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An eruption of the Kilauea volcano forced the evacuation of at least 1,700 people in Hawaii.  Authorities are warning that seniors, young people, and those with respiratory problems should clear out immediately because of extremely high levels of sulfur dioxide gas, exposure to which can cause irritation or burns, sore throats, runny noses, burning eyes, and coughing.  The lava came bursting out of 150-meter long crack behind a home in the Leilani Estates subdivision on the eastern shore of the big island, after which it snaked through a forest and down into another residential area.  "It sounded like if you were to put a bunch of rocks into a dryer and turn it on as high as you could," said resident Jeremiah Osuna to TV Station KHON.  "You could just smell sulfur and burning trees and underbrush and stuff."

A New Zealand farmer looked out at the back forty after a heavy rain and found the country's biggest-ever sinkhole, exposing 60,000 years of history in the newly-freed layers. 

US Marines will be part of the crew of the HMAS Adelaide for a tour of Pacific islands, amid rising tensions caused by China's increasing assertiveness in the region.  The mission is called Indo-Pacific Endeavour 18 (IPE18), which will also involve the ships HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Toowoomba, and HMAS Success; Defence Minister Marise Payne told the ABC that the mission will involve "a range of training and engagement activities in Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa and the Solomon Islands".  Euan Graham of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute said, "It's a clear signal that Australia is stepping up its presence and its defence diplomacy in the immediate region."

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is apologizing for really, really stupid comments suggesting that Europe's Jews brought the Holocaust on themselves because of banking.  Yeah, I know.. Really dumb.  In a statement issued by his office on Friday he described the Holocaust as the "most heinous crime in history," and, "I would like to assure everyone that it was not my intention to do so, and to reiterate my full respect for the Jewish faith, as well as other monotheistic faiths."  Hardline Israeli politicians leapt on the gaffe, labeling Abbas a "Holocaust denier".

Hundreds of Korean Air workers donned Guy Fawkes masks to protest the excesses of their corporation's "ruling family".  Sisters Emily and Heather Cho have been forced from the company for acting like super-entitled brats, physically and mentally abusing employees.  The masked worked marched through Seoul to demand the ouster of their dad, Chairman Cho Yang-ho.  Some of South Korea's biggest corporations are controlled by single families as barely-accountable economic fiefdoms in the country's "Chaebol" system.

Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said he'd resign if workers rejected his wage offer, but that's just what they did.  The company says Mr. Janaillac "will convene meetings with the Air France-KLM and Air France boards of directors on 9 May and will submit his resignation".  The vote taken online was non-binding but strengthens the union's hand in future negotiations.  The airline has been slammed by rolling job actions since 22 February as workers fight for a better wage.

Argentina's central bank hiked interest rates up to 40 percent, the third hike in a week as the institution tries to shore up the diminishing Peso against runaway inflation caused by conservative President Mauricio Macri's pro-market tinkering with the economy.  Inflation is running above 25 percent, way higher than the central bank's target of 15 percent by the end of the year.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker opened a series of exhibitions about Karl Marx in the philosopher's hometown of Trier, Germany.  "Karl Marx was a philosopher, who thought into the future had creative aspirations," Juncker said, "Today he stands for things, which he is not responsible for and which he didn't cause, because many of the things he wrote down were redrafted into the opposite."  A large statue of Marx (who was right about a lot of stuff btw) will be officially unveiled on Saturday, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher.
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