racial slur in Japan

Video jockey Kim Min-sung, known as BJ Minsung on internet broadcaster Afreeca TV, heard the insults when he tried to enter an eatery as he filmed himself with a selfie stick in Kyoto on April 29.