Daily Bulletin | 31.03.2018, 17:30 UTC

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Daily Bulletin 31.03.2018 | 17:30 UTC German officials defend housing refugees at former US base In Bavaria, one model "reception center" is home to more than 1,300 asylum-seekers. Directors say the barbed-wire enclosure and lack of privacy are for "safety" and efficiency. One resident says "it's a wasted life." US, Turkey on collision course in Syria's Manbij A town in northern Syria is at the center of a potentially explosive dispute between Turkey and the United States. The fate of the US-led coalition against the "Islamic State" and the future map of Syria are at stake. Trump freezes Syria recovery funds amid rumors of early exit US President Donald Trump has told his aides he wants a quick withdrawal of American troops from Syria. A White House official confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that $200 million in recovery funds had been frozen. Japanese whalers return from Antarctica with huge catch Three Japanese whaling vessels have returned to port from a controversial trip to Antarctica after catching 333 whales. Tokyo claims the slaughter is for scientific purposes. Pakistan's Malala returns to home town amid heavy security Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has visited her home town of Mingora, where a Taliban militant shot and wounded her in 2012. Security officials said her visit by helicopter was for only one day. World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is remembered at funeral in Cambridge He was a genius physicist who made the basics of a complicated science understandable to the masses. On Saturday, he was laid to rest in Cambridge, with hundreds of people lining the streets to pay their respects. Chinese space lab to crash to earth in fiery show It looks like Tiangong-1 won't make it back in time for the Easter Bunny — or maybe just barely. The defunct spacecraft will blaze its way back through our atmosphere, perhaps bringing with it a smattering of debris. Germany to recruit more elderly care workers abroad Recruiting foreign care workers will be Germany's "nearest option" to fix under-staffing at homes for the elderly, according to Health Minister Jens Spahn. A patients' advocacy group says standards must not be lowered. Russian diplomats return home amid in Skripal poisoning row Russia has sent two planes to collect 60 Russian diplomats from the US in the expanding row over an ex-spy's poisoning in Britain. In Russia's city of St. Petersburg, US consulate staff are completing their departure. US visa applicants could undergo social media checks The US government plans to collect social media histories from people applying for visas, a State Department plan shows. Critics say the vetting could lead to unfair discrimination and suppress free speech. 28 million apply for 90,000 jobs with India's railway company Billed as the world's largest recruitment exercise, Indian Railways has advertised for thousands of new drivers, trackmen and porters. The country's biggest employer is undergoing a €105-billion modernization. Morocco: Social media outrage after teen raped on video A debate over sexual violence has broken out on Moroccan media following an assault on a teenage girl – recorded by the attackers in order to blackmail her. Experts say a fundamental change in education is necessary.   © Deutsche Welle 2018