Sunday, February 28, 2016

World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 28 February

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

LEESBURG, Virginia — The final sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump's Republican rivals scramble to stop the billionaire businessman from becoming an "unstoppable" force in the 2016 presidential contest. 

OSCARS

LOS ANGELES — A white tuxedoed Chris Rock launched into the 88th Academy Awards — "the White People's Choice Awards," he called them — at an Oscars where remarks on diversity dominated proceedings, the craft of "Mad Max: Fury Road" sped away from the competition and Sylvester Stallone was knocked out by Mark Rylance. B

PERU-DRUG COP'S TRAVAILS

ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru — Eighteen months after a hired assassin put a bullet in his belly, narcotics cop Johnny Vega remains disabled and may be forced to retire. Institutional support has been weak, but what gnaws at Vega most is a sense of futility. With him out of commission, the traffickers have won; the drug trade is thriving.

BRAZIL-POLITICS

RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he would be willing to seek another term in 2018, despite a decline in his poll ratings. 

FORT WAYNE-DEATHS

FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Authorities in Indiana were seeking information after two men and a teenager who were part of an African community were found shot to death last week inside a Fort Wayne home.

OFFICERS SHOT-VIRGINIA

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia — On her first day on the job, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a call that could have become routine: a domestic disturbance in a well-kept suburban neighborhood.



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