Fresh Start: Podcast News (4/14/2019 Sun.)
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Here are today’s picks from our editors.

Chinese premier back in Beijing after Europe tour

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang returned to Beijing on Saturday after attending the 21st China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels, the eighth leaders' meeting of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) in Croatia and paying an official visit to the country.

Li's wife Cheng Hong, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and He Lifeng, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the National Development and Reform Commission, also arrived on the same plane. (Xinhua)

Poland to join 16th China-ASEAN Expo as special partner

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Poland will become the special partner of the 16th China-ASEAN Expo slated for Sept. 20 to 23 in Nanning, the capital city of southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the expo secretariat.

The secretariat said the head of the Polish delegation will deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the expo, during which Polish key businesses and featured commodities will be displayed.

As China's ninth largest trade partner in the European Union, Poland is the first European country to become the expo's special partner. (Xinhua)

At least 11 people dead in Shenzhen floods

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At least eleven people were killed in floods triggered by a sudden rainstorm in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen Thursday night, local authorities confirmed Saturday.

The last missing person was found dead Saturday afternoon, said a source with the city's emergency management bureau.

At around 9 pm Thursday, the rainstorm pounded Shenzhen, leading to floods that flushed away dredging workers at different river sections in the districts of Luohu and Futian. (Xinhua)

Sudan's transitional council cancels curfew

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Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Military Council Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday cancelled the curfew in the country.

Al-Burhan further declared relieving of all state governors and assigning the commanders of the military areas in the states to run the work.

He voiced the commitment to form a two-year transitional government to run the affairs of the country. (Xinhua)

Julian Assange should face justice in Sweden: UK lawmakers

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More than 70 British legislators are urging the government to make sure WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape allegation against him.

Sweden suspended its investigation of serious sexual misconduct two years ago because Assange was beyond their reach while taking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

He was arrested Thursday and is now in British custody facing an extradition request from the United States on charges of conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer. (AP)

Migrants break border gate, force their way into Mexico

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Mexican authorities said a group of about 350 migrants broke the locks on a gate at the Guatemalan border Friday and forced their way into southern Mexico to join a larger group of migrants trying to make their way toward the United States.

The National Immigration Institute did not identify the nationalities of the migrants, but they are usually from Central America.

The institute said the migrants were acting in a "hostile" and "aggressive" way, and accused them of also attacking local police. (AP)

Luke Walton out as Lakers coach after 3 losing seasons

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Luke Walton is out as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after three losing seasons.

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka announced Walton’s departure Friday, three days after the abrupt resignation of president of basketball operations Magic Johnson. Pelinka called Walton leaving a mutual decision.

The former Golden State assistant never led the Lakers to the playoffs, not even after the arrival of LeBron James last summer.

Ex-Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue, the former Lakers guard, already has been mentioned as a potential replacement for Walton due to his obvious ties to James. Philadelphia assistant Monty Williams, the well-regarded former New Orleans head coach, also is expected to be a candidate. (AP)

Thanks for listening and be sure to catch us tomorrow.

And now for the Question of the Day:

Which movie is first in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

(Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring.)

Today’s quote is from French writer Andre Maurois (1885-1867).

"The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past."

(Produced by Nancy Yan Xu, Ryan Yaoran Yu, Brian Lowe, and Chelle Wenqian Zeng. Music by Eugene Loner.)