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What to watch for today
The US VP in South Korea. A day after North Korea attempted to demonstrate its war-making power, US vice president Mike Pence will meet acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn in Seoul to reaffirm American support for South Korea. Pence will also visit Japan, Indonesia, and Australia this week.
Netflix reports earnings after a record-breaking quarter. Netflix added 7 million new subscribers in the last quarter of 2016 thanks to international growth. Today, it will report whether the feat has been repeated.
Search warrants from the investigation into Prince’s death are unsealed. Warrants from local police who searched the estate of music legend Prince after his death a year ago will become public, possibly shedding new light on the ongoing investigation into his death.
Over the weekend
Turkey voted to hand more power to Erdogan. A controversial referendum on April 16 narrowly awarded sweeping powers to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the biggest constitutional change since Turkey became a republic 94 years ago. The opposition called for a recount amid fears the vote may lead to an authoritarian regime.
North Korea failed to launch. The isolated state tried to fire a missile on Saturday, but it “blew up almost immediately,” according to the South Korean and US militaries. The launch came after North Korea paraded what may be a new intercontinental ballistic missile, and world leaders were not impressed.
US spies may have hacked a global banking network. A data dump allegedly containing hacking tools used by the US National Security Agency suggests the agency infiltrated the global SWIFT banking network to secretly monitor transactions. The Dubai firm said to be compromised, EastNets, has denied that its security was breached.
The Philippines announced military exercises with the US. There was doubt about whether the annual exercises between long-standing allies would continue under erratic Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, but 10 days of drills have been confirmed to go forward in May.
The last person to be born in the 19th century died. Emma Morano died on Saturday at the age of 117 in the town of Verbania, in northern Italy. She was the last living person known to be born in the 1800s, and attributed her long life to a diet of milk, biscuits, pasta, and two eggs a day—one raw—which she maintained for 97 years.
Quartz obsession interlude
Ashley Rodriguez on the moment Stephen Colbert learned how to host late-night TV. “He talked about how his mother, who was born two days before women could first vote in a US presidential election, told him before she died that she would have voted for Hillary Clinton. He said she only ever voted for one other Democrat in her life, John F. Kennedy. And he talked about how he thought this day would go differently for her. In those sobering, spontaneous moments of live TV, Colbert mastered the art of late-night TV.” Read more here.
Matters of debate
Exercising religious freedom protects democracy. Faith communities can connect citizens of diverse backgrounds.
Photography is the key to understanding Melania Trump. An analysis of 470 works reveals the real US first lady.
Carbon capture could be Trump’s hallmark climate change policy. A technology some see as harebrained gets a second look.
Surprising discoveries
Delta only paid $0.08 a seat in cash to overbooked passengers in 2016. But they might hit you with gift cards.
Your ability to imagine random sequences peaks at age 25. Human beings are hard-wired to see patterns, and new research finds that it becomes increasingly difficult to think in a random way after your mid-twenties.
A solar-powered device pulls water out of desert air. Scientists hope the invention can help supply clean drinking water to parts of the world that need it most.
Emancipation Day is buying Americans time to file their taxes. The little-known local holiday extends the deadline to April 18 this year.
A holiday event for children is the biggest test of a president’s acumen. The annual Easter Egg Roll is the biggest White House event of the year (paywall)—and pulling it off requires meticulous planning.
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