NEWS OF THE DAY
From Around the World
_1 Trapped in cave: Rescue teams searched Sunday for a dozen members of a youth soccer team who were missing and believed trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. The 12 boys, ages 11 to 15, and their coach are thought to have entered the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province Saturday. The group was apparently trapped when heavy rains flooded a stream at the cave’s entrance. Police Col. Komsan Saardluan said parts of the cave, which is 4 to 5 miles long, get flooded to a height of as much as 16 feet during the rainy season, which runs from June through October. Thai television showed bikes and backpacks left at the cave entrance. _2 Nigeria clashes: The office of the presidency late Sunday announced “deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities” in central Plateau state. One news report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers. President Muhammadu Buhari appealed for calm as the military and police tried to end the bloodshed. Deadly clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria are a growing security concern in Africa’s most populous country, which is roughly split between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south. _3 Germany explosion: Twenty-five people were injured, four of them severely, when an explosion heavily damaged an apartment building in the western city of Wuppertal, police said Sunday. The blast rocked the several-story building shortly before midnight Saturday. The detonation was so severe it destroyed the building’s attic and top three floors. Police have not yet determined the cause of the explosion. _4 Nicaragua violence: A fresh wave of violence has claimed at least seven lives since Friday in Nicaragua as international criticism mounted against the government of President Daniel Ortega over its response to protests. Government protests started in mid-April and have been met by a severe crackdown. Protesters are calling for Ortega’s ouster, and opposition groups want presidential elections to be moved up by two years, to 2019. The Roman Catholic Church is mediating talks between opposition groups and the government, and Nicaraguan bishops have called for discussions to resume Monday. _5 Ethiopia bombing: The national health minister announced Sunday that a second person has died from an explosion the day before at a huge rally in the capital for the new prime minister. Amir Aman said the person died at a hospital in intensive care. More than 150 people were injured Saturday’s blast, several of them critically. State broadcaster ETV reported that more than 30 people have been arrested, including the deputy head of Addis Ababa’s police commission. Witnesses say a man in the crowd tried to throw a grenade at Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but was restrained by people around him. _6 Maternity leave: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made her first public appearance Sunday since giving birth to her daughter Thursday. Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford, answered a few questions from reporters while holding their daughter — named Neve — at Auckland City Hospital before she planned on returning home. She will take six weeks of leave before returning to work. The last leader to give birth while holding office was late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who had Bakhtawar in 1990.